| Bishop Zareh on Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:32:51 +0200 (CEST) |
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| <nettime-ann> CfP: Arab Women & New Media |
. > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Arab Women in a Changing Region: Revolutionizing the Political, > Social, and Communication Landscapes > > CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East > Editor-in-Chief : Daniel Martin Varisco > Guest Editor: Sahar Khamis > Submission deadline: October 1st, 2013 (Full Papers) > > Aim > > On the second anniversary of the “Arab Spring”, many challenges > present themselves in transitioning countries, protests still continue > in some countries, while new governments are being formed in others. > Arguably, throughout these last two years, and before, Arab women > played a critical and vital role in paving the way for the eruption of > the “Arab Spring” movements: mobilizing their fellow citizens to take > part in the revolts, documenting the unfolding events with their own > cameras and cell phones, both as citizen journalists and professional > reporters, and shaping public opinion about ongoing issues, changes, > and challenges, through the extensive use of digital media, such as > Twitter, Facebook, and blogs. > > This is a call for papers, across disciplines, aiming for critical and > evidence-based evaluations of the multiple roles played by Arab women > in this changing region, both as senders and receivers of mediated > messages, through the use of different types of media before, during, > and beyond the Arab Spring, including both new, social media, as well > as other media outlets, such as satellite television channels and the > press. First-person and ethnographic accounts are welcomed, but > CyberOrient accepts contributions from any field of study and using > any methodological orientation. > > About CyberOrient > > CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal > published by the American Anthropological Association, in > collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in > Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical > considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the > very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as > well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle > Eastern contexts. > > Submission > > Articles should be submitted directly to Sahar Khamis > ([email protected]) and Vit Sisler ([email protected]). The > submitted article should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including > references). It should follow the AAA style in referencing and > citations. The accepted articles will be published online with free > access in early spring, 2014. > > More information can be found here: > http://www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682 > -- > Vit Sisler, Ph.D. > > Charles University in Prague > Faculty of Arts & Philosophy > Institute of Information Science and Librarianship > New Media Studies > > http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/ > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann