Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] CfP: Visual analysis of Social Movements -
RSMCC vol. 35
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> From: "Simon Teune" <teune@???>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Nicole Doerr, Alice Mattoni and I are guest-editing volume 35 of the book
> series Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change. We are
> particularly keen to receive contributions to our special section on the
> visual analysis of social movements.
>
> Please consider contributing a piece and spread the call widely (pdf file
> attached).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Simon Teune
>
> ---
>
> Call for Papers
>
> Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Volume 35
>
> Special Section: Visual Analysis of Social Movements
>
> Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (RSMCC), a
> peer-reviewed volume published by Emerald Group Publishing/JAI Press,
> encourages submissions for Volume 35 of the series. This volume will have
> both thematic and open-submission sections and will be guest edited by
> Nicole Doerr (University of California, Irvine) Alice Mattoni (University
> of Pittsburgh) and Simon Teune (Social Science Research Center Berlin).
> For the open-submission/non-thematic section, submissions appropriate to
> any of the three broad foci reflected in the RSMCC series title will be
> considered. The thematic session is dedicated to the visual analysis of
> social movements. We encourage submissions that address the subject on one
> of three levels:
>
> First, visual analysis refers to a category of expressions of social
> movements. Social movement research is too focused on texts: interviews
> and surveys, documents and manifestos, newspaper coverage, laws and
> official reports. The rich visual language developed in social movements
> is neglected in most studies, even though posters and banners, photos and
> videos, gestures and outfits, symbols and images carry important messages.
>
> Second, social movements are perceived to a large extent on the basis of
> visual representations. Mass media are more likely to report about
> movement events when they produce strong images. However, protest groups
> have a very limited influence on the images linked to them. A
> stereotypical visual representation of protest is the rule rather than the
> exception. Protests are not perceived as what they are but what they look
> like in press photos and TV news images.
>
> Third, the visual analysis of social movements and protest comprises the
> analytical question of visibility and exclusion in societies. Protestors
> do not all have the same chances of being seen by audiences. While some
> claims are obvious for large parts of the society, others are filtered out
> by hegemonic routines. Protesters who articulate their goals without using
> imagery that is familiar, expected and compatible with the mainstream
> experience are likely to be marginalized. Attaining visibility through
> counter-hegemonic images that recall, but at the same time subvert,
> hegemonic discourses is a major challenge for social movement actors and,
> in particular, for discriminated groups who have different experiences
> than the majority.
>
> Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change is a fully
> peer-reviewed series of original research that has been published annually
> for over 30 years. We continue to publish the work of many of the leading
> scholars in social movements, social change, and peace and conflict
> studies. Although RSMCC enjoys a wide library subscription base for the
> book versions, all volumes are now published both in book form and are
> also available online to subscribing libraries through Emerald Insight.
> This ensures wider distribution and easier online access to your
> scholarship while maintaining the esteemed book series at the same time.
>
> To be considered for inclusion in Volume 35, papers should arrive by
> February 1, 2012.
>
> Send submissions as a Word document attached to an email to Nicole Doerr,
> Alice Mattoni and Simon Teune, guest RSMCC editors for Volume 35, at
> ndoerr@???, alm232@??? and teune@???. Remove all
> self-references (in text and in bibliography) save for on the title page,
> which should include full contact information for all authors. Include the
> paper’s title and the abstract on the first page of the text itself. For
> initial submissions, any standard social science in-text citation and
> bibliographic system is acceptable. RSMCC boasts quick turn-around times,
> generally communicating peer reviewed-informed decisions within 8-10 weeks
> of receipt of submissions.
>
>
>
> --
> Simon Teune
>
> Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung
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> 10785 Berlin
> Tel.: ++49 30 25491-265
> Fax: ++49 30 25491-318
>
> http://www.wzb.eu/en/persons/simon-teune > http://sozialebewegungen.wordpress.com > http://protestkuriosa.wordpress.com >
> latest publication: Simon Teune (ed.): The Transnational Condition.
> Protest Dynamics in an Entangled Europe. New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books
> 2010
> http://protest-publications.org/index.php?id=19 >
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