[Commlist] Public Knowledge - the Academy and Beyond (Call for contributions to New Formations special issue)

*Public Knowledge: the Academy and Beyond*

A special issue of /New Formations: A journal of culture / power / 
politics /
//
Now in its fifth decade of publication, /New Formations/ maintains an 
international reputation for publishing rigorous peer-reviewed 
scholarship in the critical humanities and social sciences. The journal 
accepts contributions within a wide range of disciplines, while 
specialising as a forum for debates and discussions around the political 
and analytical uses of cultural theory.
The journal editors have decided to commission an issue on the politics 
of the academy and other sites of social knowledge-production, now in 
the past and in the future.


With the university in ruins, what forms of public and collective 
institution could prove hospitable to radical pedagogy, research and 
knowledge-production? Can we use new media and new modes of social 
engagement to make new forms of learning and teaching possible? Are 
podcasts and YouTube the future? What lessons can we draw from the 
history of Workers Education, Workers Inquiry, Free Universities and 
democratic schooling? What remaining role can critical education play in 
the post-neoliberal school or university? How can workers in these 
institutions collaborate with students and other stakeholder to reclaim 
their resources and their  legitimating power? How can we respond to 
direct attacks on progressive history and theory on educational  
curricula caught in the culture wars? What is the politics of ‘open 
access’ publishing in the case both publicly and privately funded 
research? How will competition for international students continue to 
reshape both educational institutions and the societies in which they 
are embedded? How can classic and / or recent texts in cultural, social 
and political theory help us to think about these issues? What role can 
ideas and practices such as consciousness-raising, art-as-education or 
‘fugitive study’ play in formulating new responses to these question?

Please send abstracts (250-300 words) and a biographical note to 
(nfsubmissions /at/ me.com) <mailto:(nfsubmissions /at/ me.com)> and 
(j.gilbert /at/ uel.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.gilbert /at/ uel.ac.uk)>. The deadline for 
receipt of abstracts is November 21st 2022.
Decisions will be made about inclusion in the special issue by December 
7th, 2002
Deadline for receipt of  contributions will be May 31st 2023. All 
contributions will be subject to standard blind peer review, and 
publication of the volume is planned for November 2023.

For information about /New Formations / see 
https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/ 
<https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/>

Open Access Policy: The journal is not published open access, being  a 
major income-stream for Lawrence & Wishart, one of the UK’s oldest 
progressive publishers. A selection of articles from each issue is 
always made available open access, but we cannot guarantee in advance 
that this will apply to any particular article. Institutional fees for 
conversion of articles to open access are generally negotiated ad hoc, 
but fall within normal industry ranges.  The journal is available via 
the usual digital outlets for scholarly publications, such as Ebsco and 
Project Muse.

Dear colleagues

Please share this call for contributions widely.

*Public Knowledge: the Academy and Beyond*

A special issue of /New Formations: A journal of culture / power / 
politics /
//
Now in its fifth decade of publication, /New Formations/ maintains an 
international reputation for publishing rigorous peer-reviewed 
scholarship in the critical humanities and social sciences. The journal 
accepts contributions within a wide range of disciplines, while 
specialising as a forum for debates and discussions around the political 
and analytical uses of cultural theory.
The journal editors have decided to commission an issue on the politics 
of the academy and other sites of social knowledge-production, now in 
the past and in the future.


With the university in ruins, what forms of public and collective 
institution could prove hospitable to radical pedagogy, research and 
knowledge-production? Can we use new media and new modes of social 
engagement to make new forms of learning and teaching possible? Are 
podcasts and YouTube the future? What lessons can we draw from the 
history of Workers Education, Workers Inquiry, Free Universities and 
democratic schooling? What remaining role can critical education play in 
the post-neoliberal school or university? How can workers in these 
institutions collaborate with students and other stakeholder to reclaim 
their resources and their  legitimating power? How can we respond to 
direct attacks on progressive history and theory on educational  
curricula caught in the culture wars? What is the politics of ‘open 
access’ publishing in the case both publicly and privately funded 
research? How will competition for international students continue to 
reshape both educational institutions and the societies in which they 
are embedded? How can classic and / or recent texts in cultural, social 
and political theory help us to think about these issues? What role can 
ideas and practices such as consciousness-raising, art-as-education or 
‘fugitive study’ play in formulating new responses to these question?

Please send abstracts (250-300 words) and a biographical note to 
(nfsubmissions /at/ me.com) <mailto:(nfsubmissions /at/ me.com)> and 
(j.gilbert /at/ uel.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.gilbert /at/ uel.ac.uk)>. The deadline for 
receipt of abstracts is November 21st 2022.
Decisions will be made about inclusion in the special issue by December 
7th, 2002
Deadline for receipt of  contributions will be May 31st 2023. All 
contributions will be subject to standard blind peer review, and 
publication of the volume is planned for November 2023.

For information about /New Formations / see 
https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/ 
<https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/>

Open Access Policy: The journal is not published open access, being  a 
major income-stream for Lawrence & Wishart, one of the UK’s oldest 
progressive publishers. A selection of articles from each issue is 
always made available open access, but we cannot guarantee in advance 
that this will apply to any particular article. Institutional fees for 
conversion of articles to open access are generally negotiated ad hoc, 
but fall within normal industry ranges.  The journal is available via 
the usual digital outlets for scholarly publications, such as Ebsco and 
Project Muse.


This call can be found and shared here: 
https://jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/call-for-contributions-to-new-formations-special-issue/ 



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