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*Call for Papers*
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*MARTOR 18/2013*
*The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review*
*Revue d’anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain*
The Museum of the Romanian Peasant is seeking contributions for its annual
review *Martor*. The *Martor* review is a peer reviewed academic journal,
established in 1996, indexed by EBSCO and CEEOL, with a focus on cultural
and visual anthropology, ethnology and museology. (
http://www.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/journals.html)
The theme of our next issue is *Childhood. Remains and Heritage*.
Remembering one’s childhood first appeals to a lost paradise; one talks of
the serenity and bliss of early childhood, the sincerity of childish
gestures and the series of common places can continue with the never-ending
joy of childhood, the unconditional motherly love, the fairytales, the
favorite toy. Is not however true that one can also remember the
hesitations and helplessness of the first movements; the fears and the
monsters, the stories without happy-ending; the frustrations, the fear of
getting lost forever, the jealousy among brothers, the fighting for and
doubting of maternal love; the despair of finding the beheaded favorite
teddy bear? These memories are equally powerful and formative in today’s
adulthood, defined both personally and culturally.
In the European Middle Ages, childhood ended towards the age of 10 which
made girls of 13 good to be married. In other regions of the world, once
they abandoned their toys, children of royal families received the
responsibility of governing an entire country. Childhood is thus a concept
differently defined and which might define a culture. The idea of this
issue revolves around identifying these differences, their meaning and
manifestation in multiple contexts, while at the same time, retrieving the
cultural perspective and the attitudes that childhood memories can generate.
This call is addressed to researchers in different domains of social
sciences and humanities, interested in the history/ ethnology/
anthropology/ sociology/ psychology of childhood, the discourses and
practices concerning this age, as well as its relationship to memory and
identity.
The articles may approach the following issues, but other kindred subjects
as well:
· Concept of childhood; history, subject of research, rural
childhood – urban childhood
· Materiality of childhood – furniture, clothes, food, toys.
· Beyond the materiality of childhood: beliefs, folklore (for the
children, by the children), customs, parenting, education, and schooling.
· Representations of childhood in museums, photography, film and the
arts.
· Memories of childhood: personal diaries, correspondence,
testimonies.
We are expecting texts, in either English or French or Romanian (which we
shall translate for publication) of 7.000 to 10.000 words by *May 1th, 2013*.
High quality images supporting the argument are a plus in the selection
process. We encourage early submission in the form of abstracts and
expressions of interest.
Please e-mail your submissions and any inquiries (e.g. editorial
guidelines) to Ioana Popescu ([log in to unmask]), Anamaria Iuga (
[log in to unmask]) and Simina Bădică ([log in to unmask]).
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Simina Bădică
researcher // Romanian Peasant Museum/ Muzeul Taranului Roman
managing editor // Martor Anthropology Review
PhD Candidate // CEU, Budapest
http://ceu.academia.edu/SiminaBadica
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