[Commlist] Call for book chapter abstracts and volume editor/s - Southern Theories/Epistemologies of Communication for Social Change

*Southern Theories/Epistemologies of Communication for Social Change *- 
edited volume in the Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change 
(series editors: Pradip Thomas and Elske van de Fliert)
The _Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change 
<https://link.springer.com/series/14642>_ launched in 2014 with the 
volume '/_Interrogating the Theory and Practice of CSC: The Basis for a 
Renewal <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137426314>'_/, 
co-authored book by the series editors. In this book, we argued that CSC 
theory should be informed by:

  * A theory of knowledge
  * A specific understanding of process that feeds into practice
  * A knowledge of structures
  * A specific understanding of context
  * An understanding of the role played by power and empowerment
    (coercive power; control over resources, agency and structure; power
    via networks, power over discourse/knowledge/meanings).

After the publication of 25 volumes straddling diverse application areas 
and theoretical and methodological themes, we are keen to explore 
whether this structure holds in the context of /Southern 
Theories/Epistemologies of Communication for Social Change/. What would 
CSC theory and practice look like through the lens of a different way of 
understanding communication, its practices and its meanings? Via a path 
that is made meaningful by being part of a larger way, perhaps an 
integrated worldview?
At the outset, we would like to emphasise that we are not interested in 
essentialist or nativistic understandings of the field, but in Southern 
Theories that offer emancipatory perspectives different from those 
available in Northern Theories related to CSC. What does Southern 
Theorising offer in the understanding of CSC essentials, such as 
participation, community communication and culture-specific 
communication? What kind of epistemologies undergird such theorising? 
Are there convincing examples where authors have made peace with hybrid 
approaches – both Southern and Northern theorising – and what does that 
look like in terms of practice? What different Southern theorising 
exists in health communication, rural/agricultural communication, 
climate-change communication, community and participatory media, in 
theorising solidarities and convivialities from the ground up?
We are calling for:

  * Chapter proposals (abstract, chapter outline, author profile(s))
  * Expressions of Interest for volume editor/s, including a brief
    statement detailing the interest and credentials/experience to take
    on this role.

Please email (_pradip.thomas /at/ uq.edu.au) 
<mailto:(pradip.thomas /at/ uq.edu.au)>_ and (_e.vandefliert /at/ uq.edu.au) 
<mailto:(e.vandefliert /at/ uq.edu.au)>_.

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