CFP: Inter/Sections: the Journal of
Global Communications and Culture
This is an open call for a special issue (Summer 2002) of the journal
Inter/Sections: the Journal of Global Communications and Culture.
The topic of the special issue is entitled,
"Phenomenological and Hermeneutic Contributions to the
Study of Global Communication and Culture"
Guest Editor
Dr. Charlton McIlwain
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
New York University
Department of Culture and Communication
The contributions of philosophy-based methods of social scientific
research, namely phenomenology and hermeneutics, are not given broad
attention in the mainstream literature of communication. However, these
epistemological approaches, in opening up the legitimate field of
inquiry to all forms of cultural expression, that is, anything given to
conscious awareness, offer much in helping us understand a wide-array
of communicative phenomena.
These approaches have been particularly useful in the study of the
essential constituents of culture as well as the emerging expression of
global communication and the various ways in which human meaning is
constructed. Given this, the objectives of this special issue are three-
fold: 1). To show how these approaches have contributed to our
understanding of what culture is and its relationship with
communication; 2). To compare this approach to other epistemological
approaches in their acquisition of knowledge about culture and
communication; and 3). To demonstrate how these approaches have been
applied to the study of certain forms of cultural expression.
This issue will focus on a broad variety of questions within this
domain. For instance: What do phenomenologists and hermenuticians do
and how does their use of these approaches help us understand what
culture is, how it is formed, and the nature of cultural variability?
How do these approaches treat communication in their conception of
culture and what do they offer regarding the possibility of "global
communication"? What distinguishes these approaches from other
epistemological approaches in their ontological perspective,
methodological practice and conclusions regarding the study of culture
and communication? Finally, how have these approaches been applied so
as to broaden our understanding of these concepts?
Given this description, this is a call for:
1. Papers which pertain to the objectives of the special issue.
Papers should be between 6,000- 8,000 words.
2. Critical commentaries and reviews or short communications on any
subject pertaining to the topic area for the special issue of
no more than 2400 words.
**We would like to encourage young and new faculty members, PhD
candidates and postdoctoral fellows to submit papers, reviews or
commentaries.
Those interested in submitting research papers should first submit an
extended abstract, of no more than 500 words, by January 1, 2002 to:
Charlton McIlwain, Ph.D.
NYU/Steinhardt School of Education
Dept. of Culture and Communication
26 Washington Place, Pless Annex, Room 552
New York, NY 10003
Abstracts may also be submitted via email to: Charlton.McIlwain@NYU.EDU
E-mailed abstracts should be attached in Word 97 format or higher.
Authors whose papers are accepted for publication will be notified by
February 1, 2002. Final papers must be submitted by May 31, 2002. The
editors retain the right to reject papers whose abstracts were
previously accepted. In order to facilitate anonymous reviewing, a
title page should be submitted containing: the name(s) of the author
(s), with all first names written out; the institution(s) at which the
work was carried out, with all author affiliations indicated; the
author to whom correspondence is to be sent; telephone, fax numbers and
e-mail addresses. Abstracts and manuscripts should not reveal the
identity of the author on any page but the title page.
For more information on journal style guidelines for manuscripts, please
refer to the Inter/Sections web page at:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/communication/iamcr/inter/
Critical commentaries and reviews, or short communications on any
subject having to do with the special issue, should not exceed 2400
words and should be submitted by February 15, 2002.
About Inter/Sections:
Inter/Sections is the official journal of the Junior Scholars Network
(JSN) of the International Association of Mass Communication Research
(IAMCR) in co-operation with the European Consortium for Communications
Researchers (ECCR).
The journal will be published twice a year and provides space for
academics, and especially emerging scholars, who are stepping outside
the boundaries of conventional academic scholarship in culture and
communications. Inter/Sections welcomes new forms of
academic/intellectual discourse that do not necessarily follow
established patterns.
Editors:
Katharine Sarikakis
Communication Culture 7 Media
Coventry University
Priority street, Coventry CV15FB, UK
Tel:+44.24.76887483
Fax:+44.24.76887440
Antonis Skamnakis
Communication Policy & PR
Technological Institute of W. Macedonia
Fourka, Kastoria Greece
Tel:+30.1.3623801
Fax:+30.1.3623803
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