[Air-L] CFP: Special Issue of CyberOrient Journal

Vit Sisler vsisler at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 12:53:05 PDT 2010


Sorry for the cross-posting.

Call for Papers for Special Issue of CyberOrient: Online Journal of
the Virtual Middle East
Editors: Daniel Martin Varisco & Vit Sisler

Call Description

Today we witness an unprecedented proliferation of the internet and
satellite television as well as growing interdependency of various
media outlets in the Middle East and the Muslim world. This process
includes media that morph into each other, messages that migrate
across boundaries, and social networks that utilize multiple
technologies. The unanticipated assemblages formed by these media
contribute simultaneously to preserving traditional cultural norms and
religious values while asserting cosmopolitan and global identity;
appealing to a local audience while addressing transnational
communities; and asserting conformity with existing political order
while fueling resistance and public discontent. Therefore, this
special issue of CyberOrient aims to transcend the media-centric logic
and to analyze the impact of the internet and new media in the light
of the interdependency and hybridization within broader social,
cultural and linguistic context of the Middle East and the Muslim
world.

Aims and Scope

The special issue of CyberOrient aims to bring together the state of
the art research dealing with the growing influence of the internet
and new media in the Middle East.

Key questions include:

- What opportunities for representation have the internet and new
media created in the Middle East, and how has it influenced popular
culture, language and norms?
- Does the proliferation of sites by individuals from various cultural
backgrounds democratize political and religious behavior in the Middle
East?
- What does the internet and the social networks it enables offer to
groups who have not traditionally had access to an open public domain
for expression, especially women and marginalized sects?
- Does the wide range of views posted on the internet foster tolerance
and greater understanding on current issues of political and religious
strife?
- What is the impact of the virtual Islamic community on the practices
of Muslims worldwide?
- How does access to internet cafes and global connections influence
cultural norms in Middle Eastern societies?
- What role do new media such as video games and video clips play in
the identity construction of Middle Eastern and Muslim youth?

Submission Details

Please, submit a manuscript no longer than 8000 words to the editors
as an e-mail attachment to Daniel.M.Varisco at hofstra.edu and
vsisler at gmail.com no later than 1 December 2010. Please format your
submission as follows:
- Cover page with your name, affiliation, address, article title
- Second page with article title, abstract (150-200 words) and three
or four key words. Do not put your name on this page or on the pages
of the following text.
- Article with references at the end, following the AAA format
(http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm).
Please note all papers will be subject to anonymous peer review
following submission.

Important dates

1 December 2010: Deadline for manuscript submission
15 January 2010: Announcement of results of peer-review
1 March 2011: Publication of special issue

Inquiries and submission of manuscripts should be addressed to:

Daniel Martin Varisco
Department of Anthropology
200 Davison Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
(516) 463-5590 (office)
(516) 463-6250 (fax)
Daniel.M.Varisco at hofstra.edu

Vit Sisler
Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship
Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague
U Krize 8, Praha 5, 158 00
(+420) 251 080 205 (office)
vsisler at gmail.com

About the Journal

CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal
published by the Middle East Section of 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.



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