CALL FOR PAPERS #Palgrave Handbook of #Disability in #Comics and #Graphic #Narratives

 We invite abstracts for articles to be published in a collection showcasing scholarly research related to disability in comics and graphic narratives. This edited volume will highlight insights from both disability studies as well as comics studies.

Centering a disability justice ethos, we especially welcome: submissions by disabled authors/creators; collaborative submissions; work that engages with disability life writing and/or disclosure; work that addresses accommodations and accessibility as they relate to comics pedagogy, form, and/or readership.

The collection envisions a diverse selection of contributors (i.e. a mix of early, mid-, and established scholars from the humanities, comics studies, and disability studies; disability activists; comics creators; comics journalists; and so on) that represent a range of perspectives, methodologies, and communities across the globe. The contents of the collection may be likewise diverse, including essays by individual and collaborative authors, interviews, and/or creative work. Essays in all languages are welcome (to be published in translation).

We encourage examinations of mainstream titles and characters, independent comics, as well as considerations of the ways disability shapes comics form in creative ways. We are especially interested in contributions that explore additional intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender; and works that challenge ableism in comics theory and/or challenge comics’ ocularcentrism.

 

We especially welcome essays on potential themes and keywords such as:

• Accessibility

• Activism

• Archive

• Autobiography

• Coloniality

• Disability Justice

• Disability as Method

• Genre(s)

• Intersectionality

• Mental Health/Illness

• Monstrosity/grotesque

• Multiculturalism

• Neurodivergence

• Pedagogy

• Sexuality

• Sound

• Superheroes and supervillains 

• Touch

• Transnationalism

• Vision

We welcome inquiries by email. Please submit 250-300 word abstracts and 50-word bios by February 28th, 2024. After reviewing submissions, the editors will select contributors and then submit a proposal for publication by Palgrave.

Final essays will be approximately 5,000-10,000 words depending on the topic. We also welcome submissions of scholarship in comics formats between 10 and 20 pages. For questions, or to submit a proposal, contact keyword.disability.comics@gmail.com 

Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Kindness in Higher Education: Fostering the Human(e) Element of Teaching and Learning” - Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching (ISSN 2591-801X) (Academic Journal - Special Issue)

Introduction

The Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching (JALT) is pleased to announce a forthcoming special issue on “Kindness in Higher Education: Fostering the Human(e) Element of Teaching and Learning”.

This issue aims to explore the essential aspects of Garrison’s (2016) Community of Inquiry model, with a specific focus on the three forms of ‘presence’: social, cognitive, and teaching. We seek to investigate how these elements play a pivotal role in fostering productive and meaningful learning experiences in diverse higher education settings while embracing and nurturing the humane aspect of education.

Theme and Scope

As the landscape of higher education undergoes a transition back to full on-campus, online, and hybrid teaching environments, the challenge of cultivating purposeful pedagogies, enhancing student engagement, and implementing authentic assessment methodologies becomes ever more critical. This special issue is designed to synthesise contemporary research, insightful analysis, debates, and provocations centred around the theme of fostering humane, socially present learning environments.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

•  Social presence and learning outcomes: Exploring the impact of social presence on student engagement, collaboration, and learning outcomes in various higher education settings.
•  Cognitive presence and pedagogical strategies: Investigating the relationship between cognitive presence and effective pedagogical approaches that promote deep learning and critical thinking.
• Facilitating teaching presence in hybrid and online settings: Examining the role of teaching presence in hybrid and online courses, and its impact on the quality of instruction and student learning experiences.
•  Authentic assessment techniques: Presenting innovative assessment methods that align with authentic learning experiences, promoting a deeper understanding of course content.
•  Humanising learning environments: Discussing strategies for creating inclusive and empathetic learning spaces that value and respect individual learner identities and experiences.
•  Student perspectives on social and cognitive presence: Inquiring into students’ perspectives on the importance of social and cognitive presence in their learning journey.
•  Leadership in higher education and learning environment design: Analysing the role of institutional leaders in fostering socially and cognitively rich learning settings.

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We invite submissions from teaching practitioners, academic scholars, leaders in higher education, and graduate research students. Manuscripts should be original and unpublished works adhering to the JALT’s guidelines for authors and the article template.

Please ensure that your submission addresses the theme and scope of the special issue. All manuscripts will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure the highest quality and relevance of the published articles.

