This edited volume, with the working title "Reinventing Presence: Museums and Emerging Technologies" examines theoretical approaches and case studies that explore how this 'presence culture' can also be applied both in museum spaces and virtual experiences, where visitors engage with objects and virtual exhibitions in real time, multisensory, and embodied ways and what role technology can play in this. 

Key questions: how can technology move away from providing information to facilitating our sense of presence, enriching our affective responses or connecting us with authentic objects? Can technology facilitate the incorporation of a new presence culture in museums? How can museums potentially focus on the embodiment capabilities of technology and on offering multisensory experiences that can generate empathy, historical presence and a sense of personal growth? Can technology act as a distraction in museums, affecting the visitors' sense of presence? How can technological solutions be conceived as immersive vehicles of embodiment and presence? Finally, what are the ethical and other issues that result from such practices?  

Deadline: September 15, 2021