ISSN 1883-5953
'Truithiness' across Cultures
presently receiving & reviewing submissions for the Autumn 2009 issue
Merriam-Webster definitions to orient the researcher:
1. truthiness (noun)
a. truth that comes from the gut, not books (Stephen Colbert, Oct. 05)
b. the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true (American Dialect Society, Jan. 06)
Authors are asked to provide any novel definitions of or new perspective on 'truthiness' in light of cultures. Authors may also choose to re-negotiate the concept of 'culture' in light of what passes as truth.
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Aid, Relief or Bailout? Differing Aims, Ways and Ends
presently receiving & reviewing submission for the Spring & Summer 2010 issue
Authors are asked to examine meanings or perceptions of 'aid', 'relief' or 'bailout' that clash or align with conventional wisdom or common practices. Possible themes, topics to be explored (in no way exhaustive):
1. How is aid, relief or bailout used as political, cultural, economic, military, or hegemonic tool?
2. How does aid, relief or bailout communicate a political, military, economic, or hegemonic agenda?
3. What are the underlying, un-stated goals of those who supply aid, relief or bailout?
4. How is aid or relief itself a dyadic form of communication?
5. What does aid or relief entail for the recipient?
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Meanings of Green: The Varied Perceptions of Nature
presently receiving & reviewing submissions for the Winter 2009 issue
Authors are asked to critically discuss meanings of ‘nature’ or ‘environment’ that clash or harmonize with discourses and conservation practices across cultures and time.
Possible topics to be explored (in no way exhaustive):
a. Creation stories - nature as a gift
e.g.: Genesis, Shinto, Buddhist, animist, pantheist, secularist, etc.
b. Instrumental - nature as object for human use; humans possess inherent subject status that affords them the self-proclaimed right to exploit
e.g.: Drilling for oil, gas, coal. Diverting rivers, damming rivers, etc.
Other possible suggestions may be found at UPenn CFP