Dear all,
I just received this from the critical-management list. Forwarding in
case of interest.
Thanks
Kirstie
Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action
(See Journal Description Below)
Call for papers for Issue #2: "Working Across Difference for
Post-Imperial
Futures: Intersections Between Anarchism, Indigenism, and Feminism"
Guest Editors: Glen Coulthard and Jackie Lasky
Themes
-----------
The theme of this issue relates to an emerging field of scholarship and
activism, which explores relations between three well-established, but
often disparate traditions: anarchism, indigenism, and feminism. While
anarchism typically focuses on capitalism and the state form, indigenism
on racism/decolonization, and feminism on gendered relations, each of
these traditions also deals with the primary concerns of the others, and
all of them have engaged with other issues, such as domination of
nature,
heteronormativity, ability, community disempowerment, and so forth.
Embracing these three traditions, what some people are calling
'anarcha-indigenism' forges intersectional analysis, and fosters
strategies for direct action, to de-center and un-do the multiple axes
of
oppression. In other words, anarcha-indigenism attempts to link critical
ideas and visions of post-imperial futures in ways that are
non-hierarchical, 'unsettling' of state authority, inclusive of
multiple/plural ways of being in the world, and respectful of collective
and individual autonomous agency. (See, for example, the work of writers
such as Jason Adams, Taiaiake Alfred, Winona LaDuke, Andrea Smith,
Haunani-Kay Trask) We are seeking papers from writers who are trying to
work across anarchism, indigenism and feminism, both theoretically and
practically, focusing on questions such as:
Indigenous resurgence and autonomy:
How can we acknowledge and build upon existing spaces of indigenous
resurgence and autonomy? What are practical strategies used in struggles
of decolonization and anti-oppression, especially those tactics
particular
to certain places? How are temporary/permanent/semi-permanent autonomous
zones created and sustained?
Linking networks:
How do we link spaces into networks, creating 'institutions' for mutual
aid? How do we construct solid personal/intercommunity/ international
relationships that help sustain us through 'down' periods and move us
beyond crisis management modes of action? What are transformative
practices that empower individuals-in-communities?
Ethics of solidarity:
How do we deal with complex relations and difficult questions, for
example, pertaining to nationalism, racism & anti-racism, 'unsettling'
settler cultures and individuals, sex/gender differences and parity,
contentious/plural/hybrid self-identifications, tradition & authority,
and
shifting terrains of power in local/state/global contexts? What are the
appropriate roles of settlers in indigenous movements, men in women's
movements, oppressed people in state-oriented reform programs, those
with
'privilege' in all of the above, and so forth? How do we evolve
protocols
for interaction across differences?
Feminism(s):
What kinds of feminism are appropriate to anarcha-indigenism, and why?
How
to deal with the fact that, for many indigenous people, feminism is seen
as a potential mode of colonization? How might feminism be a mode of
decolonization? What are the ways in which indigenous
communities/nations
understand male/female relations, feminine/masculine spheres, sexual
practices/identities, and how do these traditions manifest in
contemporary
contexts?
Land and place:
What are the roles of land and place in indigenous and other
anti-oppression struggles? If settlers (in their various
local/state/global manifestions) are rootless and destructive partly
because of their removal from the places to which they are indigenous,
and
to which they cannot or choose not to return, then how do we negotiate a
certain (different) sort of 'indigenization' of settler identities and
cultures? Put differently: can indigenous modes of treaty making or
conflict resolution processes act as a basis for a different kind of
relationship between indigenous peoples, settler societies, and the
land?
Education:
In which ways can education - working with youth, ensuring the vitality
of
language and culture, decolonizing our minds - be an integral part of
anarcha-indigenist projects and practices?
Format and Deadlines
-------------------------------
Deadline for submissions is January15, 2007.
Submissions can be made via the journal website at
www.affinitiesjournal.org. Information on the submission process and
formatting requirements is available on the site.
Please direct inquiries to the issue editors:
Glen Coulthard: <[log in to unmask]>
Jackie Lasky: <[log in to unmask]>
An Introduction to the Journal
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-states. We
are
interested in questions such as: What kind of experiments are out there,
beyond the state and corporate forms? How are they working, what
obstacles
are they encountering? What are people doing to emulate their successes
and avoid their failures? How do these experiments relate to various
histories of radical struggle? How do we build lasting culture(s) of
resistance and (re-)construction?
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 common
paths
shared by groups, movements, communities, and peoples that seek to
construct sustainable alternatives to the existing order? What are the
inequalities, prejudices, and forms of oppression (race, gender,
sexuality, class, ability) that divide these formations, both internally
and from each other? For it is only through changes in practice that can
result from such a discussion that we can work out ways in which
solidarity across these divisions can be strengthened.
Affinities will publish work that comes from perspectives including, but
not limited to, anarchism, anti-racism, autonomist marxism, disability
studies, ecology, feminism, indigenous politics, poststructuralism,
postcolonial studies, and queer theory. We do not seek to synthesize or
prioritize any of these traditions; rather, we are interested in the
ways
in which they intersect, in how they can inform and critique one another
while retaining their own particular approaches and questions.
Publishing Policy
------------------------
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 committed to
publishing both academic and activist writing, as well as other forms of
radical cultural production. To this end the journal will maintain an
editorial board that includes activists, journalists, artists, and
university-based researchers. Contributors who want to have their
submissions peer-reviewed will have this option, while those who do not
want or need this process need not go through it. We are, of course,
also
interested in work that would be difficult to classify as belonging
solely
in either of these streams.
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. Current,
past,
and future issue ideas include:
- Creating and maintaining autonomous spaces (social centres, squats,
TAZ/SPAZ/PAZ) (Issue 1)
- Anarcha-indigenism (upcoming issue)
- Alternative cultural production in feminist and anti-racist organizing
(upcoming issue)
- Feminist 'movements within movements' (e.g. Zapatista women; Mujeres
Creando)
- Organizing across divisions / organizing practices that perpetuate
divisions
- Postanarchism and autonomist marxism
- Care of the radical self (how can we enjoy what we do so we can keep
doing it? / how do we avoid individualizing oppressive practices?)
- Anti-statism and radical nationalisms (Black, indigenous, queer...)
We are of course open to, indeed are reliant upon, further suggestions
from anyone who would like to see the journal take on a particular
topic,
and/or would be willing to help edit an issue.
An Autonomous Organization
-------------------------------------------
Academic publishing, like every other practice, has been heavily
colonized
by state and corporate interests, to the point that a few multinational
corporations now control most 'major' journals. Affinities is committed
to
an autonomous model of publishing, i.e. one which relies upon neither
direct state funding nor corporate connections
The journal is hosted at Simon Fraser University, and available at
<www.affinitiesjournal.org>. It is part of the Public Knowledge Project,
a
cross-Canada initiative in open-access, online scholarly publishing.
Affinities Journal Editorial Board
----------------------------------------------
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)
Coulthard, Glen (Yellowknives Dene / University of Victoria)
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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