CoLab Journal of Creative Technologies

Call for Papers

Submissions are invited for the inaugural issue of the online publication Colab Journal of Creative Technologies, to be published in January 2011.

We encourage emerging scholars and post-graduate researchers from around New Zealand to contribute.

The theme for the first issue is Transmedia/Transmodality - and the editorial board actively encourages diverse interpretations of one or both of these terms (see below for definitions).
 
Papers should be submitted in English in Microsoft Word (4,000 - 5,000 words including notes and references). Papers should be accompanied by an abstract of 100–150 words. References should be in Chicago B style. The paper must contain a separate title page that should include: the title of the manuscript; the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); full contact details of the author(s); the author’s brief biographical information. All graphs, illustrations, images should be attached in a separate file. All submissions are subject to review by the editorial board.


Submissions must be received no later than Friday 1 October 2010

To make an enquiry or to submit a paper, email:
Jennie Watts
Editor, Colab Journal of Creative Technologies
jennie.watts@aut.ac.nz
 

Theme: Transmedia/Transmodality
Transmedia: the use of digital platforms to extend narrative and build interactive content around a linear property through Apps, online extensions, Alternate Reality Games along with dynamic social media strategies. 

Transmodality: Working across/translating between digital, analog and virtual modalities, emerging practices, cultures, machines, formats or platforms: trans-coding: reconceptualisng ontologies: epistemologies: ethics: physical computing: hacking: multi-modalities: timebased: post-digital practices: interaction: haptics: post-disciplinary: information design: information architecture: branding: interaction services: ubicom: storytelling: heuristics: sensory perception: emotion: habit: embodiment: affordance: pervasive computing: wearable technologies: post-digital performance: real time 3D: transhumanism: robotics: visualisation: internet/web engineering

About Colab: www.colab.org.nz
Colab is an interdisciplinary creative technology centre which aims to facilitate and promote creative practices, research and development, knowledge sharing, innovation and collaboration. It brings together arts organisations, practitioners, educational institutions, commercial enterprises, technology developers, industry bodies and communities. It supports the development and public dissemination of hybrid ideas, research and creative practices through convergence technologies, innovative formats, modes and networks.