[Commlist] CFP: Cultural Literacies in Transition

*Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies*
Call for papers for a special issue on Cultural Literacies in Transition
Guest editor: Kris Rutten (Ghent University)

*Theme*
On-going public and academic debate has focused on the importance of 
knowledge about culture and the arts, what is generally referred to as 
“cultural literacy”. Often the debate focuses on an alleged “lack” of 
such knowledge. Whereas traditional approaches to cultural 
literacy emphasized the importance of a shared national culture, the 
reading of books and the literary canon, in recent years there has been 
an increasing focus on what cultural “literacies” can imply within our 
current globalised, pluralized and media saturated societies. While the 
conception that the arts constitute (Western) High Culture has for a 
long time already been strongly criticized from a broad range 
of perspectives, this idea is still reflected in more traditional 
approaches to the importance and functions of culture and the arts. 
However, contemporary societal transitions raise a number of important 
questions about the specific content of cultural literacies (i.e. what 
is still considered to be relevant and valuable knowledge about culture 
and the arts?), about the potential functions of culture and the arts 
for society (i.e. what is considered to be the societal and educational 
value of knowledge about and engagement with the arts?) and about the 
specific role of cultural institutions today (i.e. how do cultural 
institutions address their roles as mediator and go-between of knowledge 
about the arts?).

For this special issue, we therefore seek contributions that explore how 
cultural literacies are 
currently defined, practiced, contested and negotiated in relation to 
different contexts by focusing on the following discussions:

- What is currently considered to be valuable knowledge about culture, 
art and aesthetics? How is this knowledge being challenged and how is it 
redefined? What does this imply for art education and for the curriculum 
in general?
- How are the societal functions of culture and the arts framed in the 
public and academic debate? What are the societal and educational values 
that are attributed to knowledge about and engagement with the arts?
- How is the role of cultural and art institutions changing as 
traditional mediators of knowledge about culture and the arts? What new 
forms of art mediation are emerging or how can such new forms be 
conceptualized?

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*Submission guidelines:*
- Deadline for abstracts: Please send your abstracts of 300 words by 
*August 31st 2019* to (Kris.Rutten /at/ UGent.be) <mailto:(Kris.Rutten /at/ UGent.be)>.
- Notification of selected abstracts by: *September 15th 2019.*
- Deadline for article submission: based on the selection of the 
abstracts full papers will need to be submitted by: *December 15th 2019*.
- Information and instructions for authors: 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCRC

All completed manuscripts MUST be uploaded onto the online manuscript 
portal Scholar One. Go to Critical Arts on the Taylor and Francis site. 
There is an option on the top left pane of the screen that says 
‘submit’, select this then click ‘submit online’ and follow the prompts.
Further inquiries about the special issue: (Kris.Rutten /at/ UGent.be) 
<mailto:(Kris.Rutten /at/ UGent.be)>
Alternatively, contact the Critical Arts editorial office at 
(criticalarts /at/ ukzn.ac.za) <mailto:(criticalarts /at/ ukzn.ac.za)> or the 
editor-in-chief, Keyan Tomaselli at (keyant /at/ uj.ac.za) <mailto:(keyant /at/ uj.ac.za)>

Critical Arts prides itself in publishing original, readable, and 
theoretically cutting edge articles. For more information on the history 
and the orientation of the journal, as well as guidelines for authors, 
and legal and editorial procedures, please visit: 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/rcrcauth.asp
Critical Arts is now published six times annually and is indexed in the 
International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) and the ISI Social 
Science Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index and other indexes.

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