[Commlist] New Special Issue of JEP (28.1) on collective and embodied modes of scholarly communication

We at the /Journal of Electronic Publishing/ (JEP) are excited to 
announce the publication of “On Gathering 
<https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/336/info/>,” our new 
special issue on collective and embodied modes of scholarly 
communication, edited by Dr. Katina L. Rogers 
<https://katinarogers.com/> (Inkcap Consulting).
This special issue is an exploration of the ephemeral—the stray 
thoughts, the side conversations, the discarded scraps and false starts 
that inform a published work of scholarship, usually invisibly. Just as 
mushrooms spring up from the rot of the forest floor and return 
nutrients to depleted soil, this issue suggests something new might 
emerge in scholarly communication from the decomposing remnants of what 
came before. Drawing on this metaphor of the ecological functions of 
fungi, the contributions collected here consider matters of 
interdependence, coalition building, and collective thriving in and 
beyond the university, even in less-than-pristine conditions.
The resulting collection reflects the many ways we gather and the many 
ways our thoughts take shape. Form and structure are objects of inquiry 
in many contributions, with creative and critical examinations of what 
relational scholarship looks like through postcards, invitations, 
podcasts, and multivocal pieces. Many contributors used the space to 
engage in collaborative work that self-reflectively considers the 
possibilities of collaborative writing. Others reflect on design 
studios, on academic administration, on grantwriting, on queer 
bibliography—all in order to better understand how we might bring about 
more justice, joy, and sustainability in our scholarly lifeworlds.
/This special issue features work from:/ Lee Skallerup Bessette, Niya 
Bond, Katherine Bowers, Christina Boyles, Kath Burton, Maria Sachiko 
Cecire, Clare Daniel, Quinn Dombrowski, Liz Grumbach, Jacquelyne Thoni 
Howard, Jajwalya Karajgikar, Sheliza Ladhani, Anouk Lang, Bart Lenart, 
Purdom Lindblad, Erica Machulak, Mairi McDermott, Hannah McGregor, Liv 
Newman, Malcolm Noble, Sarah Pyke, Laura Reid, Sefat Rimpu, Roopika 
Risam, Enilda Romero-Hall, J. Nalubega Ross, Kathryn Ruddock, Amber 
Sewell, Eva Spiegelhofer, Silvia Stoyanova, Elizabeth Tavella, Stephanie 
Tyler, Amanda Wyatt Visconti, and Abigail Williams, as well as a book 
review of Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s /Leading Generously /(2024) by John 
Maxwell.
Please share this special issue with anyone in your network who may be 
interested in collective and embodied modes of scholarly communication!

Contents: https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/336/info 
<https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/336/info>/
*Volume 28 • Issue 1 • 2025 • On Gathering: Exploring Collective and 
Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication and Publishing*
Katina Rogers, “Editor's Gloss: The Process of Shared Knowledge 
Creation.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6835 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6835>
Amanda Wyatt Visconti, “Organized Futures: Speculative Design for More 
Just and Joyful Scholarly Infrastructure.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6020 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6020>
Enilda Romero-Hall, Clare Daniel, Jacquelyne Thoni Howard, Niya Bond, 
and Liv Newman, “A Feminist Scholars Collective Supporting the Growth 
and Dissemination of a Digital Guide: A Collaborative Autoethnography.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5878 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5878>
J. Nalubega Ross, “A Call For Papers: Postcards on Beauty, Method, and 
Ephemera.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5942 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5942>
Sheliza Ladhani, Stephanie Tyler, and Mairi McDermott, “Preserving 
Fugacious Stories Through Metho-Pedagogical Gatherings to Carry Forth 
Otherworlds.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5937 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5937>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, Katherine Bowers, Maria Sachiko Cecire, Quinn 
Dombrowski, Anouk Lang, and Roopika Risam, “Collective Praxis, 
Collaborative Publishing: The Case of the Data-Sitters Club.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6093 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6093>
Bart Lenart, Mairi McDermott, Laura Reid, Sefat Rimpu, Kathryn Ruddock, 
and Abigail Williams, “Collaborative Writing as a Process of Inquiry 
within Knowledge Ecologies.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6033 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6033>
Liz Grumbach, Christina Boyles, and Purdom Lindblad, “Design Studio as 
Method: Reparative Archives and Beyond.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6168 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6168>
Hannah McGregor, “No One Is In Trouble: Queer Feminist Collaborations in 
the Amplify Podcast Network, The SpokenWeb Podcast, and Witch, Please 
Productions.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6098 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6098>
Elizabeth Tavella & Eva Spiegelhofer, “In Dialogue with More-Than-Human 
Wor(l)ds: Collaborative Kinship and Relationality in Digital 
Publishing.” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6022 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6022>
Amber Sewell, “Giving Voice to Community: Embodied Scholarship, 
Generative Discussion, and Other Affordances of Scholarly Podcasting.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6036 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6036>
Silvia Stoyanova, “Revisiting the Hermeneutic Project of the Fragment in 
its Exigency for a Digital Paradigm of Publication.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6275 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6275>
Kath Burton and Erica Machulak, “The Grant Writer's Paradox: Leveraging 
Public Scholarship Ideas When the Money is Uncertain.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6017 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6017>
Malcolm Noble and Sarah Pyke, “A Bibliographic Gathering: Reflecting on 
‘Queer Bibliography.’” https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6034 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6034>
Jajwalya Karajgikar, “Feasting on Collaborations.” 
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5936 <https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.5936>
John Maxwell, Book Review: Leading Generously: Tools for Transformation 
by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.7120 
<https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.7120>




















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