[ecrea] CfP. Participations Across, Between and Beyond Disciplines and Institutions

Conjunctions: Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation

Call for Papers: Participations Across, Between and Beyond Disciplines 
and Institutions

Deadline: May 15, 2015

The concept of participation is experiencing its transdisciplinary 
heyday. This is not least due to a range of broad cultural and 
technological transformations that challenge established relations 
between e.g. media institutions and media users, citizens and 
authorities, companies and consumers, patients and health systems. 
However, participation is not only a descriptive concept that refers to 
actual social transformations, but also a normative ideal in several 
social fields and a strategic buzzword deployed to legitimize decisions 
and organizational changes. Therefore it is important to clarify how 
participation is actually practiced and researched across various 
disciplinary fields, and to discuss the value (or non-value) of 
acclaimed participatory processes.
The goal of the special issue is to clarify how various disciplines 
understand and use the concept of ‘participation’, and how they 
distinguish between participation, collaboration, cooperation, 
involvement, interaction, and co-creation. Furthermore, the aim is to 
investigate if and how it is possible to develop a common understanding 
of what participation is which can be deployed across the disciplines 
involved, while also taking into consideration the inherent complexities 
of participation.
To investigate these issues we invite researchers from various 
disciplines and faculties to present their take on when, where and how 
participation takes place. Papers might, for instance, investigate and 
theoretically develop a common conceptual language around participation, 
develop methodological tools to evaluate participation, or critically 
engage with cross-sectional problem solving.

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Camilla Møhring Reestorff
PhD, Assistant Professor
Dep. of Aesthetics and Communication
Aarhus University
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 2, 1485/536. 8000 Aarhus C
(norcmr /at/ dac.au.dk) <mailto:(norcmr /at/ dac.au.dk)>

// Editor-in-chief of Conjunctions: Transdisciplinary Journal of 
Cultural Participation
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