[Commlist] CfP: Special issue on Cosmopolitan Media and Communication Studies in GMJ-DE

Global Media Journal - German Edition
Call for Papers for a Special Issue - July 2021

--> Call in pdf: 
http://globalmediajournal.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CfP-GMJ-DE-Towards-Cosmopolitian-Media-Studies.pdf


*Towards Cosmopolitan Media and Communication Studies: Bringing diverse 
epistemic perspectives into the field*

Guest Editors:
Hanan Badr (Cairo University/Gulf University for Sciences and 
Technology) Sarah Anne Ganter (Simon Fraser University)

This Special Issue "Towards Cosmopolitan Media and Communication 
Studies" engages with the ongoing conversation on diversifying 
perspectives in the field. We believe that it is a normative imperative 
to shape our field towards more openness as 'research thrives in 
diversity, and not in the singular dominance of certain methods, 
theories, or approaches'. Epistemic consequences of dominant modes of 
knowledge production risk being viewed as the only legitimate knowledge 
claims. It can lead to the invisibility of entire research landscapes' 
linguistic terrains, prevalence of the English language as lingua franca 
and difficulties to establish a horizontal dialogue among communication 
scholars' communities. #CommunicationSoWhite highlighted exclusion of 
scholarly voices. In the spirit of a more open discipline, we choose 
using the concept 'academic cosmopolitanism' as a helpful way of 
thinking to creating more inclusive networks and a democratic and open 
approach to scholarly exchange.
 Instead of lamenting the situation, we consider this Special Issue a 
practical scholarly response to contribute to opening media and 
communication studies up. Academic cosmopolitanism combines intellectual 
and structural critique and aspires to create common spaces with room 
for differentiation. This Special Issue is a chance to practice 'mindful 
inclusiveness' towards under-represented geopolitical, methodological, 
and theoretical strands. We believe that critical scholarly knowledge 
production can be a transformative act from within academia.
Together with open-minded scholars this special issue aims at:
* opening media and communication studies up
* helping understand the roots of the dilemma
* promoting often under-represented voices
* helping unravel structural issues that foster imbalances in our field
* discussing the idea of academic cosmopolitanism - chances, obstacles 
and limits
* fostering epistemic transformation
* talking with rather than about different scholarly communities and 
realities

Research topics and questions for this special issue include, but are 
not limited to:
* Criticism of mainstream theories and/or analytical frameworks from the 
perspective of the Global South
* Exploration of tensions between globalization, academic 
cosmopolitanism, and local scholarship
* Discussion of fragmentation versus homogenization tendencies in media 
and communication studies and its consequences
* Auto-ethnographic experiences of marginalized scholars in media and 
communication studies and ways forward
* Suggestions for structural changes in the field of media and communication
* Critical examination and genealogy of de-westernization discourses in 
media and communication studies
* Practices of openness at individual or institutional levels (examples 
of programs, work of networks, and funding opportunities that exemplify 
academic cosmopolitanism)
* Examination of origins and challenges to and delimitations of academic 
cosmopolitanism (linguistic, structural, economic, socio-cultural, etc.)
* Debating the relevance and disruptions of media and communication 
studies in their academic ecosystems
* Methods of academic cosmopolitanism

Submission Guidelines
Timetable: * Submission of abstracts: 15th November 2020
* Response to authors: 15th December 2020
* Deadline for full papers: 28th February 2021
* Publication: July 2021

Abstract: 200 words
Format: Articles (peer-reviewed); Essays and Commentaries; From the 
Field; Graduate Section

Submission of abstract to: Hanan Badr (mailto:(hanan.badr /at/ fu-berlin.de)), 
Sarah Anne Ganter (mailto:(sganter /at/ sfu.ca)), and GMJ-DE editor Katharina 
Noetzold (mailto:(gmj /at/ uni-erfurt.de)) Style guide: You will find it 
http://wp.areacore.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gmj_styleguide-en_2015.pdf
Website: http://globalmediajournal.de/en/

Global Media Journal - German Edition is an open access journal 
dedicated to international and transcultural communication research 
listed in DOAJ. We do not charge any article processing fees.




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