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>CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS * The Transdisciplinary Journal of Emergence
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>SDA Bocconi Business School (Milan, Italy) announces the forthcoming
>online publication of the second issue of "The transdisciplinary journal
>of emergence" (www.sdabocconi.it/emergence), an English-language on-line
>journal that is published semi-annually. We are seeking contributions for
>the second (Spring 2004) issue, to be sent by May 15th, 2004.
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>The Theme of the second issue is: Migration, Memory, and the Construction
>of the Self in Post-Industrial Societies.
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>TJE is committed to fostering a critical dialogue across the social
>sciences and humanities and welcomes thinkers challenging existing
>models of cultural/political/economical production. We are interested in
>adventurous takes on popular or classical subjects. We strive to support
>a broad range of participants and perspectives.
>Of specific interest are perspectives and methodologies that cut across,
>or overcome altogether, disciplinary separations within the fields of
>social sciences and humanities
>
>Although TJE is published by a Business School, we do not intend to assign
>a particular emphasis to disciplinary (or trans-disciplinary, for that
>matter) discussions of management, economics, marketing, finance, and the
>like. Indeed, we believe the above-mentioned disciplines have increasingly
>progressed over time on a path that is eventually going to bring them
>outside the domain of the social sciences. If the social sciences are to
>constitute a distinct knowledge endeavor that should not be, we believe,
>solely because their object is human beings. Instead, the reason for the
>existence of the social sciences as a separate field of inquiry should be
>epistemological.
>
>Since the journal explicitly aims to overcome disciplinary separations, we
>felt it necessary to abandon the reviewing mechanisms institutionalized in
>most academic journals. We do not believe that an endeavor such as
>developing a "transdisciplinary journal" is possible within the context of
>the power/knowledge structure inherent in the traditional review process.
>Hence, papers will not be reviewed with the explicit purpose of suggesting
>modifications. Instead, the editor will assign the submitted papers to two
>members of the editorial board, and publish their reactions and
>observations along with the papers.
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>Although this particular structure makes the quality of any received paper
>difficult to determine, we believe that the very criteria of "academic
>quality" should be subject to discussion, rather than taken for granted or
>simply inferred from the presence of a structured and systematic reviewing
>process. The editorial board is currently involved in such a debate, which
>will result in future modifications to this call for submissions. A
>similar issue concerns our lack of a clear definition for the term
>"emergence", which is, similarly, subject to an ongoing debate within the
>editorial board resulting in periodic modifications to the editorial
>statement of the Journal.
>
>In this way, we hope to overcome the disciplinary (in a Focauldian sense)
>emphasis of the traditional reviewing process as well as of a crystallized
>definition of a concept in favor of dialogue and trans-fertilization.
>
>The deadline for our Spring 2004 issue is May 15th, 204. We are always
>accepting submissions and proposals for future issues.
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>We thank you in advance for your support.
>
>Sincerely,
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>Journal editor:
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>Angelo Fanelli
>(HEC Paris and SDA Bocconi Business School)
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>Editorial board:
>Daniel Blochwitz (University of Florida)
>Cristina Crucini (University of Reading)
>Henry F. Dahmns (Florida State University)
>Giuseppe Delmestri (Bocconi University)
>Angelo Fanelli (HEC Paris and SDA Bocconi Business School)
>Derek Merrill (University of Florida)
>Vilmos Misangyi (University of Delaware)
>Afshin Hafizi (University of Florida)
>Tom Odde (University of Florida)
>Guillermina Seri (University of Florida)
>Fred Young (University of Florida)
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>Website: www.sdabocconi.it/emergence
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>Email submissions to:
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>Angelo Fanelli
>HEC School of Management
Best regards,
René Bekkers
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