[Discussion] CFP: Locus Suspectus: Call for Submissions on Walking (5/30/05; magazine issue)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Ruth Burns <ruth.burns@elf.mcgill.ca>
Subject: CFP: Locus Suspectus: Call for Submissions on Walking (5/30/05;
magazine issue)

Locus Suspectus

Call for Submissions on Walking

Locus Suspectus, a cultural magazine based in Montreal, seeks textual 
(English
and French) and visual proposals on the theme of walking to inaugurate 
its first
web and paper edition to be published on September 1, 2005.

The phenomenon of walking was born with human civilization. We tend to take
walking for granted, not realizing its long and diverse history. Scientists
claim that walking on two legs appeared about four million years ago 
allowing
humans to investigate and understand the world differently than do animals.

 From the Paleolithic stick man, a hunter drawn in the Lascaux cave, 
through the
World's ancient cultures there has always been grand effort put into the
representation of walking. Modern and postmodern experimentations of walking
continue to fascinate artists, cultural critics and scientists. We 
invite your
critical thoughts on walking, understood here as a rich interdisciplinary
phenomenon.

We welcome critical essays, cultural reviews, and creative writing on a 
broadly
defined walking phenomenon. Your written contribution could touch upon 
(but it
is not limited to) interdisciplinary critical examination of walking in 
diverse
socio-political and cultural contexts, reviews of cultural events involving
walking, interviews, and creative writing. We especially welcome texts and
images of significant walking events that took place in Montreal.

Submission Guidelines
Textual: good, near to completion draft, 1000-2500 words, clear references
at the end of your text; rtf format only

Visual: good quality photographs
(black and white only, not bigger than 8=B2x=B910=B2) or jpg images 
(must be 300
dpi for the final publication)

Please include to a maximum of 5 pages:
resume, biography, an artist statement (for visual), a research statement
(for textual)

Deadline: May 30th, 2005

Please e-mail your submission to locussussuspectus@sympatico.ca or mail it
to:

Locus Suspectus
c/o 36 rue Faillon est
Montreal, QC H2R  1K6

We thank you in advance for your contribution. Each submission
will be given careful consideration and it will be answered.




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