Important Dates

• Submission of full article due – Monday 8th January 2024
• Editorial comments/peer review of article due – Monday 12th February 2024 ? Submission of final article due – Monday 6th May 2024
•  Expected publication – mid-June 2024

Submission Process & Article Classification

All submissions should be done electronically via the dedicated Online Submission Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfSfbEz2tZrzFrwW0J8BQy3udmR2UzAbemAX1XK4hlxDFlRw/viewform?usp=sharing) following the indicated instructions no later than Monday 8th January 2024. You will be required to upload your paper in a single Word file (up to 3MB in size). Please rename your file as ‘JALT Kindness Special Issue_Your Full Name’ prior to submission. The types of submissions that are eligible for consideration in this special issue include:

•  Research and review articles (4,000 to 8,000 words)
•  Brief articles (1,000 to 3,000 words)
• Case studies and good practice examples (3,000 to 6,000 words)
• Educational technology reviews
•  Book reviews
• Other types may be considered. Please email Dr Fiona Tang for further discussion.

Guest Editors (listed alphabetically by last name)

Professor Tania Aspland, Kaplan Australia and New Zealand/Co Editor-in-Chief of JALT Vanessa Stafford, Kaplan Business School Australia

Dr Fiona Tang, Kaplan Business School Australia

Dr Shanthy Thuraisingham, Kaplan Business School Australia

Inquiries

For any inquiries or further information regarding the special issue, please contact Dr Fiona Tang at fiona.tang@kbs.edu.au

References

Garrison, D. R. (2016). E-learning in the 21st century: A community of inquiry framework for research and practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315667263

https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/about/submissions/#h56sk9mj30vc1hbi2dy6ubzc91cicezw

fiona.tang@kbs.edu.au

Dr Fiona Tang

CFP: Two Day Symposium on #Routes beyond #Roots: #Indian #Performing #Arts and Virtual Culture(s) Dublin, Ireland- June 2024

Over the last number of years, Indian classical dance traditions have seen major shifts in terms of practice, pedagogy, and performance, both ‘at home’ in India and in diaspora contexts. These changes have been intensified most recently by two primary and co-related phenomena; the global adoption of specific algorithmic social media and streaming platforms, and lockdown restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. What happens to the embodied physical presence on virtual platforms? How has the format of the art form been modified to fit in digital spaces? What do these transformations mean for the future of the dance forms? How are socio-political issues embedded and addressed in such spaces?

Recognising these mediations on digital dancing bodies and the scope of such largely unexplored digital interventions in Indian classical dance, we call for a symposium to contribute to a growing body of dance research. This two-day symposium to be held on the 13th and 14th of June 2024 and hosted by University College Dublin (Ireland), aims to bring scholar-practitioners, artists, and researchers working with Indian dance together in order to explore these recent transformations. Dr Prarthana Purkayastha (Royal Holloway University of London), whose crucial work revolves around the intersections of Indian dance studies and transnationalism, identity, diaspora, and decoloniality, will deliver the keynote address.

We invite presentations, performances, and discussions that will help us to (re)imagine and (re)interpret Indian dance as it exists in digital cultures, both in India and in the diaspora. While we are particularly interested in the critical evaluation of Indian dance traditions transformed by or with social media platforms, our definition of digital culture is intentionally broad and we call for scholars working across disciplines to explore movement from various methodological perspectives. By facilitating multiple modes of thinking and learning together, we hope to encourage new pathways of engagement with an ever-growing and transnational Indian culturalscape. We invite proposals for one hour panels or roundtables (3-4 people), or single 30-minute presentations, film screenings, lecture-demonstration and/or workshops from scholar-practitioners, artists, and researchers. 

Topics include (and need not be limited to):

• Digital Dance Histories, Archives, and Documentation
• Post-Pandemic Dance Discourse
• Online Embodiment and New Ethnographic Approaches
• Practice-Research and Collaborative Research
• Technology and Digital Platforms in Dance making Processes
• Social Media, Trends, and Challenges
• Virtual Dance Festivals
• Digital Placemaking and Dance Communities
• Dance and AI
• Gender, Caste, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race (Online and Offline)
• Dance and the Diaspora
• Pedagogical Transformations and Challenges

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The deadline for proposals is 10 January 2024. Please send in your proposals with the following information to digitalroutes2024@gmail.com:

Name

Institutional Affiliation (if any)

Type of Presentation

Abstract (Max. 300 Words)

Biography (Max. 100 Words)

Please note that this is an in-person event at University College Dublin, Ireland. Details on accommodation will be provided after proposals are accepted.

digitalroutes2024@gmail.com