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From: Anita Bacigalupo <anitalupo@???>
Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Subject: [[CPR]] Fw: interdisciplinarity and the new university
To: coordinamento precari della ricerca
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Graduate Journal of Social Science
Interdisciplinarity and the New University: CFP
Deadline: December 1, 2010
From Greece and Barcelona, to the United States and the United
Kingdom, to Puerto Rico and beyond, students around the globe have
been showing their dissatisfaction with educational institutions
through occupations, non-violent protests, and sit-ins, recalling an
earlier era of student unrest. Although students in these locations
often protest conditions specific to their own situations, many also
recognize the interconnectedness of these struggles against an
increasingly homogenized global educational system, one which places
profit over intellectual pursuit and privatization over student
satisfaction.
The Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS) welcomes contributions
for its June 2011 issue on the effects of the "new university"
structure from students and early-career scholars who are struggling
with these issues today. Topics include, but are not limited to:
* How are shifts in funding and education policy changing the types of
projects getting funded and the types of research that can be
conducted? How have recent funding cuts affected certain disciplines
compared to others? What happens to research that doesn't produce
measurable "results" or "impacts" in this new climate? How does the
buzzword "interdisciplinarity" itself fit into the picture?
* Examinations of methods and tactics taken during various student-led
actions, including responses by administrations, other members of the
student body, and by the media at large. Are "new" tactics such as
social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook more effective than
the "old" tactics of sit-ins and university take-overs?
* Critical reflections (or experiences) of how these new and evolving
circumstances can be approached methodologically. What different
research questions emerge, and what kind of methods are most suited to
them? What do these offer, add or change from theories and
methodologies associated to social movements, the meaning of "the
public", neo-liberal privatization of urban spaces or social services,
globalization.? Do '"new university'" structures summon a distinct
appreciation for addressing these processes?
Submissions on these topics are welcomed from now until December 1,
2010. Articles should be between 5000-7000 words in length (including
footnotes). Short essays (2-3,000 words), conference feedback (1,000
words), curated collections of images, videos and media, and book
reviews on related topics are also welcome. The GJSS encourages the
submission of work from all disciplines and geographical areas, and
particularly from MSc/MA/MS, MPhil, PhD students and junior academics.
Inquiries to: Gjss.Editors@???
Submission guidelines online:
http://gjss.org
Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=147620478598610&ref=ts
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Gwendolyn Beetham
PhD Student, Gender Institute
Co-Editor, Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS)
London School of Economics & Political Science
email: g.a.beetham@??? | gbeetham@???
tel: (U.S.) 001 347.834.3624 | (U.K.) 44 (0) 7552 69 9981
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