(Academia) Calls for work: Artists & Librarians, Asexuality, Native Americans in MI
Opportunities for academics and graduate students abound...and the book of literature and art on the contemporary American Indian experience in Michigan is open to non-academic work and art, including comics, creative nonfiction, photography, short stories.
Library Collaborations with Writers, Artists, Musicians (Deadline: August 6, 2010)
Librarians outside the U.S. encouraged to contribute
Publisher: Routledge Books
How writers, artists, musicians and other creative people and libraries help each other and their community. These creative members (who are also voters) appreciate the resources and stimulus libraries provide the creative process and like making their work known. Librarians are asked to share successful activities and collaborations with these patrons.
Publisher: Routledge Books
Articles: 3,000-5,000 words; 1 author or 2, 3 co-authors
Compensation: complimentary copy, discount on more
Librarians outside the U.S. encouraged to contribute
Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS
Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook, American Library Association 2010 http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2646
Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, American Library Association, 2010 http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2774
Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians, McFarland, 2008
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3
others by ALA, Peter Lang, Linworth, Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited
Please e-mail in a Word .doc (older version) attachment 1-3 topics/titles each described in 2-3 sentences by August 6, 2010 and a 75-90 word 3rd person bio: your name, library of employment, city/state location, employment title, where you got your degree, awards, publications, and career highlights. Please include publisher/date for books. If co-authored, a separate 75-85 word bio on each contributor. Please: no long resumes or abstracts-your selected title/abstract/bio composes a tentative table of contents for Routledge. You will be contacted which of your topics are not duplications, inviting you to e-mail your submission if Routledge decides to publish; your bios will appear in the anthology. Please place COLLABORATION/your name on the subject line and e-mail to Carol Smallwood at smallwood@tm.net.
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Mail submissions to arlis-l@lsv.arlisna.org For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to listserv@lsv.arlisna.org ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: jdyki@cranbrook.edu
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I Do Not Miss What I Do Not Want: Asexual Identities, Asexual Lives (Special theme issue of Psychology and Sexuality)
Within the past decade, a growing number of individuals, self-identifying as asexual, have come together to form asexual communities. Although self-definitions vary widely, many of these individuals describe themselves as experiencing little or no sexual desire. In addition, they do not regard asexuality as a pathological condition but, rather, as a variant of human sexual expression. For researchers in the field of psychology and related disciplines, the elaboration of asexual identities and the growth of online asexual communities raise a range of empirical and theoretical questions which have heretofore gone largely unaddressed. This special issue of Psychology & Sexuality invites papers which contribute to the academic and social understanding of asexuality.
We welcome papers from the discipline of psychology and allied disciplines. We also welcome papers from outside the discipline that speak to the field of psychology. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work is most welcome.
Possible topics include though are not limited to:
- Asexual identities
- Asexuality and assumed pathology
- Asexuality and sexual normativity
- Asexuality and love
- Asexual relationships
- Asexuality and the LGBT community
- The universality and/or particularity of sexual desire
- Marginalization of asexuality
- Asexuality and the internet
- Social and political goals of the asexual community
This issue will represent a significant contribution to our understanding of asexuality by bringing together a range of papers on the topic for the first time. It will also provide an opportunity both to map the current state of research on asexuality and to provide a direction for future scholarship and inquiry.
For information about the journal Psychology & Sexuality visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1941-9899&linktype=1
If you have questions, please conduct one of the guest editors for the issue:
Mark Carrigan - m.a.carrigan@warwick.ac.uk
Kristina Gupta - kgupta2@emory.edu
Todd G. Morrison - tgm003@mail.usask.ca
Submission Due Date: Feb 2011
Full length papers (6000 words) and shorter articles (1000-2000 words)
Seeking Submissions for a book of literature and art on the contemporary American Indian experience in Michigan
Please submit your original, unpublished poem, short story, creative nonfiction essay, memoir, profile, cartoon, comic strip, stand alone excerpt from a longer work, drawing, illustration, or photograph that depicts the contemporary Native American experience in Michigan. Submissions must be one-half page to 12 pages in length.
The editors are interested in stories and art by and/or about recent Michigan Indians. We seek texts and images addressing “contemporary Indian identity in Michigan.” Who and what are Michigan Indians today? What are their lives like in Michigan in the 21st century? How have their experiences and those of their ancestors influenced or informed who they are? Are there Indian “transplants” who bring perspectives from other places that diversify the Michigan experience? How do they enrich us?
Topics and subjects may include, but are not limited to: the land, the lakes, family, the search for center, ideas of time and the past, communalism and our Native communities on and off reservation homelands, orality, storytelling, the power of words and symbols, Indian education, places and Indian place making in the state, sacred site retention and loss, Indian/land reciprocity, the Michigan urban Indian experience, ceremony and ritual, persistence of traditional arts and lifeways, and new cultural ways.
All work must reflect being Indian in Michigan and, at some point, it must focus on or address issues of Indian modernity. Humorous submissions are encouraged. While the anthology, tentatively titled Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes, may be used in classrooms, it is intended for a general audience. Authors/artists whose work is included in the anthology will receive two copies of the book as remuneration.
The anthology will be published by Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies and NMU Press, with funding from the Michigan Humanities Council.
Mail or email manuscripts (up to 4,000 words or a maximum of 12 pages), poems or images (up to three, color or black and white, 300 dpi minimum). Submit to:
Grace Chaillier, Project Coordinator
Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes(working title)
NMU Center for Native American Studies
www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
mintvart@nmu.edu
For questions, call 906-227-1397 (email is best to reach us)
“Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes" is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Michigan Humanities Council.
