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[Commlist] Call for Chapter Proposals: Decolonising Communication for Development and Social Change Research: Intercultural Perspectives from the Global South

Sun Feb 25 22:32:28 GMT 2024





*CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS 2024*

Provisional book title: *Decolonising Communication for Development and Social Change Research: Intercultural Perspectives from the Global South *

*NB: We do not charge APC for submissions to this call.*

*Editors: *Dr. Tshepang Bright Molale (Wits), Prof. Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise (Unisa), Dr. Edgar Julius Malatji (UL) and Dr. Shumani Eric Madima (Univen)

*Targeted Publishers:*Palgrave MacMillan/Routledge

*Preamble *

This edited volume addresses a pressing need in current discourse by focusing on decolonising communication for social change and development from intercultural perspectives in the Global South. It underscores the urgency to dismantle entrenched power structures and redefine communication paradigms, particularly in social change efforts. The initiative challenges dominant narratives that perpetuate inequalities across the Global South, advocating for a departure from colonial legacies in higher education communication methodologies and epistemologies. It calls for the centering of marginalised voices, validation of diverse knowledge, and cultivation of intercultural dialogues. Within the context of social justice, development, and higher education, decolonising communication for social change emerges as an imperative mandate to address colonial hierarchies and foster inclusivity. Despite purported commitments to diversity and inclusion, many academic and research institutions continue to perpetuate colonial hierarchies, marginalising non-Western epistemologies and relegating them to the periphery of scholarly discourse (see Li, & Weresa, 2022).  This exclusionary framework not only undermines the integrity of academic inquiry but also perpetuates systemic injustices by failing to address the complex intersections of power, culture, and communication. However, this volume seeks to rectify this deficiency, offering a nuanced understanding of communication as a site of struggle, resistance, and transformation through foregrounding intercultural perspectives from the Global South. It will provide the Global South scholars and researchers with an opportunity to (re)think, and (re)evaluate possible ways to decolonise communication for social change and development as well as transcultural communication theories, practices, and pedagogies.

Notwithstanding, there has been a recent effort as part of a “new momentum” of research that stems from the Global South, notably in Africa (see Tufte, 2024), as a way of challenging current research trajectories and patterns of knowledge exclusion that is mostly come from the Global North and West. Although there is a nascent but growing corpus of knowledge on Communication for Development and Social Change, there is, however, a paucity or gap in the literature that is exclusively devoted to addressing epistemic injustice, entrenched colonial legacies, and the need to rethink research practices by infusing epistemologies from the Global South that are inherently intercultural and inclusive- focusing on agency and empowerment of the marginalised or subaltern voices (see Sonderling, 2014; Ferri, 2022). As Dutta (2015) asserted the role of communication in social change is portrayed as a linear conduit for inducing pro-development behaviour change in the “undeveloped” world. These new forms of social change communication, scripted in the narratives of local empowerment, community-based participation, and entrepreneurship, work to systematically erase subaltern communities. The proposal identifies a research gap in the existing scholarship, emphasising the need to foreground the Global South perspectives and interrogate power dynamics in communicative practices for social change, intercultural communication, and development. Over and above recent contributions like books on indigenous Language for Development and Social Change Communication in the Global South (See Salawu, Molale, Uribe-Jongbloed, & Ullah, 2023a & 2023b), for instance, this proposed book aims to amplify voices from the Global South by providing a platform for scholars and practitioners to share their insights, experiences, and strategies for decolonising communication for social change and development; critically examines existing frameworks, and methodologies, and catalyse broader conversations advocating for a more inclusive and equitable approach to communication for social change in the Global South. Overall, it represents a bold intervention urging collective action to confront colonial legacies and envision alternative futures rooted in justice, equity, and solidarity. Interested authors, from across the Global South and in the diaspora, are invited to submit an abstract of 300-350 words and a short biography for each author of not more than 100 words. Their works can be related, but not limited, to the following themes:

*Themes:*

*Decolonising Higher Education Methodologies and Epistemologies in Communication for Development and Social Change*

·Decolonisation of communication for development and social change practices in higher education.

·Critical pedagogies and theoretical foundations for decolonising communication for development and social change from the Global South

·The impact of digital technologies on decolonising communication for development and social change in higher education

·Innovative pedagogical approaches to decolonising communication for development and social change

·Decolonising pedagogical approaches in health and intercultural communications

·Emerging decolonial trends in health and intercultural communications  across the Global South

·Collective action, citizen participation, and resistance of colonial pedagogies in communication for development and social change

·Conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and emerging empirical trends in decolonial communication for social change studies

*Emerging Global South Research Trends in Communication for Development and Social Change *

·Emerging research trends in social movements, digital participation, and ‘Glocal’ Villages

·Emerging research trends around digital literacy, and behaviour change from the Global South

·Case studies around protests, civil disobedience, and unrest/resistance for social change in the Global South

·Indigenous/Minority languages and community media as platforms for development and social change communication

·Intercultural and indigenous communications for social change from the Global South

*Submission Details *

The abstract should succinctly state the aim of the study, the theoretical/conceptual framework, and the methodological approaches used. They should consist of 300-350 words and a short biography for each author of not more than 100 words. All submissions should be forwarded to (devcoms123 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(devcoms123 /at/ gmail.com)>  and cc to (omakananise5 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(omakananise5 /at/ gmail.com)>

*Important Dates:*

vDeadline for abstract submission: 12 April 2024

vNotification of abstract acceptance or rejection: 26 April 2024

vSubmission of full chapters: 31 August 2024

vReviewer’s feedback to authors: 11 October 2024

vSubmission of revised manuscripts: 08 November 2024

vExpected date of publication: March/April 2025

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*Reference list*

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Dutta, M.J. 2015. Decolonising Communication for Social Change: A culture-Centred Approach, /Communication Theory/, 25(2), 123-143.

Ferri, G. (2022) The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house: decolonising intercultural communication. /Language, and Intercultural Communication,/ 22(3), 381-390.

Li, H. & Wekesa, B. (2022). Beyond De-Westernization: Transcultural Communication Studies Perspectives From the Global South-An Introduction. /Journal of Transcultural Communication,/ 2(2), 123-128.

Salawu, A., Molale, T.B., Uribe-Jongbloed, E., & Ullah, M.S. eds. 2023. Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South.  Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

Salawu, A., Molale, T.B., Uribe-Jongbloed, E., & Ullah, M.S. eds. 2023. Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South.  Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.

Sonderling, S. 2014. Fanon’s Perspective on Intercultural Communication in Postcolonial South Africa. /Communitas,/ 19(1),42-59.

Tufte, T. 2024. A New Momentum in African Scholarship on Communication for Development and Social Change. In Mmutle, T., Molale, TB., Selebi, O., & Akinola O. /Eds. /Strategic Communication Management for Development and Social Change: Perspectives from the African Region. Palgrave MacMillan.


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