[ecrea] CFP - Deep Mapping special issue

A final (and extended) call for contributions to a /Humanities /journal
special issue on “Deep Mapping”
(_http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/DeepMapping_)

Please note deadline for submissions is now *31 July 2015*. There is no
specified word limit for papers so shorter contributions are also
welcome, as are multimedia submissions.

This is a proposal for a Special Issue of the journal, /Humanities/, on
the theme of “deep mapping”. For some time, there has been much
discussion of the impacts of a “spatial turn” in arts and humanities
disciplines. The more far-reaching these impacts have become, the
broader the scope of what a more “spatially inflected” humanities might,
and indeed does, look like. Yet, while the breadth of scholarship to
which we can attach the provisional label “spatial humanities” has, not
surprisingly, foregrounded issues of space and place, questions of time
and temporality equally underpin theoretical and practical interventions
that are advancing research in this area. The idea of “deep mapping”,
which, as a term, has its origins in the writings of William Least
Heat-Moon (but as an idea, “deep mapping” has a much deeper provenance),
is one that finds resonance across spatial humanities research more
generally. While not necessarily couched in such terms, deep mapping
speaks to a rich profusion of perspectives that are, in some shape or
form, engaged with the mapping or tapping of a layered and multifaceted
sense of place, narrative, history, and memory. From Historical GIS, to
developments in literary or cinematic geography, or work on popular
music heritage and the characterization of place, to approaches that
fall under a more generic banner of “psychogeography” or spatial
anthropology, deep mapping encompasses a loose set of orientations and
practices that give fuller expression to what we have come to understand
as “spatial humanities”. Contributions for this Special Issue are
therefore sought from a wide range of fields that address questions that
engage with or respond to a conceptual focus on “deep mapping”. Papers
that more specifically explore themes of cultural memory in relation to
deep mapping or spatial humanities research are particularly welcomed.

Contact the assistant editor Ms. Jie Gu at (humanities /at/ mdpi.com)
<mailto:(humanities /at/ mdpi.com)> for questions regarding the submission
process or the issue guest editor Dr. Les Roberts
(les.roberts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk) <mailto:(les.roberts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)> for
questions regarding the appropriateness of the content or style of your
manuscript.

Humanitiesis fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access
by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as
indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors
and their institutes. More information is available at
http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/.

No Article Processing Charges (APC) apply for well-prepared manuscripts.
For more information please visithttp://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/
<http://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/>.

For further details on the submission process, please see the
instructions for authors at
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/instructions

Many thanks.

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Les Roberts (Dr)

Lecturer in Cultural and Media Studies

Department of Communication and Media

School of the Arts

19 Abercromby Square

University of Liverpool

Liverpool. L69 7ZG. UK

tel: +44 151 794 3102

www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/les-roberts/
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/les-roberts/>

www.liminoids.com/ <http://www.liminoids.com/>

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