Grace Chaillier, Project Coordinator
Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes(working title)
NMU Center for Native American Studies
www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
mintvart@nmu.edu
For questions, call 906-227-1397 (email is best to reach us)
Email: mintvart@nmu.edu
Visit the website at http://www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
Library Collaborations with Writers, Artists, Musicians (Deadline: August 6, 2010)
Librarians outside the U.S. encouraged to contribute
Publisher: Routledge Books
How writers, artists, musicians and other creative people and libraries help each other and their community. These creative members (who are also voters) appreciate the resources and stimulus libraries provide the creative process and like making their work known. Librarians are asked to share successful activities and collaborations with these patrons.
Publisher: Routledge Books
Articles: 3,000-5,000 words; 1 author or 2, 3 co-authors
Compensation: complimentary copy, discount on more
Librarians outside the U.S. encouraged to contribute
Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS
Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook, American Library Association 2010 http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2646
Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, American Library Association, 2010 http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2774
Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians, McFarland, 2008
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3
others by ALA, Peter Lang, Linworth, Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited
Please e-mail in a Word .doc (older version) attachment 1-3 topics/titles each described in 2-3 sentences by August 6, 2010 and a 75-90 word 3rd person bio: your name, library of employment, city/state location, employment title, where you got your degree, awards, publications, and career highlights. Please include publisher/date for books. If co-authored, a separate 75-85 word bio on each contributor. Please: no long resumes or abstracts-your selected title/abstract/bio composes a tentative table of contents for Routledge. You will be contacted which of your topics are not duplications, inviting you to e-mail your submission if Routledge decides to publish; your bios will appear in the anthology. Please place COLLABORATION/your name on the subject line and e-mail to Carol Smallwood at smallwood@tm.net.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to arlis-l@lsv.arlisna.org For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to listserv@lsv.arlisna.org ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: jdyki@cranbrook.edu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I Do Not Miss What I Do Not Want: Asexual Identities, Asexual Lives (Special theme issue of Psychology and Sexuality)
Within the past decade, a growing number of individuals, self-identifying as asexual, have come together to form asexual communities. Although self-definitions vary widely, many of these individuals describe themselves as experiencing little or no sexual desire. In addition, they do not regard asexuality as a pathological condition but, rather, as a variant of human sexual expression. For researchers in the field of psychology and related disciplines, the elaboration of asexual identities and the growth of online asexual communities raise a range of empirical and theoretical questions which have heretofore gone largely unaddressed. This special issue of Psychology & Sexuality invites papers which contribute to the academic and social understanding of asexuality.
We welcome papers from the discipline of psychology and allied disciplines. We also welcome papers from outside the discipline that speak to the field of psychology. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work is most welcome.
Possible topics include though are not limited to:
- Asexual identities
- Asexuality and assumed pathology
- Asexuality and sexual normativity
- Asexuality and love
- Asexual relationships
- Asexuality and the LGBT community
- The universality and/or particularity of sexual desire
- Marginalization of asexuality
- Asexuality and the internet
- Social and political goals of the asexual community
This issue will represent a significant contribution to our understanding of asexuality by bringing together a range of papers on the topic for the first time. It will also provide an opportunity both to map the current state of research on asexuality and to provide a direction for future scholarship and inquiry.
For information about the journal Psychology & Sexuality visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1941-9899&linktype=1
If you have questions, please conduct one of the guest editors for the issue:
Mark Carrigan - m.a.carrigan@warwick.ac.uk
Kristina Gupta - kgupta2@emory.edu
Todd G. Morrison - tgm003@mail.usask.ca
Submission Due Date: Feb 2011
Full length papers (6000 words) and shorter articles (1000-2000 words)
Seeking Submissions for a book of literature and art on the contemporary American Indian experience in Michigan
Please submit your original, unpublished poem, short story, creative nonfiction essay, memoir, profile, cartoon, comic strip, stand alone excerpt from a longer work, drawing, illustration, or photograph that depicts the contemporary Native American experience in Michigan. Submissions must be one-half page to 12 pages in length.
The editors are interested in stories and art by and/or about recent Michigan Indians. We seek texts and images addressing “contemporary Indian identity in Michigan.” Who and what are Michigan Indians today? What are their lives like in Michigan in the 21st century? How have their experiences and those of their ancestors influenced or informed who they are? Are there Indian “transplants” who bring perspectives from other places that diversify the Michigan experience? How do they enrich us?
Topics and subjects may include, but are not limited to: the land, the lakes, family, the search for center, ideas of time and the past, communalism and our Native communities on and off reservation homelands, orality, storytelling, the power of words and symbols, Indian education, places and Indian place making in the state, sacred site retention and loss, Indian/land reciprocity, the Michigan urban Indian experience, ceremony and ritual, persistence of traditional arts and lifeways, and new cultural ways.
All work must reflect being Indian in Michigan and, at some point, it must focus on or address issues of Indian modernity. Humorous submissions are encouraged. While the anthology, tentatively titled Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes, may be used in classrooms, it is intended for a general audience. Authors/artists whose work is included in the anthology will receive two copies of the book as remuneration.
The anthology will be published by Northern Michigan University’s Center for Native American Studies and NMU Press, with funding from the Michigan Humanities Council.
Mail or email manuscripts (up to 4,000 words or a maximum of 12 pages), poems or images (up to three, color or black and white, 300 dpi minimum). Submit to:
Grace Chaillier, Project Coordinator
Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes(working title)
NMU Center for Native American Studies
www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
mintvart@nmu.edu
For questions, call 906-227-1397 (email is best to reach us)
“Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes" is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Michigan Humanities Council.
Grace Chaillier, Project Coordinator
Who We Are Now: Storying Michigan Indigenes(working title)
NMU Center for Native American Studies
www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
mintvart@nmu.edu
For questions, call 906-227-1397 (email is best to reach us)
Email: mintvart@nmu.edu
Visit the website at http://www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans