[Discussion] CFP: Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, and Nature (3/15/05; collection)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Call for Papers:
Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, and Nature

Editors Sidney I. Dobrin and Sean Morey seek proposals for a new
collection of original articles to be published by State University of
New York Press that address the role of visual rhetoric and picture
theory in understanding the construction and contestation of space,
place, nature, and environment. This collection will consider how and
what images=97both the idea of the image and specific images themselves=97
might suggest about spaces, environments and =93nature.=94 The goal of
Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, and Nature is to bring together conversations
of image theory, spatial theory, theories of globalization,
environmental rhetoric, and visual rhetoric to more fully develop
theories of ecosee.  Growing from M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline
S. Palmer=92s attempt to understand =93the relationships among language,
thought, and action in environmental politics=94 as expressed in their
landmark book Ecospeak: Rhetoric and Environmental Politics in America,
Ecosee moves to take into consideration a crucial facet of environmental
rhetoric: ecosee, the visual (re)presentation ofspace/environment/nature
in photographs, paintings, television, movies, video games, computer
medias, and other forms of image-based media.

The editors seek proposals for innovative papers that bring together an
array of approaches to developing ecosee theories. The editors of this
collection seek articles that approach ecosee from a variety of
perspectives, including, but not limited to:

=95	issues of  visual semiotics, the role of image in defining the
abstract principle of =93Nature=94
=95	filmic representations of nature/space
=95	computer generated images
=95	=93false=94 or manipulated images
=95	the image/imaging of extinct species (consider, for instance, The
Discovery Channel=92s series When Dinosaurs Roamed America)
=95	simulations of nature
=95	counter images
=95	third-space representations of nature
=95	images and hyperreal nature
=95	the ethics of (re)presenting nature visually

The editors will not seek articles that offer simple =93readings=94 of
specific images, but instead look for articles that forward picture
theory, visual rhetorical theory, and other new media theory as they
pertain to =93seeing=94 nature in order to further develop ecosee theorie=
s.

The editors encourage contributors who wish to include readings of
images to couch those readings in the hermeneutic work of a
contributor=92s theoretical address.

Please send a proposal of 500-750 words and a contributor's bio by March
15, 2005 to (preferably) e-mail or snail mail address below. (Early
inquiries and submissions are highly encouraged). Authors will be
notified of acceptance by April 1, 2005. Final drafts of articles will
be due: September 1, 2005.

For more information, inquiries, or submissions, please email the
editors. Sdobrin@english.ufl.edu, swmorey@english.ufl.edu

Sidney I. Dobrin and Sean Morey
Department of English
University of Florida
PO Box 117310
Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7311



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