contributors and contributions to Film Review section of Transfers:

Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies is seeking contributors and contributions to its Film Review section.

In line with the focus and aims of the journal, reviews should focus on films exploring a range of themes and issues. These include, but are not limited to:

narratives of the past and present experiences of vehicle drivers, passengers, pedestrians, migrants, and refugees, and how these engage with historical and/or contemporary political, geopolitical or ecological contexts

considerations of these narratives from varied and/or intersectional perspectives, in terms, say, of race, gender and sexuality;

representations of the futures of mobility, and especially the impacts of technology on the experiences of vehicles, passengers, pedestrians and others.

narratives of mobility that employ speculative modes (such as fantasy or science fiction) to engage with contemporary contexts or speculative futures of mobility;

representations of the arrival and transformation of mobility in different nations and locales;

investigations into the kinetic processes of global capital, technology, chemical and biological substances, images, narratives, sounds, and ideas.

We are interested in receiving reviews of films, and time-based media more broadly, that engages with any of the above themes. These could be recently-released films (theatrical, VOD, online or DVD), installation screenings, re-releases, or reviews of older works seen in the context of cultural and academic events (such as exhibitions or conferences), contemporary political events and issues, recent technological developments, or new theorisations of mobility.

While contributors are invited to take a range of methodological approaches to reviews, we would be very interested to receive reviews that engage with the relationship of film practice to theory, especially in terms of filmmaking as a form of ‘mobile method’. Equally, reviews could focus on the interrelationship between filmmaking technologies and mobilities, through history and into the present.

We would also welcome suggestions for a special dossier of reviews around specific subjects, be they themes, contexts, filmmakers or methods.

Short abstract suggestions for contributions (c.200 words) or for dossiers (c.300 words) should be forwarded to the Film Review editor, Neil Archer n.archer@keele.ac.uk