[Discussion] CFP: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Global Communications (1/1/02; journal issue)

[Gonul Pultar]

CFP:  Inter/Sections: the Journal of 
Global Communications and Culture

This is an open call for a special issue (Summer 2002) of the journal
Inter/Sections: the Journal of Global Communications and Culture.  
The topic of the special issue is entitled, 

"Phenomenological and Hermeneutic Contributions to the 
Study of Global Communication and Culture"

Guest Editor
Dr. Charlton McIlwain
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
New York University
Department of Culture and Communication

The contributions of philosophy-based methods of social scientific 
research, namely phenomenology and hermeneutics, are not given broad 
attention in the mainstream literature of communication. However, these 
epistemological approaches, in opening up the legitimate field of 
inquiry to all forms of cultural expression, that is, anything given to 
conscious awareness, offer much in helping us understand a wide-array 
of communicative phenomena.  

These approaches have been particularly useful in the study of the 
essential constituents of culture as well as the emerging expression of 
global communication and the various ways in which human meaning is 
constructed. Given this, the objectives of this special issue are three-
fold: 1). To show how these approaches have contributed to our 
understanding of what culture is and its relationship with 
communication; 2). To compare this approach to other epistemological 
approaches in their acquisition of knowledge about culture and 
communication; and 3). To demonstrate how these approaches have been 
applied to the study of certain forms of cultural expression.

This issue will focus on a broad variety of questions within this 
domain. For instance: What do phenomenologists and hermenuticians do 
and how does their use of these approaches help us understand what 
culture is, how it is formed, and the nature of cultural variability?  
How do these approaches treat communication in their conception of 
culture and what do they offer regarding the possibility of "global 
communication"?  What distinguishes these approaches from other 
epistemological approaches in their ontological perspective, 
methodological practice and conclusions regarding the study of culture 
and communication?  Finally, how have these approaches been applied so 
as to broaden our understanding of these concepts?

Given this description, this is a call for:

1.	Papers which pertain to the objectives of the special issue.  
Papers should be between 6,000- 8,000 words.
2.	Critical commentaries and reviews or short communications on any
	subject pertaining to the topic area for the special issue of 
no more than 2400 words.

**We would like to encourage young and new faculty members, PhD 
candidates and postdoctoral fellows to submit papers, reviews or 
commentaries.

Those interested in submitting research papers should first submit an 
extended abstract, of no more than 500 words, by January 1, 2002 to:

Charlton McIlwain, Ph.D.
NYU/Steinhardt School of Education
Dept. of Culture and Communication
26 Washington Place, Pless Annex, Room 552
New York, NY 10003

Abstracts may also be submitted via email to: Charlton.McIlwain@NYU.EDU 
E-mailed abstracts should be attached in Word 97 format or higher.

Authors whose papers are accepted for publication will be notified by 
February 1, 2002.  Final papers must be submitted by May 31, 2002.  The 
editors retain the right to reject papers whose abstracts were 
previously accepted.  In order to facilitate anonymous reviewing, a 
title page should be submitted containing: the name(s) of the author
(s), with all first names written out; the institution(s) at which the 
work was carried out, with all author affiliations indicated; the 
author to whom correspondence is to be sent; telephone, fax numbers and 
e-mail addresses.  Abstracts and manuscripts should not reveal the 
identity of the author on any page but the title page.

For more information on journal style guidelines for manuscripts, please
refer to the Inter/Sections web page at: 
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/communication/iamcr/inter/

Critical commentaries and reviews, or short communications on any 
subject having to do with the special issue, should not exceed 2400 
words and should be submitted by February 15, 2002.

About Inter/Sections:
Inter/Sections is the official journal of the Junior Scholars Network 
(JSN) of the International Association of Mass Communication Research 
(IAMCR) in co-operation with the European Consortium for Communications 
Researchers (ECCR).
The journal will be published twice a year and provides space for 
academics, and especially emerging scholars, who are stepping outside 
the boundaries of conventional academic scholarship in culture and 
communications. Inter/Sections welcomes new forms of  
academic/intellectual discourse that do not necessarily follow 
established patterns.

Editors:
Katharine Sarikakis
Communication Culture 7 Media
Coventry University
Priority street, Coventry CV15FB, UK
Tel:+44.24.76887483
Fax:+44.24.76887440

Antonis Skamnakis
Communication Policy & PR
Technological Institute of W. Macedonia
Fourka, Kastoria Greece
Tel:+30.1.3623801
Fax:+30.1.3623803


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