CFP–new Journal of Urban Cultural Studies launched

Visit the new Journal of Urban Cultural Studies site here.

Call for Papers

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is a new peer-reviewed publication cutting across both the humanities and the social sciences in order to better understand the culture(s) of cities. The journal is open to studies that deal with culture, urban spaces and forms of urbanized consciousness the world over.

Although we embrace a broad definition of urban cultural studies, we are particularly interested in submissions that give equal weight to: a) one or more aspects of urban studies (everyday life, built environment, architecture, city planning, identity formation, transportation…) and b) analysis of one or more specific forms of cultural/textual production (literature, film, graphic novels, music, art, graffiti, videogames, online or virtual space…) in relation to a given urban space or spaces.

Essays of 7,000-10,000 words (including works cited and notes) should be sent by attachment to the Editor at urbanculturalstudies@gmail.com. JUCS is also open to proposals of special issues by guest editors working individually or in teams of two. All citations in other languages should be translated into English for the journal’s international reading public, in addition to including the original text.

While the journal does not publish book reviews, we do publish review essays—which should discuss 3-5 recent books on a shared topic or theme (or place) and run from 2,500 to 4,000 words. Review essays of urban-themed installations or other works of art are also welcome. These essays will be reviewed in house. Given our visual focus, we are interested in original, unpublished artwork on the topic of cities and in publishing articles accompanied by images where appropriate.

We encourage a variety of approaches to the urban phenomenon—the strengths of the editorial board run from urban geography to literature and film, photography and videogames, gender and sexuality, creative economy, popular music, Marxist approaches, fashion, urban planning, anthropology, sociology, Deaf culture, built environment, philosophy, architecture, detective fiction and noir, and more…

Deaf Studies and Human Geography Article: Deaf Space

Click here for a great article by Elizabeth S. Mathews, a doctoral student at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Deaf Geographies session titles (AAG 2012)

[reposted from Deaf Geographies Sandbox]

Session 1

• Austin Kocher – The Ohio State University, Department of Geography – “What is Deaf Geography?: An Interpreter Steps Out of Role“
• Emily Fekete – University of Kansas – “Geography and American Sign Language: Rethinking Language and Space“
• Mike Gulliver – University of Bristol – “Deaf Geographies – pasts, presents, futures“
• Pierre Schmitt – Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC), UCLA – “International Deaf Geographies : Toward a Global Community ? “

Session 2

• Jordan Eickman, Ph.D. – California State University, Northridge – “Tracing Deafhood: Exploring the origins and spread of Deaf cultural identity“
• Cynthia Benoit – INRS Urbanisation Culture Société Alain Turpin – SIVET – Urban d/Deaf population and services: Using GIS to explore Deaf geography and geographical accessibility
• Mary Beth Kitzel – Queen’s University (Canada) Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex. “Inspiring the next generation of Deaf geographers” (Mary Beth didn’t present a talk – instead, she spoke about the proposed field school on Deaf Geography planned for summer 2013 – for more information, see her comment below).
• Dai O’brien – School for Policy Studies, Bristol University – “Using visual research to explore the space of young d/Deaf people“

Session 3

• Jeffrey Mansfield – Harvard University Graduate School of Design – “The Genius of the Deaf Experience: Designing Spaces and Infrastructures of Communication“
  
• Hansel Bauman – Gallaudet University – “The DeafSpace Project: Communicating Through Space, Light, Form and Material“
• Russell Rosen – Teachers College, Columbia University – “Sensescapes in the American Deaf Community“
• Deniz Ilkbasaran – UC, San Diego – “Late Modernity Mobilities and the Future of Deaf Geographies“
• Robert T. Sirvage – Gallaudet University – “Peripatetic Spaces in the Making: New Methodologies for Deaf Epistemologies“

Deaf Space project: Architecture / ASL / the city

Here is a brief video (under 15 minutes) where (hearing) architect Hansel Bauman speaks on the Deaf Space project with which he’s involved (ASL interpreter is visible throughout the video). (His brother is Dirksen Bauman, professor of ASL and Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.)

Also check out the Deaf Geographies Sandbox blog, and the multiple Deaf Geographies presentations at the AAG this year in 2012…

(I studied ASL and Deaf culture at U.Va. as an undergraduate and at the University of Arizona with Samuel Supalla as a graduate student–I find the intersection of Deaf culture and geography absolutely fascinating…  hopefully there will be more discussion at the 2013 AAG?…)