[Candrama] Call For Papers

[CSET]

Aviation, Entertainment, and Culture
Reflecting on the Past, Projecting into the Future
Editors: Olusola John and Taiwo Afolabi

Call for Papers

Air travel has become crucial to the present civilization. From moving
humans to non-humans,
air travel is a bedrock of globalization. Aviation, the design,
development, production,
operation, and use of aircraft, has offered us different opportunities
due to its usage whether it
is for military or civil purposes. For many reasons, air travel still
stands as one of the most
preferred means of transportation despite its cost. The business of
moving people came with its
challenges. For instance, the need to keep passengers comfortable
during flight and also attract
passengers necessitated the development of in-flight entertainment. The
strategy worked with
the progressive acceptance of more inventions to make the flying
experience pleasurable. With
the services provided came cultural affiliations that engender the way
of life of the passengers,
aircraft operators, airline country of origin, investors, and business
owners. The drive to provide
services that reflect the cultural diversity of passengers continues to
serve as an impetus for
incorporating more entertainment and media that reflect different
cultural expressions and
experiences. Inadvertently, aviation has become a globalization tool
through the synthetization
of cultures while conveying mass human and non-human across spaces.
Despite the significant impact and influence of this sector in the
world systems, limited
literature exists that captures the intersection between aviation,
entertainment, and culture
that continues to grow with the advancement in technological
inventions. Thus, this volume
aims to explore the dynamic relationship between aviation,
entertainment, and culture. This
book seeks to provide the opportunity to reflect on the past, and the
present and lean into the
pull of the future. The volume will contribute both theoretical and
practical insights into the
relationship that exists among the triad. Some of the questions the
book seeks to explore
include, how has aviation intertwined with entertainment and culture to
serve the public?
What is the impact of entertainment on passengers’ experience? And what
are the
sociocultural, economic, and technological implications of the triad?
The categories the book will focus on include but are not limited to
the following:
 In-flight Entertainment
 The intersection of culture (material and immaterial culture) and
aviation;
 -Media and Aviation,
 -Aviation and Culture;
 -Aviation and Fashion
 -Aviation and Advertising
 -Aviation and Branding
 -Aviation and Cuisine
 -Aviation, CRM, and Culture
	 -Cultural representation through aviation,
 -Technology and Aviation,
 -AI and Aviation;
 -Creative technologies and Aviation;
 -Content creation and aviation,
 -Media representation and aviation,
 -National identity and aviation,
 -Aviation, Tourism and hospitality
- Culture and Aviation;
 -Cultural diplomatic and Aviation;
 -Aviation and national development;
 -Aviation and Globalization,
 -Aviation, Culture, and pop culture;
 Aviation and Comedy;
 -Aviation and cultural diversity;
 -Aviation and sustainability;
 -Media and technological innovations;
 -Aviation and transit cultural community
 -Passengers’ experience and aviation
Contributors are requested to submit 5,000-7,000 words engaging with
the theme of inflight
entertainment and the areas of interest outlined are welcomed. We
encourage co-authorship
between scholars, industry researchers, and experts across the globe.
The editors welcome abstracts for a review of 300 words (max), along
with 100-word
biographies for each author.

Timeline
Deadline for abstracts: 15th April 2024
Authors notified: May 2024
First draft chapters due: August 2024
Manuscript submitted: Fall 2025
Please send abstracts to all the editors using the email address
below:
ifecsetbookproject at gmail.com


Taiwo Afolabi, PhD (he/him)
Director, Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET)
Faculty of Media, Art and Performance, University of Regina
Office RC 179 | 306 585 5519 | cset at uregina.ca


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