[Commlist] cfp: Special issue on Cultural Trauma and Mediated Catastrophe

  Special Issue "Cultural Trauma and Mediated Catastrophe"


A special issue of /Genealogy/ <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy> 
(ISSN 2313-5778).

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/special_issues/catastrophe

Deadline for manuscript submissions: *1 August 2019*

/Guest Editor /

Dr. Allen Meek

School of English and Media Studies, Massey University, Palmerston 
North, 4442, New Zealand
(A.Meek /at/ massey.ac.nz) <mailto:(A.Meek /at/ massey.ac.nz)>

Special Issue Information

In contemporary societies, incidents of natural disaster, political 
violence, war, genocide, and other forms of social suffering and 
upheaval have become the subject of cultural trauma narratives that 
interpret and commemorate such events for public memory. These cultural 
trauma narratives are communicated by various media that make possible 
collective witnessing of, and identification with, the effects of 
catastrophe. This Special Issue will address a range of cultural traumas 
and consider the ways that they constitute various communities—ethnic, 
national, generational, gendered, etc.—via different media, including 
not only print and audio-visual media but also collective action such as 
protest and performance.

This Issue specifically invites articles that pursue genealogical 
approaches to cultural trauma; that is, those that question dominant 
narratives and consider voices, perspectives, memories, and histories 
that prompt us to rethink established versions of past events. Articles 
should consider the ways that empathy for, or identification with, 
collective trauma can sometimes distort, disguise, or displace the 
actual nature of events and their social, political, and psychological 
implications and consequences. Contributors to this Issue are also 
encouraged to engage with different critical and theoretical accounts of 
trauma, memory, and history, such as in work by Cathy Caruth, Marianne 
Hirsch, Dominick LaCapra, Jeffrey Alexander, and Rodger Luckhurst.

*Manuscript Submission Information*

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com 
<https://www.mdpi.com/> by registering 
<https://www.mdpi.com/user/register/> and logging in to this website 
<https://www.mdpi.com/user/login/>. Once you are registered, click here 
to go to the submission form 
<https://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=genealogy>. 
Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be 
peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the 
journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special 
issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short 
communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short 
abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for 
announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be 
under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference 
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a 
double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant 
information for submission of manuscripts is available on the 
Instructions for Authors 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/instructions> page. /Genealogy/ 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/> is an international 
peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genealogy/instructions> page before 
submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) 
<https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/> is waived for well-prepared 
manuscripts submitted to this issue. Submitted papers should be well 
formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing 
service <https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english> prior to publication or 
during author revisions.

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