Civilisation vs Terrorism or McWorld vs Jihad: Whose
Paradise is Lost? 9/11 and Beyond (Journal of Online Education)
We are seeking academic (MLA and APA papers) and non-academic
submissions (poetry, digital photos, personal essays) for a
peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, multicultural issue of the Journal of
Online Education (for the World Association for Online Education)
published on the NYU server, inspired by Terrorism 9/11, and devoted to
exploring the dialectic and rhetoric of Civilisation vs. Terrorism,
McWorld vs. Jihad, Operation Enduring Freedom vs. Evil Doers, the God of
Money vs the God of Death, Globalism vs Tribalism, United Nations vs Sub
and Supranations, Freedom Fighters vs Fundamentalists, Crusaders vs Holy
Terror, Operation Infinite Justice vs Bad Folks:Whose Paradise is
Lost?-- or anything else you want to call it. In fact we are looking
for critical analyses of the media and political rhetoric following
9/11, perhaps comparing it to similar eras in history. Studies of media
and cultural adaptation to these catastrophic events, analysing how
reality upstages fiction or is amplified through media into a universal
yet surrogate tragedy, or how films, plays, stand-up comedy and TV shows
are consequently censored or transformed would be most welcome. We are
particularly interested in a cross cultural analysis of religion and its
relationship to political rhetoric. We are also interested in case
studies of professors who changed and adapted their curricula following
(or in anticipation of) these events, not only in content, but also with
such techniques as role playing, cathartic rituals, art and music
therapy, community service and volunteer work. We will also publish
poetry, art work and personal essays that reveal a more dramative,
vulnerable reaction to these horrific events. We are looking for
controversial, evocative, thought-provoking work-- as verbally
combustive as the flames from the towers. You do not have to be
politically correct.
Please send abstracts with short bio to Professor Julia Evergreen
Keefer, julia.keefer@nyu.edu. No attachments--cut and paste poems and
shorter works. We will collect material from now until February 2002 for
this issue of the Journal of Online Education.
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