[Commlist] CfP: Issues of Diversity and Inclusion in Jazz Festivals (Jazz Research Journal special issue)

*Call for Papers: Issues of Diversity and Inclusion in Jazz Festivals *

A Special Issue of the Jazz Research Journal

Guest Editors: Emily Jones (Cheltenham Jazz Festival) and Sarah Raine 
(Birmingham City University, UK)

With campaigns such as Keychange (PRS Foundation, UK) bringing issues of 
diversity and inclusion to the fore in the music industry, professionals 
and researchers alike are increasingly aware of a lack of diversity in 
relation to jazz audiences, artists and festival staff. However, the 
efforts to tackle these issues lack a strong foundation of research, 
from either industry bodies or scholarship. Emerging out of an industry 
partnership project, this special issue therefore aims to provide a 
space for current research that engages with issues of diversity and 
inclusion in jazz festivals. We particularly encourage submissions that 
take an intersectional approach, emerge out of collaborative projects 
between institutions and industry, or go beyond the geographies and 
narratives that have come to dominate definitions of jazz.

We are particularly interested in papers that address issues of 
diversity and inclusion in relation to the following ‘protected 
characteristics’ (Equality Act 2010):

●Socio-economic status

●Ethnicity

●Gender and sexuality (particularly beyond the binary)

●Age

●Disability

These studies could consider one or more of the following in relation to 
jazz festivals:

●Festival teams

●Audiences

●Artists

●Engagement with the wider industry – e.g. how festival programmers are 
engaging with agents, record labels, media and educational institutions 
in relation to issues of diversity

Articles should not exceed 7,500 words and must comply with the general 
guidelines for submissions 
<https://journals.equinoxpub.com/JAZZ/about/submissions>. Please submit 
your abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short bio (100 words) to 
(Sarah.Raine /at/ bcu.ac.uk) <mailto:(Sarah.Raine /at/ bcu.ac.uk)>by*Friday 1^st 
November 2019*. The publication schedule for this issue is as follows:

Response to abstracts: 6^th December 2019

Draft submissions: 30^th June 2020

Peer Review comments: October 2020

Final Submission: January 2021

Publication: Vol 14 No. 1 (2021)

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