[ecrea] Call for Co-Editor: Visual Anthropology Review

Visual Anthropology Review: Call for Co-Editor



http://societyforvisualanthropology.org/visual-anthropology-review/

<http://societyforvisualanthropology.org/visual-anthropology-review/>



The Society for Visual Anthropology invites applications for the 
co-editorship of its journal, Visual Anthropology Review (VAR). One of 
the current co-editors will finish his service to VAR in May 2016, and 
SVA seeks an individual to transition into the position of a new 
co-editor during the Spring 2016 semester. The typical period for a 
co-editorship is three years.


If you are interested in applying for the position, please email a 
letter of intent and a CV to the current co-editors: Jenny Chio 
((jenny.chio /at/ emory.edu)<mailto:(jenny.chio /at/ emory.edu)>) and Mark 
Westmoreland 
((m.r.westmoreland /at/ fsw.leidenuniv.nl)<mailto:(m.r.westmoreland /at/ fsw.leidenuniv.nl)>). 
Please direct any questions about the position to Jenny Chio and Mark 
Westmoreland. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, 
beginning January 4, 2016.


About the Position



VAR is a biannual academic, peer-reviewed journal that publishes 12-15 
articles per year. The co-editors are assisted by the journal’s film 
review editor and two book review editors, who manage the publication of 
15-20 book and film reviews per year.



Qualifications of the Co-Editor:

·       A PhD in Anthropology and a background of teaching, research and 
publishing in fields related to visual anthropology.

·       Proven organizational and editorial skills.

·       Interest in online multi-media publishing.



Responsibilities of the Co-Editor:

·       Edit the journal under the protocols established by 
Wiley-Blackwell and the American Anthropological Association.

·       Work with Wiley-Blackwell to maintain the established workflow, 
to meet the  deadlines and requirements for two issues per year.

·       Solicit articles and suggest ideas for special issues or articles.

·       Receive articles and manage them through the review process. 
This involves maintaining records on each submitted article; engaging 
two reviewers for a “double-blind” peer review for each article; reading 
the submitted articles and the peer reviews and contacting the authors 
as to the final decision.

·       Work with website managers from SVA and Wiley-Blackwell to 
contribute, update, and maintain content online, including video and 
other multi-media content.

·       Supervise and recruit, as needed, the VAR editorial assistant.

·      Attend publishing, editorial, and SVA Board meetings during the 
annual AA conference over the duration of the co-editorship.



About the Journal



Visual Anthropology Review is published by the American Anthropological 
Association and promotes the discussion of visual studies, broadly 
conceived.



> From independent cinema to indigenous media, ethnographic portraiture to Hollywood headshots, street style to narcocultura, VAR has already become the go-to journal for cutting-edge anthropological work on visual media, and we are very optimistic about the future of the journal as we expand into new modes and domains. VAR is currently in the process of re-imagining and re-creating its publishing model to better reflect and support the visual, multi-media, and experimental work being produced by visual anthropologists today. VAR aims to be a leader in scholarly promotion and critique of experimental ethnographic work by developing multi-media platform for more dynamic content.



We welcome articles, photo-essays, reviews, and commentary on the use of 
multimedia, still photography, film, video, and non-camera-generated 
images. We have also begun a new series of online “Supplements” for 
individual articles and issues, providing teaching-related content and 
additional online materials related to recently published pieces.



The journal has produced special issues on topics such as “Ethnographic 
Filmmaking in China,” “Engaging Visual Anthropology in the Entangled 
Lives of Species,” “Visual Representations of Aboriginal Australia,” 
“HIV/AIDS Education and Southern Africa,” and “Visual Latin America.”



VAR has an international readership and publishes work by scholars and 
artists throughout the world. The journal’s reputation is bolstered by 
its Editorial Board that includes more than twenty internationally 
distinguished academics and practitioners, including Peter Biella, Amahl 
Bishara, John Bishop, Tom Blakely, Liam Buckley, Jennifer Deger, 
Elizabeth Edwards, Tejaswini Ganti, Faye Ginsburg, Anna Grimshaw, Tim 
Ingold, John L. Jackson Jr., Dorinne Kondo, Laura Lewis, Brent Luvaas, 
David MacDougall, Jonathan Marion, Leighton Peterson, Christopher 
Pinney, Arnd Schneider, Karen Strassler, and Christopher Wright.



If you have an interest in pushing cutting-edge visual scholarship, 
exploring online and open-access publishing models, and adding your 
critical expertise to the development of VAR over the next few years, 
then please consider submitting your application.



Mark Westmoreland & Jenny Chio

Co-Editors, Visual Anthropology Review

Society for Visual Anthropology

American Anthropological Association



Contact Details:

Jenny Chio

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Emory University

Atlanta GA 30322

(jenny.chio /at/ emory.edu)<mailto:(jenny.chio /at/ emory.edu)>



Mark R. Westmoreland

Associate Professor of Visual Anthropology

Leiden University

2300 RB Leiden

The Netherlands

(m.r.westmoreland /at/ fsw.leidenuniv.nl)


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Jenny Chio

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Associated faculty, Film & Media Studies and East Asian Studies

Emory University


Co-Editor, Visual Anthropology Review


Visiting Assistant Researcher

UCLA Anthropology (through December 2015)


www.jennychio.com

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