Haptic Media Studies: articles unlocked

We're very excited to announce that Sage has unlocked access to all of the articles in the Haptic Media Studies special issue! Get them while you can.

In-Touch Q&A…

One of the core motivations for us in beginning the Haptic Media Studies project was our recognition of the growing interest touch is attracting, both in the popular press and in academia--what we referred to in the Editors' IntroductionEditors' Introduction as our "haptic moment." The In-Touch project run by Carey Jewitt at University College London's …

On haptics & teledildonics…

The link between haptics tech and devices that facilitate remote/computer-mediated sex would seem to be an obvious one. In the same book where he popularized the term 'teledildonics', Howard Rheingold devoted extensive attention to the nascent field of haptic interface design, recognizing the centrality of computer-mediated touch to the success of emerging virtual reality systems. …

Haptic Media Studies: full issue now up

We have an official volume & issue number, along with a page containing links to all of the collected articles. Full citation info: David Parisi, Mark Paterson and Jason Edward Archer, eds. Special issue: Haptic Media Studies. New Media & Society Vol. 19, Issue 10 (October, 2017). "Haptic Media Studies: Editors' Introduction" is unlocked and …

CFP: The Politics of Sensation: Technology, Measurement, Sensation

Excellent call for papers from HMS coeditor Mark Paterson: Please consider submitting an abstract for my accepted Panel for XIX ISA (International Sociological Association) World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, July 15-21, described below. The panel is part of Thematic Group TG07 The Senses and Society. The deadline for submission is soon: September 27, 2017. …

Erkki Huhtamo on tactile media…

For our Haptic Media Studies workshop at the 2017 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, we asked the foundational media archaeologist Erkki Huhtamo to provide some thoughts on tactile media. Huhtamo's "Twin-Touch-Test-Redux: Media Archaeological Approach to Art, Interactivity and Tactility," originally published in Media/Art/Histories (MIT, 2007). Here's what he shared with us:

More HMS articles posted…

Another round of pieces will be going live this week. First up, and we're happy to report that this piece is unlocked at Sage's portal: the Editors' Introduction to the special issue, elegantly titled "Haptic Media Studies." Next, the manifesto that Jason Archer and I wrote, "Making touch analog: The prospects and perils of a …

CFP: Haptic Play: special issue of Convergence (edited by Ingrid Richardson and Larissa Hjorth)

This excellent/intriguing CFP just posted, special issue of Convergence that will be coedited by (HMS contributors!) Ingrid Richardson and Larissa Hjorth. Full papers due Feb 1, 2018. From the official CFP available here:

In this issue we seek to critically rethink media cultures and practices at the juncture of games, play, and haptic media interfaces.

HMS articles now live…

Very excited to announce that the articles in our Haptic Media Studies issue of New Media & Society are now available from Sage's Online First portal. Short descriptions and links to articles appear below. Abstracts at the bottom of this page. We're happy to report that the Editors' Introduction to the special issue, elegantly titled, Haptic …

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This blog is a resource for an exciting and ever-expanding project - a Haptic Media Studies. Resources of use to researchers such as current publications  and historical sources will be added over time.