[ecrea] Journal of humanistic research

> Academic Quarter
>
> Journal of humanistic = research
>
> In the autumn of 2010 a new peer reviewed, 
> online = journal will be published with 
> humanistic research. The aim of the journal is 
> to = meet the demand for critical publication of 
> topics from the humanistic and 
> cultural-scientific research tradition from the 
> Danish universities. The journal will cover 
> current themes, and at the same time it will 
> seek to = create a high standard of good 
> communication and publication of research within 
> = the humanities. The journal has a wide scope, 
> but each issue concentrates on specific themes. 
> Articles will be in Danish and English. =
>
> Flesh - Call for = articles
>
> ?And your very flesh shall be a great = poem,? 
> Walt Whitman wrote in the introduction to Leaves 
> of Grass from = 1855. Before Whitman flesh has 
> been a means of communication and understanding 
> = from Kafka?s penal colony and David 
> Cronenberg?s new flesh to = modern bodily 
> decoration and aesthetic surgery. The human 
> rational faculty is = limited by the body, but 
> only if it is seen as such. Modern neurological 
> = cognition research has emphasised what art and 
> culture have known all along. We = also use our bodies when we think.
>
> The body is not just part of thinking, but also 
> a = plastic unit that can be modelled almost at 
> will, whereas flesh in other ways = denotes 
> decay. The process of aging is in itself an area 
> of fear, but it is an = open question how 
> domineering flesh will remain. The possibilities 
> of = technological prolongation of life are increasing.
>
> Flesh and the body are a pivotal point for many 
> = media genres. Laura Mulvey has called 
> pornography, melodrama and horror bodily genres, 
> and she has referred to their bodily effects. 
> Flesh is at the = centre also of many other 
> genres. Where the horror genre deals with the = 
> resurrection of the flesh in spite of 
> vulnerability and decay, the crime genre has = 
> its point of departure in penetration of flesh. 
> The crime, murder, is also the discontinuation of flesh.
>
> Flesh, however, is not only human, even though 
> it = is the human meeting point with animal 
> forces. Flesh is also meat, though we do = not 
> need it so live. Meat is an expression of human 
> pleasure. Meat when = eating, and flesh when 
> loving. It is truly exciting  to see what the 
> result = will be when flesh becomes the focus of 
> cultural studies and academic research. =
>
> We call for articles within the framework as it 
> is described above with focus on changeable 
> flesh, its relationship to = technology, flesh 
> as aesthetic platform (eroticism and food), in 
> films and the media = and seen together with thinking.
>
> Articles
> Suggestion for articles, including an abstract 
> of 150 words, to be = mailed to J=F8rgen Riber 
> Christensen ((riber /at/ hum.aau.dk)) and Kim Toft 
> Hansen = ((kimtoft /at/ hum.aau.dk)) no later than 1 
> December 2009. Accepted articles  ? using the = 
> Harvard System Style Sheet ? to be mailed to the 
> editors no later than 1 = March 2010. Articles 
> will then be peer reviewed anonymously. The 
> articles = should be around 15,000-25.000 
> keystrokes. The issue will be published in the autumn 2010.
>
>
>
> Journal website
>
> http://www.akademiskkvarter.hum.aau.dk/firstEng.html.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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