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CFP Affinities, "Creating Autonomous Spaces"Call For Papers Special Issue #1: "Creating Autonomous Spaces" From pirate enclaves to utopian communities, from communal republics The first issue of Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action is dedicated to a critical discussion of the contemporary manifestations, and future prospects of, autonomous spaces around the world. We are seeking submissions not only from those who "study” Recent years have offered us manifold examples of autonomous spaces, including the occupation of old factories in Argentina, the Yet everywhere these experiments are constantly imperiled, suffering repression, recuperation, or simply exhaustion. Furthermore, careful attention to power relations suggests that these spaces themselves are not islands free of oppression, untouched by the micro-practices of domination.Submissions may deal with some of the following areas of inquiry: · Where can we find innovative and inspiring examples of · How are these experiments interacting with radical theoretical traditions? · How are such experiments conceiving of, and confronting the relationship between, struggles around sexuality, race, gender, class and ability, to name a few? · Of what importance is the relationship between the physical (or virtual) site and the modes of political organization enacted · What communicative strategies are these spaces adopting? · To what degree can these spaces, and the tactics Format and Deadlines Submissions are requested electronically in .doc or .rtf format as an attachment sent to 2eob --(at)-- qlink.queensu.ca by Friday, April 14, 2006. Publishing Policy The journal seeks to work across boundaries through its commitment to challenging the distinction between academic and activist writing. For those who want to have their submissions peer-reviewed, the An Introduction to the Journal Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action Editorial Perspective Affinities is a web-based journal that focuses on groups, movements, and communities that set out to construct sustainable alternatives to the racist, hetero-sexist, system of liberal-capitalist nation- While it might be argued that the era of single-issue movements has passed, there is still much work to be done to adequately understand the new forms that radical politics is taking today. What are the Affinities will publish work that comes from perspectives including, but not limited to, anarchism, anti-racism, autonomist marxism, Two editorial streams: Another goal of Affinities is to acknowledge and strengthen the links that exist between academic, activist, and artistic communities, and to aid in the creation of new links wherever possible. We are Themed Issues: To ensure a tight focus, each issue will be oriented to a particular theme that is in keeping with the larger mandate of the journal. - Creating and maintaining autonomous spaces (social centres, squats, TAZ/SPAZ/PAZ) We are of course open to, indeed are reliant upon, further Virtual Home / Reaching Out: The journal will be hosted on the Affinity Project website An Autonomous Organization: Academic publishing, like every other practice, has been heavily Affinities Journal Editorial Board: Alfred, Taiaiake (University of Victoria) Alston, Ashanti (Estaccion Libre APOC) Angus, Ian (Simon Fraser University) Balagoon, Kazembe (Estaccion Libre APOC) Brophy, Enda (Queen's University) Brown, Bill (Surveillance Camera Players) Cohn, Jesse (Purdue University) Day, Richard (Queen's University) de Peuter, Greig (Simon Fraser University) Delhi, Kari (OISE) Graeber, David (Yale) Grindon, Gavin (University of Manchester) Grubacic, Andrej (SUNY Binghamton) Haberle, Sean (Queen's University) Hearn, Matt (Crank Magazine/Purple Thistle) Heckert, Jamie (University of Edinburgh) Hewitt-White, Caitlan (Guelph University) Jeppesen, Sandra (York University) Khorasanee, Dina (MTD Solano--Argentina) Lakoff, Aaron (Solidarity Across Borders) Mark, Lance (Georgetown University) May, Todd (Clemson University) Mookerjea, Sourayan (University of Alberta) O'Connor, Alan (Trent University Cultural Studies) Paris, Jeffrey (University of San Francisco) Srivastava, Sarita (Queen's University) Sieradski, Dan (Orthodox Anarchist) Szeman, Imre (McMaster University) |
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