[Air-L] CfP "Forced Migration: Making Sense of a Complex Ecosystem" for the Special Issue of IJIDI

[Violeta Trkulja]

  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

A Special Issue of The International Journal of Information, Diversity, 
& Inclusion (IJIDI)

FORCED MIGRATION: MAKING SENSE OF A COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM

We seek to bring together researchers from the information fields 
broadly construed, along with researchers in related disciplines, to 
showcase a range of concepts, practices, and methodologies available for 
deeper engagement with issues related to forced migration. We invite 
work offering diverse perspectives on forced migration as a means of 
enriching our understanding of the range of actors involved in this 
complex ecosystem. Contributions to this special issue may look at 
forced migration through the lens of information and media practices, 
embodied experiences, memory work and curation, discourses and practices 
around diversity, and community building in a global and digital world. 
This approach will pave the way for a broader interdisciplinary 
conversation on forced migration.

We welcome a broad spectrum of submissions that touch on the following 
aspects:

  * Frameworks that account for diverse information practices related to
    forced migration (including material, symbolic, affective dimensions);
  * The evolution of conceptual frameworks for understanding forced
    migration in an age of migration and displacement (including the
    role of social media and online spaces in creating/regaining a sense
    of place; credibility and assessment; multilingual interactions;
    user-generated content);
  * Current and future roles of cultural and memory institutions as
    resources on, and sites for, the documentation and curation of
    migration experiences and practices in our networked world (i.e.,
    How can we best make space for refugees? Voice and agency);
  * Understanding the role of design, meaning-making, authenticity, and
    performativity in the context of diverse migratory experiences;
  * Practical initiatives and case studies from libraries, museums,
    archives, non-profit and settlement sectors, NGOs, policymaking and
    governance bodies around engaging and working with refugees and
    other forced migrants.

We invite fully developed research papers for the Articles section, as 
well as shorter submissions for the Special sections; the latter may 
include opinion/viewpoint pieces, work in progress, reports from the 
field, doctoral projects, and theory-to-practice essays.

Submission Process – Important Dates

  * April 30, 2019: Expressions of interest (name, role and affiliation;
    Extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words for full research papers,
    and up to 500 words for contributions to the special section).
    Please email your submissions to: nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca
  * May 30, 2019: Notification of acceptance
  * October 15, 2019 Full papers due
  * April 2020: Special issue published

This issue will be guest edited by
Dr. Nadia Caidi, Faculty of Information, Univ. of Toronto, Canada 
(nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca)
Dr. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada 
(ishtiaque at cs.toronto.edu)
Dr. Juliane Stiller, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, 
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (juliane.stiller at ibi.hu-berlin.de)
Dr. Violeta Trkulja, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, 
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (violeta.trkulja at ibi.hu-berlin.de)

Author Guidelines and Peer Review Process
Please consult IJIDI Author Guidelines and IJIDI Peer Review Process at 
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Any questions related to this issue should be addressed to 
nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca

-- 
Dr. Violeta Trkulja

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin School of Library and Information Science
Sitz: Dorotheenstrasse 26, 10117 Berlin
Post: Unter den Linden 6,  10099 Berlin

Tel: +49 30 2093-70963
Fax: +49 30 2093-70951
Mail: violeta.trkulja at ibi.hu-berlin.de
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