Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 12:36:24 -0500 From: "M. Michael Schiff" <mmschiff-AT-yorku.ca> Subject: SPOON-ANN: Call for submissions: "Open-Strike!" j_spot special issue (journal) [Spoon-Announcements is a moderated list for distributing info of wide enough interest without cross-posting. To unsub, send the message "unsubscribe spoon-announcements" to majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu] * * * Call for Submissions for "Open-Strike!" a special issue of j_spot the Journal of Social and Political Thought http://www.yorku.ca/jspot/cfs.htm j_spot-AT-yorku.ca Teaching assistants, contract faculty and graduate assistants of the Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903 at York University, have recently returned^×-victoriously-^×to their academic work after a three-month strike. In an increasingly right-wing political climate the success of the strike announces hope and the efficacy of political praxis. This profound event has affected many people in a variety of ways, materially, bodily, ideologically, etc., and truly calls for testimony. j_spot, the Journal of Social and Political Thought, is pleased to announce a special 'open strike' issue. We aim to provide a forum for strike commentary of all forms: critical analysis, social and political theory, email threads, photographs and other art-making, documents of actions, hypertext, and personal reflection. While the recent CUPE 3903 strike is the impetus behind this call, as are labour issues related to the York University Faculty Association strike of 1997 and the recent action at Carleton University in Ottawa, we are also interested in theoretical reflections on the state and status of the university as a pedagogical site in relation to critical contemporary realities of education and academic work. We encourage submissions that consider a larger context. What are the exigencies of the current situation at your university? In relation to your political system? How do labour disputes, faculty and student movements, government pressures, departmental administrations, or other social and political forces impact upon the delivery and experience of education? * * * Please forward submissions as soon as possible to j_spot-AT-yorku.ca. In order to create a timely response, the special "Open-Strike!" issue of j_spot will be posted online as soon as it reaches a critical mass. "Open-Strike!" will _not_ be peer-refereed in the manner of other issues of the journal, but the journal's editorial collective reserves the right to vet and edit articles as appropriate. Regular submissions for peer review are still being received; potential contributors should consult the journal's website. * * * j_spot-AT-yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/jspot j_spot the Journal of Social and Political Thought "j_spot is an interdisciplinary electronic journal focusing on a wide range of intersections between theory, politics, culture, and social justice. In light of contemporary political and intellectual conditions in late capitalist society, j_spot aims to expand the space for interdisciplinary critique, innovation, and originality. Already situated in the rapidly evolving nexus of technologically mediated social and political change-^×a transformative nexus which itself must not escape critique^×-j_spot aims to give free rein to the crucial, critical energies that aim beyond a deadly acceptance of the status quo." * * * M. Michael Schiff | mailo:m-AT-mmichael.com Ph.D. Candidate | Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought York University | Toronto | Canada http://www.mmichael.com | http://www.yorku.ca/SPoT
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