[csaa-forum] CFP: "counterculture" - M/C Journal

[Rob Garbutt]

M/C Journal themed issue -  'counterculture'

http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/information/authors#counterculture

The seeds of the global counterculture sprouted in the 1960s, flourished into the 1970s and for some the counterculture continues to frame their daily lives. Its challenge to the functionalist culture characterised by formal education, career, marriage and mortgage yielded a range of experiments, some failures and short-lived and others long-lasting and now almost mainstream. Whatever the outcome, the intent was not one possible future for one's life but a future of possibilities, along with a commitment to social and environmental sustainability. The counterculture was, therefore, intensely biopolitical in the sense that it was and is a politics of life, one's own life and life on planet earth more generally.

The counterculture was also contested from the beginning. The "counter" has been absorbed into consumer culture and commodified with ease. The love of transgression often saw the politics of power-relations overlooked. And despite being "counter", a relationship with the "mainstream" has always been necessary.

In the 1970s and 80s, the counterculture was alive in academic discussions, but recently it has been relatively dormant. This issue is designed to stimulate reflection and discussion of the counterculture in Australia and beyond. Areas of investigation may include, but are not limited to:

*    indigenous peoples and the counterculture
*    urban and rural countercultures
*    countercultural festivals
*    back to the land movements
*    utopian experiments
*    media and the counterculture
*    alternative: food, medicine, energy, architecture, childbirth, spirituality, sexuality, lifestyles …
 *   the mainstream and the counterculture
 *   contemporary manifestations of the counterculture
 *   intentional communities
 *   the counterculture and consumption
 *   competition, cooperation and the counterculture
 *   global and peripheral countercultures
 *   the "counter" in counterculture
 *   the counterculture and environmental movements
 *   hippies

Prospective contributors should email an abstract of 100-250 words and a brief biography to the issue editors. Abstracts should include the article title and should describe your research question, approach, and argument. Biographies should be about three sentences (maximum 75 words) and should include your institutional affiliation and research interests. Articles should be 3000 words (plus bibliography). All articles will be refereed and must adhere to MLA style (6th edition).

Details

    Article deadline: 10 Oct. 2014
    Release date: 10 Dec. 2014
    Editors: Rob Garbutt, Jacqueline Dutton, and Johanna Kijas

Send any enquiries to counterculture at journal.media-culture.org.au.
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Dr. Rob Garbutt

Lecturer
Honours Co-ordinator - BA, BMedia, BSocSc, BSocWelf
School of Arts and Social Sciences

Southern Cross University
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Australia

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