Call for Papers and Collaborators: #OccupyThought
D.E.
Ok, here's the CFP! I'll start sending this out to my relevant
contacts, and post it to the listservs that I subscribe to. Please do
the same!
A shorter version will be posted separately—not everywhere will accept
such a long CFP.
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Call for Papers and Collaborators: #OccupyThought
#OccupyThought is a theoretical action taken as a part of
#OccupyWallStreet—intended to be a political act of theorization
rather than a theorization of political action. We welcome scholars
and activists to contribute any theoretical writing concerned with the
#OWS movement. All submissions will be published online in an open
access format, and subject to open peer review from both scholars and
activists. Selections will be chosen for one or more edited volumes,
to be published in both print and open-access ebook formats.
Submissions of any kind of theoretically-based writing are welcome,
including informational writing, interpretive writing, critical and
interventionist writing, as well as persuasive writing that attempts
to imagine outcomes and next steps, and to appeal to #occupiers to
follow one vision or plan rather than another. We hope to see a great
diversity of perspectives and assessments, and there is no political
litmus test—only a requirement that the intent of the writing be
constructive communication both with scholars and with activists. Word
count is expected to vary widely, in accordance with the kind of
writing submitted, but should be more than 1500 words and less than
8000. Writing from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective
is welcome.
Those who have made provisional commitments to take part in the
project include Linda Martín Alcoff (Philosophy, Hunter College/CUNY
Graduate Center), Wendy Brown (Political Science, UC Berkeley), Jason
Eastman (Sociology, Coastal Carolina University), Jairus Grove
(Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Manoa), Alexander
Halavais (Communications, Quinnipiac University), Dustin Howes
(Political Science, LSU), Leigh Johnson (Philosophy, Rhodes College),
Nathan Jun (Midwestern State University), Paul M. Livingston
(Philosophy, UNM), Nicholas Mirzoeff (Media, Culture, and
Communication, NYU), Joel Olson (Politics & International Affairs,
Northern Arizona University), Andrew Ross (Social and Cultural
Analysis, NYU), Louis-Georges Schwartz (Film Studies, Ohio
University), Robert Talisse (Philosophy, Vanderbilt), D.E. Wittkower
(Philosophy, Old Dominion University), and Keith Woodward (Geography,
University of Wisconson–Madison).
Due to the open-access nature of the project, we will accept
concurrent submissions with other projects that also accept concurrent
submissions. Tidal (occupytheory.org) and Occupy Philosophy
(occupyphil.org) are two notable examples of similar projects that we
are glad to share submissions with. If your work is more quantitative
than theoretical, you may be more interested in working with Occupy
Research (occupyresearch.wikispaces.com). Historians may also wish to
work with Occupy History (occupyhistory.us).
For online open peer-review, reviewers will be sought from both
academics and #occupiers, based on the belief that this project should
be responsive and responsible to standards of both theory and
practice. Submissions should be written with both audiences in mind.
Submissions are welcome from scholars or from #occupiers, but we are
especially interested in submissions from scholars who have been
personally involved in #occupations, and from #occupiers with academic
backgrounds.
In addition to submissions, we also welcome collaborators who wish to
help with peer-review, with communications and publicity, or with any
other related project. While immediate needs will concern getting the
activists and scholars informed of and involved in the project,
expansions of the project are welcome, and may include organizing
teach-ins, Kickstarter-funding the purchase of books for #occupations
and public libraries, or other related activities of your choosing. We
encourage you to get involved and bring your own goals and ideas. We
hope that working groups on Direct Action, Education, and Outreach
will emerge.
If you’d like to be involved in any way, please sign up to the Google
group for the project:
http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-thought
The group will be the primary location of discussion and planning, and
will send out announcements of newly uploaded submissions.
Please also consider “liking” the project on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Thought/279914098727293
The Facebook page will send out relevant news stories and postings,
and will also post newly uploaded submissions.
Submissions will be uploaded to The New Everyday for open access and
open peer-review:
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/
To submit your writing, create an account with Media Commons and send
your exact username to d.e.wi...@gmail.com with the subject line
“#OccupyThought Contributor”. You will be sent further instructions at
that time. Formatting details are available on the New Everyday
website linked above.
Contributions will be accepted until Feb. 20th.
We hope you will consider submitting, and that you will consider
collaborating. If the topic or process sounds interesting or valuable
to you, but you will not be able to contribute, please join our Google
group and like our Facebook page so that you can stay updated and
perhaps help review contributions.
Dylan Wittkower
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Old Dominion University
D.E.
Here's the short version:
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Call for Papers and Collaborators: #OccupyThought
#OccupyThought is a theoretical action taken as a part of
#OccupyWallStreet. We welcome scholars and activists to contribute any
theoretical writing concerned with the #OWS movement.
Word count is expected to vary widely, in accordance with the kind of
writing submitted, but should be more than 1500 words and less than
8000. Writing from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective
is welcome. Contributions will be accepted until Feb. 20th.
We also welcome collaborators. Collaborators might help with open peer
review, communication, or organization of next steps of your choosing,
such as teach-in or discussion series.
A full, detailed CFP is available on the Google Group for the project
or on the project’s Facebook page:
http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-thought
http://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-thought/call-for-papers-and-collaborators-occupythought/284641894921180
Dylan Wittkower
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Old Dominion University
> your exact username to d.e.wittko...@gmail.com with the subject line