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

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What is "post modern  experiments of walking"?     Aman Allahim!!



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> 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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