Dear Adrian, dear all,

I am still very fond of the idea of an interdisciplinary embodiment journal.
I am also still having questions about our common ground.

Why don't we have everybody on the list mail out their core paper on 
embodiment so far, so we at least get an overview on who we as are as a 
group of researchers, about our expertise, strengths and weaknesses. 
Alternative suggestions?

We should also compare pos and cons of the free access online jounal to 
a more classical paper version with a potential impact factor after a 
while...

Sabine


Adrian Harris schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> at the start of 2007 we bounced around the idea of a transdisciplinary 
> peer reviewed journal - an idea suggested, I think, by Franc 
> Chamberlain. We exchanged a few e-mails but the idea was left hanging.
>
> The list has grown considerably since then and I'd like to float the 
> proposal again.  I've been looking into the e-journals model over the 
> last few months and I think this offers an excellent way forward for 
> our new Journal. Before assuming too much, I'll summarise a few 
> concerns raised before:
>
> Sabine Koch wrote:
>> Regarding the embodiment journal, I do think we need to check whether 
>> there is enough common ground first... However, if we decide to start 
>> this, I surely would like to be part of it!
> Vijay Iyer supported the idea, but wrote:
>> One difficulty I would foresee, which is an issue with 
>> transdisciplinary peer review in general, is the scarcity of 
>> potential reviewers whose expertise straddles the disciplines covered 
>> by the submissions. Another issue is a sense of editorial overview, 
>> or the boundaries of the field.  How to decide what topics are worthy 
>> of inclusion, or where the field ends, if at all?  Is this even a 
>> valid question?
> <http://serg.newport.ac.uk>I think Franc answered many of these 
> questions by suggesting:
>
>>  we start by setting up an editorial board of inteested parties and 
>> then define the areas of investigation and focus of the journal.
> Once we have a general policy for the journal, we have different 
> editors for each themed issue. Franc proposed that
>> each issue had more than one editor and that, if done thoughtfully, 
>> this would facilitate a transdisciplinary approach in each issue. In 
>> that way each issue can explore a particular dimension of the field.
> Finally, he suggested
>>
>> We might, if we wanted, call the journal: Embodiment: A 
>> Transdisciplinary Journal on Human Embodiment 
>
> Would those on this list support a free to access peer reviewed 
> electronic journal, published (maybe) twice annually using read only 
> PDF's for the articles? We would need an international team of editors 
> and also people who would be willing to peer review.
>
> Best wishes,
> Adrian
> http://www.thegreenfuse.org/embodiment/
>


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