[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:
ifecsetbookproject at gmail.com

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