[ecrea] CFP / Placescape, placemaking, placemarking, placedness...

*CALL FOR SUBMISSiONS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL COOLABAH*

Placescape, placemaking, placemarking, placedness ...geography and 
cultural production

You are invited to contribute papers -- empirical studies, discursive 
essays, commentary, case studies or creative works -- for publication in 
a special issue of the journal /Coolabah,/ the journal of the 
Observatori: Centre d' Estudis Australians, the Australian Studies 
Centre, at the Universitat de Barcelona.

This electronic journal provides an international forum for original 
research in the field of Australian Studies, drawing on 
interdisciplinary content. It especially welcomes papers that examine 
the world from cultural perspectives. This special issue seeks papers 
that examine the relationships between place/landscape -- both 
Australian places/landscapes themselves, and Australian perspectives of 
place/landscape -- and cultural production.

We seek papers engaging sense of place and landscape -- either 
Australian places/landscapes themselves, or Australian perspectives of 
place/landscape -- through acts of cultural production.

. Topics could include reflections on the role of the visual, 
performing, written or
electronic arts in visualising, exploring or creating sense of place or 
place
meaning, attachment or marking.
. Papers exploring the influence of geography and place on the creative arts
and cultural production, and the cultural expression of place, are welcomed.
. Papers may be text based, strongly visual, or combined.
. Creative works will be welcomed.
. Papers containing links to web-based resources will also be welcomed; this
may allow digital imagery and video material, for example, to be interfaced
with the texts.

The special issue is edited by Bill Boyd and Ray Norman. Bill is the 
Professor of Geography at Southern Cross University, and researches 
place, environment and landscape from a range of perspectives -- 
biophysical through to cultural. Ray is a Tasmanian-based artist, 
blogger, researcher, community networker and cultural jammer, with a 
background in studio jewellery and metalsmithing. Ray has been involved 
in the initiation of speculative community placemaking-cum-placemarking 
projects through interventionist cultural production.

They can be contacted for further information at (william.boyd /at/ scu.edu.au) 
and (raynorman /at/ eftel.net.au). Proposals for papers or manuscripts for 
submission should be sent to Bill at
(william.boyd /at/ scu.edu.au).

Manuscripts should be in plain text format with a minimum of formatting. 
Graphics may be embedded in the manuscripts or submitted separately. 
Since /Coolabah/ is an electronic journal, colour images are acceptable 
and encouraged. All papers should be in English. Structure (organisation 
and flow of ideas, headings, referencing, etc.) should be appropriate to 
the discipline from which you are writing. The journal can take long 
papers (greater than 5,000 words), but papers may, especially given the 
potential role for visual content, be relatively short. All material 
will be peer reviewed by the special issue editors, and the journal 
retains the right for further peer review.

Manuscripts should be submitted by November 16th 2012. The plan is to 
publish this collection in early 2013.