> darkmatter Journal - http://www.darkmatter101.org/ > > Special Issue - Call for Papers: Pirates and Piracy in History, > Literature and Theory > > Once consigned to the romance of film and literature, the figure of > the pirate has a renewed cultural presence. From solicitous debates > around intellectual property to the recent maritime hijackings off the > Horn of Africa, piracy looms large in the twenty-first century. This > special issue of darkmatter seeks to engage critically with the > politics of piracy. As in the 17th and 18th centuries, piracy today is > an activity that often takes place at the so-called periphery of > metropolitan capitalism. Piracy challenges the primitive accumulation > and wage labour discipline of capitalism at large, while > recapitulating and amplifying its violence. This special issue is > interested in work that explores how and why modern piracy emerges > against the backdrop of neo/colonial relations of production. > > Possible topics might include: > > * Piracy as the expression/outside of global capitalism > * Piracy and inter/transnational law, property rights and human rights > * Piracy and the War on Terror > * Media piracy and the geopolitics of the culture industry > * The pirate as a celebrated and reviled figure of rebellion and > neo/colonial resistance > * Outlaws, pirates and poachers in media studies, cultural studies and > philosophy > * Freebooters, pirates and buccaneers, and their place in capitalist > and neo/colonial relations of production > * The cultural politics of race, digital reproduction and p2p > file-sharing technologies > * Racialized representations and performativity of the pirate and > piracy in film, animation, art and literature > * The pirate as a figure of trangressive dis/ability > > Articles between 1,500 - 8,000 words are welcome, as are alternative > format submissions such as commentaries, reviews, audio, visual and > digital contributions. Please submit an 300 - 500 word abstract if you > are interested. > > For darkmatter's editorial policy and online submission information: > http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/submission/ > > For inquiries about the 'Pirates and Piracy' special issue, > email Andrew Opitz (Guest Editor): [log in to unmask] > > Deadline for Abstracts: 1 May 2009 > Deadline for Articles: 1 Sept 2009 > Publication date: Nov 2009 ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org