From rikitiki at uw.edu Fri Aug 22 14:00:08 2025 From: rikitiki at uw.edu (Riki Thompson) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:00:08 +0000 Subject: [IGALA] CFP - Intersecting Intimacies Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are thrilled to invite proposals for an exciting new edited collection that explores the fascinating intersection of personal and professional experiences among researchers who both study and actively use digital platforms for intimacy in their own lives. Editors: Dr. Treena Orchard (Western University), Dr. Riki Thompson (University of Washington), Dr. Caroline Tagg (The Open University) Series: Digital Intimacies Series, Bloomsbury Academic About the Collection: Intersecting Intimacies: Auto-Ethnographic Explorations of Researchers Who Swipe, Share, and Study Digital Intimacy Our relationship with digital technologies has become increasingly complex?reflected in declining dating app usage among younger generations, heightened data security concerns, and the growing influence of AI in online spaces. Yet we continue to navigate these digital landscapes not only as researchers but as users seeking connection, romance, friendship, and community. This cutting-edge volume contributes fresh insights to the interdisciplinary study of digital technologies and intimacies by centering the experiences of researchers who occupy the unique position of both studying and personally engaging with digital platforms. We seek contributions that showcase unique insider perspectives bridging personal experience, methodological innovation, and scholarly analysis to offer deeper understanding of how digital platforms actually function in intimate life. What We're Looking For We invite auto-ethnographic and other creative qualitative explorations from researchers across career stages and geographical locations who critically reflect on what it means to use digital platforms both personally and professionally. Topics may include (but are not limited to): * Dating apps and romantic intimacy * Social media platforms and friendship maintenance * Private messaging apps and family connections * Professional networking and digital relationships * The blurred boundaries between research and personal platform use * Methodological innovations in studying digital intimacy * Intersectional experiences of identity and technology * Cross-cultural perspectives on digital intimacy practices * Ethical considerations in researching platforms you personally use Important Dates * Proposal/Abstract Deadline: December 15, 2025 * Initial Acceptance Notification: February 1, 2026 * Full Chapter Drafts* Due: October 1, 2026 *Chapters should be 4,000-6,000 words (including references) Submission Guidelines We welcome proposals from researchers across disciplines. Please submit via Google Form @ https://forms.gle/orDNnzcNsfAphWV79: * Proposal: Maximum 250 words outlining your chapter's working title, focus, approach, and contribution * Bio: Maximum 50 words including current affiliation * Contact information Questions? We're excited to discuss potential contributions! Please don't hesitate to reach out: * Dr. Treena Orchard: torchar2 at uwo.ca * Dr. Riki Thompson: rikitiki at uw.edu * Dr. Caroline Tagg: caroline.tagg at open.ac.uk We look forward to exploring these intersecting intimacies with you and creating a volume that pushes the boundaries of how we understand the personal-professional dynamics of digital intimacy research. Please share this call with colleagues who might be interested! About Editors Dr. Treena Orchard is an award-winning anthropologist and author of Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture & The Darker Side of Dating Apps who conducts critically oriented feminist research on sexuality, gender, health, and technology. Dr. Riki Thompson is a digital discourse analyst whose research examines language, gender, sexuality, mental health, and digital intimacies to reveal how digital communication connects some while marginalizing others. Dr. Caroline Tagg is an applied linguist who researches how digital communication practices are embedded in individuals' wider social, economic and political lives. Riki Thompson, Ph.D. (she/her) Associate Professor, Writing Studies & Digital Rhetoric, University of Washington Tacoma SHESOURCE Expert - Women's Media Center rikithompson.com | Google Scholar | LinkedIn Check out recent scholarship: Discourse, Digital Intimacies, & Online Dating, Special issue now published in Discourse, Context & Media Bumble?s ticking clock: Dating app temporal design as neoliberal discipline. Discourse, Context, & Media. Dr. Riki Thompson on online dating and normative relationships. Diggit Magazine Video Interview Perfecting Your Dating App Profile with Riki Thompson. Mistakes Were Made Podcast An Academic Perspective on the Online Dating Industry - GDI Podcast Research Methodology with Online Dating Apps NVIVO Podcast: Between the Data What's a polycule? An expert explains - The Conversation Beyond the gender binary: Digital dating, discourse, design, & normativity- (Critical) Discourse Studies and the (new) normal More than the selfie: online dating, non-monogamy, normativity, & linked profiles on OkCupid - Language & Sexuality Reflective Approaches to Analyzing Digital Discourse - Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Puyallup, Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. [cid:d6b92e37-0e89-4609-8dac-beb754e1fa33] Book time to meet with me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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