This special issue will examine these medial shadows of reality and rational monsters of automated writing—whether genuine entities or mere accumulations of masks—exploring their genealogies, infrastructures, and

transformative effects on literary and media culture and inside (generative) media arts and philosophy. We invite scholarship that explores fundamental questions about authorship, —including script and screenwriting, creativity, and literary and other forms of artistic production processes through rigorous theoretical frameworks, empirical analysis, and/or critical reflection on the implications of AI for literary and media culture.

We invite submissions that articulate approaches within media theory, visual studies, philosophy of technology, cybernetics, or contemporary artistic practices.

Call for papers: until 15 March 2026

Decision communicated to authors: end of April

2nd round review and editing: May 

Publication: July 2026

Issue editors: José Gomes Pinto (Lusófona University) and Alexander Gerner (Lusófona University)

Please find full call text below and registration and submission information at https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/caleidoscopio/about/submissions.