[ecrea] Critical Contemporary Culture - Call for Papers and Recruitment

>Call for Papers - Novelty
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>This call is for the first issue of Critical Contemporary Culture.
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>Critical Contemporary Culture is a student-led, peer review journal
>devoted to the strengthening and development of the study of culture. It
>is an environment in which students and non-students can engage with one
>another in critical dialogue about contemporary culture.
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>As an innovative digital presence Critical Contemporary Culture would
>like to use its first issue to invite essays on novelty in contemporary
>culture. This issue will be on what it means to be novel, or to explore
>the new, in the contemporary moment.
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>Are we obsessed by novelty? Is newness is at the heart of today's over
>consumption and hyper-individualization? Is novelty creative and
>resistant? Is novelty a means of movement beyond ontological,
>disciplinary and institutional boundaries, towards more radically
>humanist forms?
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>How novelty plays out in contemporary culture is the focus of the first
>issue of Critical Contemporary Culture.
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>This issue aims to bring articles from both the humanities and social
>sciences together with works produced by artists and cultural
>practitioners. We are particularly interested in essays and works that
>are concerned with 'novelty'.
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>Critical Contemporary Culture is calling for submissions from students
>and cultural practitioners. It is calling for essays, art works,
>installations, narratives and other media.
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>We welcome submissions from all areas of research, cultural production
>and practice including but not limited to: sociology; anthropology;
>economics; history; geography; dramatic and performing arts; literary
>studies; music and dance.
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>Formats
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>*       Essays should be submitted in Word format.
>*       Other media can be submitted in the following formats: jpeg,
>mpeg, mov, mp3, avi and others by discussion with the editor
>(editor /at/ criticalcontemporaryculture.org)
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>For submission guidelines please see
>http://www.criticalcontemporaryculture.org
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>Deadline
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>The deadline for abstracts is 13th November 2010
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>Timeline
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>Final submissions deadline:     December 13 2010
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>Further information
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>For more information on Critical Contemporary Culture please see
>http://www.criticalcontemporaryculture.org/
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>Critical Contemporary Culture
>Recruitment for reviewers and article editors
>Do you want to get involved in peer reviewing and article editing?
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>Critical Contemporary Culture is a student-led, peer review journal
>devoted to the strengthening and development of the study of culture. It
>is an environment in which students and non-students can engage with one
>another in critical dialogue about contemporary culture.
>
>Critical Contemporary Culture is interested in recruiting students (PhD
>and Masters students) and cultural practitioners (artists, designers,
>musicians, poets, etc) to be:
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>Article Editors As an Article editor will be a member of the editorial
>board. You will establish whether submissions to Critical Contemporary
>Culture are within the broad scope of the journal. You will also work
>with the peer reviewers to assess each relevant submission.
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>Peer reviewers Critical Contemporary Culture relies on peer reviewers to
>maintain the high quality and integrity of the journal. You will work
>with the Article Editor to establish the relevance and quality of the
>submissions.
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>If you are interested in either, or both, of these positions please
>complete the attached application form and include an up-to-date CV.
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>Deadline
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>The deadline for applications is 1st November 2010
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>Further information
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>For more information on Critical Contemporary Culture please see
>http://www.criticalcontemporaryculture.org/ or contact the Editor
>(editor /at/ criticalcontemporaryculture.org)
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>Critical Contemporary Culture is funded by LSE Sociology
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