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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.8px Arial"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies ejournal CFP </span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.8px Arial"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Special Issue </span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.8px Arial"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16pt; ">Future Stories/ Intimate Histories</span></i></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.8px Arial"><b><i><br></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">The ejournal is currently calling for submissions for a special issue on the theme of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Future Stories/Intimate Histories </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">to be published in 2011. Papers may either come from, extend upon, or relate to, the 2010 ACRAWSA symposium, which explored how the meanings of race and whiteness are constantly under re/construction in the stories we tell about the past and the future, all the more so in times of flux where economies, national borders and political leadership are under redefinition every day.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">As yesterday becomes history and tomorrow ever more volatile, story becomes a means of understanding where we are in terms of both where we have come from and where we might be going. Story has also long been a means of understanding relations between history and personal experience, and hence a site where the inextricability of racialised structures and lived experience can be explored, albeit often in the context of racialised struggles over knowledge and speaking positions.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">In this issue we seek to talk about what such times of change mean for the critical race and whiteness studies project of trans- forming the racialised structures within which we live, and what role stories can play in our imaginings. What potentials can we find in our stories of the past and the future? What is old or new about current stories of race? What stories are heard and what should be heard? What still can’t be told? Topics might include:</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Futures of race and whiteness </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*The future of whiteness studies </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Changing definitions of race & racism </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Borders and the future </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Family history and race </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Race and relationships </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Race, whiteness and life narrative </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*Relations between ‘story’ and ‘theory’ </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">*The positioning of Indigenous and/or white stories & storytellers</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">The e-journal also publishes </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">general articles </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">with each issue and welcomes submissions from any discipline related to the field of critical race and whiteness studies.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Deadline for submissions is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">March 30th 2011</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">. Articles should be between 4,000- 8,000 words in length including tables, notes and references. An abstract of 200- 300 words should accompany the article. A style guide can be found at ACRAWSA’s website: </span><span style="color: #2149f9"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">www.acrawsa.org.au</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">. We also welcome shorter pieces of creative or analytical writing (up to 1000 words), visual material, or reviews of books, films, plays etc. Submissions and enquiries about the issue should be sent to Dr. Damien Riggs, </span><span style="color: #203af9"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">damien.riggs@flinders.edu.au</span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: #203af9"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Reminder</span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">The ejournal is also extending its call for submissions for a special issue on the theme: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Post-Racial States</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Post-Racial States </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">takes as its focus the term, “post-racial”, used to describe the media and political environment in the United States following the election of Barack Obama. The </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Post-Racial States </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">issue asks whether we can say there is such a thing as a “post-racial” state, media or political environment. Does the idea of a “post-racial” state overlook the continuing occurrences of racial discrimination, the negation of Indigenous sovereignties, and the importance of anti-racism projects in exposing and challenging institutional and social racisms? Submissions need not be limited to Obama’s election. The issue is also interested in the relevance, if any, of this event to race relations in other cultural, political and geographical contexts.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Century Gothic'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Submissions for the special issue are welcomed from now until </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">November 1st 2010</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">. Submissions and enquiries about the issue should be sent to Dr. Holly Randell-Moon: </span><span style="color: #203af9"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">holly.randell-moon@mq.edu.au</span></b></span></p><br><span class="ecxecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><div><span class="ecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="text-indent:0in !important;white-space:normal"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></pre><pre style="text-indent:0in !important;white-space:normal"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Dr. Holly Randell-Moon</span></pre></span></div></span><span class="ecxecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Honorary Junior Associate</span><br><span class="ecxecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Managing Editor: Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies e-journal</span><span class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_EC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="white-space:normal"><font class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="white-space:normal">Department of Media, Music and Cultural Studies<br>Faculty of Arts<br>Macquarie University, NSW 2109<br>Australia</pre><pre style="white-space:normal"><font class="ecxecxApple-style-span" face="Verdana">------</font></pre><pre style="white-space:normal"><p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font class="ecxecxApple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:10pt">"I love Oasis</span></font><font class="ecxecxApple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:10pt"> … We need the power of goodness like them. The goodness is shining from their
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