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Approaching deadline: *July 15th*.
The Romanian Peasant Museum is seeking contributions for its annual review *
Martor*. The *Martor* review is an unconventional academic journal
established in 1996, with a focus on cultural and visual anthropology,
ethnology and museology. Some of its earlier issues can be read here:
http://martor.memoria.ro/?location=archive&action=details&id=6
The theme of *Martor 16/2011* issue is *Dynamics of Success in
Post-Communism. Codes, Behaviors, Possession, Exposure*. We are looking to
gather state of the art anthropological research on achieving and displaying
social, economical and symbolic success in communist and post-communist
societies. Among the questions this issue is seeking to address are: What
did it mean to “succeed” in socialist countries? How did success behavior
and communication change after 1989? What is the impact of increased
mobility and migration on identity redefinition? How are these behaviors of
exposure and seduction (Baudrillard 1970, 1979) subject to
*domestication *(Goody
1977) or *translation* (Clifford 1999, 2010) according to the local codes of
success? What is the social logic that sustains and articulates these
behaviours of possession, exposure and self-communication?
We are theoretically proposing a concept of success that is essentially
relational. Constructed with reference to the other, it is a permanent
affirmation and communication of one’s social, economic and symbolic status
(Bourdieu 1972, 1979). For a better analysis of the concept and codes of
success we are proposing a wider vocabulary: succes (*réussite*) and its
antonyms, failure and shame ; prestige, honour*, status*; success displays
such as houses, cars, new technology (cell phones), music (*manele*),
gestures, odours; the effects of mobility and migration on local codes of
success, and so on. These proposals are meant to incite reflection; they are
neither exclusive nor exhaustive.
We are expecting texts, in either English or French, of 35.000 to 50.000
characters (with spaces) by *July 15th, 2011*. High quality images
supporting the argument are a plus in the selection process.
Please e-mail your submissions and any inquiries (e.g. editorial guidelines)
to Simina Badica ([log in to unmask]) and Daniela Moisa ([log in to unmask]
).
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Simina Badica
researcher/cercetator
curator
Romanian Peasant Museum/ Muzeul Taranului Roman
work:http://ceu.academia.edu/SiminaBadica
family: http://treibadica.blogspot.com/
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