All Proposals & Abstracts Must Be Submitted Through The PCA Database.
Please submit a proposal to only one area at a time. Exceptions and rules
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Collecting and Collectibles Area of the Popular Culture Association invites paper submissions on any topic involving collecting.
Topic areas might include:
- why people collect (motives/motivations)
- particular collectors and/or collections
- social and cultural aspects of collecting
- the practice of collecting
- theories of collecting
- collecting theory vs. collecting practice
- specific types of collectibles
- the psychology of collecting
- historical changes in collecting
- collecting in/as contemporary popular culture
- collecting as a metaphor in (post)modern life
- consumerism and collecting
- collecting and/as material culture
- how the Internet has changed traditional collecting
- new forms of collecting in an online world
Papers can deal with any type of collecting – from individual to institutional (museums, libraries etc.) – and/or any type of collectible – from popular culture to fine arts to antiquities to new forms of collecting that may exist only in virtual spaces. We would especially like to encourage submissions that work to broaden and deepen our understanding of collecting across its many contexts.
Please submit your 150-word abstract via the PCA/ACA Database.
Please send all inquires to:
Kevin M. Moist
Communications
Penn State Altoona
101D Cypress
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
(814) 949-5779
kmm104@psu.edu