La editorial de la revista galesa Agoriad, una nueva revista digital en abierto publicada anualmente por Cardiff University Press, está buscando contribuciones sobre la temática de Ontologías Indígenas.
Fecha límite de entrega: 15 de diciembre de 2023.
Para cualquier duda podéis contactar con alguno de los miembros del equipo editorial
- Julian Brigstocke (Cardiff University): BrigstockeJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- Angharad Closs Stephens (Swansea University): a.c.stephens@swansea.ac.uk
- Marcus Doel (Swansea University): m.a.doel@swansea.ac.uk
- Mitch Rose (Aberystwyth University): mitch.rose@aber.ac.uk
A continuación os paso el CfP completo en inglés:
Couldn’t one shift to a perspective showing that the source of the most interesting concepts, problems, entities and agents introduced into thought… is in the imaginative power of the societies – or, better, the peoples and collectives – that [we] propose to explain?
– Castro Nurseries, Cannibal Metaphysics
In a period where geographic scholarship is reflecting on its colonial legacy, and attempting to decolonise its worldviews and mindsets, many scholars have turned to indigenous ontologies as a potential alternative to the dominance of scholarship rooted in European perspectives. Yet such an approach raises a number of thorny questions. While the anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro tells us that there is much to be learned from indigenous thought, he is also reticent to ascribe certain modes of thinking as belonging to others in an endogenous and essentialist manner. Such a caution would seem to raise questions about our key terms. Indigeneity always bears the trace of primordialism and ontology similarly suggests something ‘essential’. Thus, how are we to acknowledge the radically different thinking of others – and its potential to open our presumptions, concepts, and modes of knowledge production – without falling into these traps? How do we recognise certain ontologies as ‘alternative’ (and even emancipatory) without naming those ontologies and (in the process) identifying them as ‘theirs’ and not ‘ours’? Are we not in danger of (yet again) ascribing certain characteristics to those that are different and of reserving other characteristics for ourselves and those who are like us? And if so, how to avoid this being yet another form of colonial appropriation? The aim of this issue of Agoriad is to explore the conceptual potential and problems that emerge when engaging with indigenous thought. We welcome submissions from Geography and cognate disciplines that explore how the ideas, concepts, and world understandings of others open up complex conversations about difference and deepens (rather than escapes) the problem of what it means to decolonise thought in the twenty-first century.
Call for Papers
Opening: Journal of spatial theory
Opening’s editorial team is seeking submissions to its inaugural edition on the theme, indigenous ontology (see full text of the call below). We are particularly interested in encouraging contributions from native scholars as well as postgraduates, early career researchers and established researchers in geography and related fields (e.g. anthropology, cultural studies, politics and international relations, and others).
Agor is an online open access journal managed and edited by early career postgraduates and researchers, with oversight and support from an editorial management team. The aim is to publish high quality research on key theoretical discussions as well as to provide a supportive publication process for researchers at all levels. The journal is supported by the ESRC Cymru Doctoral Training Partnership and is published by Cardiff University Press.
Published annually, Openings cover a specific theoretical topic or theme, usually associated with the School of Gregynog Theory, an annual postgraduate conference hosted by the ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Partnership Human Geography pathway. This year the journal will feature an article by Keynote Speaker Professor Jenny Pickerill, from the University of Sheffield, as well as an interview with her.
The Call for Papers can be found below. If you are interested in putting together a submission, please contact the editorial team to discuss your project: Agoriad@cardiff.ac.uk.
Deadline to receive submissions: 15 December 2023
Managing Editors:
- Julian Brigstocke (Cardiff University): BrigstockeJ@cardiff.ac.uk
- Angharad Closs Stephens (Swansea University): a.c.stephens@swansea.ac.uk
- Marcus Doel (Swansea University): m.a.doel@swansea.ac.uk
- Mitch Rose (Prifysgol Aberystwyth): mitch.rose@aber.ac.uk