[ecrea] Call for Proposals - Of Sacred Crossroads

*Call for Proposals*

Of Sacred Crossroads: Cultural Studies and the Sacred

A special issue of /Open Cultural Studies/

The seventh International Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads 
conference held at the University of the West Indies (Jamaica) was 
themed “Of Sacred Crossroads”. The conference call for papers asked for 
a consideration of issues surrounding the dialogue between humanity and 
spirituality. In the face of increasing materialism and consumerism, as 
well as the prevailing emphasis on science and technology in 
contemporary society, participants contemplated the politics of the 
intersection between Cultural Studies and the sacred, while celebrating 
the intangible heritage of humankind--that found in religion, art, 
dance, song, oratory, healing, re-creation, performance, ritual, belief 
systems, ethics, globalization and communication, among others.

Cultural Studies is not a discipline that immediately calls to mind 
reflection on matters of the sacred. However, since the 2008 iteration 
of the conference, issues of the sacred have continued to be a concern 
amongst a community of Cultural Studies scholars. Cultural Studies is 
known for identifying distinct, multi-disciplinary perspectives, and in 
this special issue the papers will demonstrate a willingness to critique 
the role of the sacred in daily life and an openness to thinking about 
its representation in everyday cultural expressions, from literature to 
music to food to politics and beyond.

*The Special Issue*

This is a call for proposals to be published as a special issue that 
concerns itself with offering new ways in which the sacred is 
represented in the popular realm or communicated at the intersection of 
the secularization of society and its inherent ideological, 
philosophical, existential and methodological crises.

The issue will present a variety of voices, some new, some experienced, 
all wrestling with ideas about and perspectives on the sacred. The 
special issue will have a truly international scope, both in subject and 
voice. Each essay will provide a different perspective on the sacred, 
revealing, through a Cultural Studies lens, diversity of practices, 
multifaceted nature of beliefs, ceremony, and ritual.

*Details of Submission*

Expressions of interest and submission of abstracts should be sent no 
later than *_March 15, 2018_* to the Editor, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah at 
(sonjahstanleyniaah /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(sonjahstanleyniaah /at/ gmail.com)>

The final date for submission of full papers is *_April 30, 2018_* via 
the following online submission system 
(http://www.editorialmanager.com/culture). On accessing the online 
submission system authors must select "Special Issue:  Of Sacred 
Crossroads—Cultural Studies and the Sacred."

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