Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 8:53 AM
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS * The Transdisciplinary Journal of Emergence
SDA Bocconi Business School (Milan, Italy) announces the forthcoming online
publication of the third issue of "The transdisciplinary journal of
emergence"
(www.sdabocconi.it/emergence). TJE is an English-language on-line journal
published semi-annually. We are seeking contributions for the third (Fall
2004)
issue, to be sent by October 1st, 2004.
The Theme of the third issue is: Cultural Expression and Transmission in
Post-
Industrial Societies.
TJE is committed to fostering a critical dialogue across the social sciences
and humanities and welcomes thinkers challenging existing models of
cultural/political/economical production. We are interested in adventurous
takes on popular or classical subjects. We strive to support a broad range
of
participants and perspectives. Of specific interest are perspectives and
methodologies that cut across, or overcome altogether, disciplinary
separations
within the fields of social sciences and humanities.
Although TJE is published by a Business School, we do not intend to assign a
particular emphasis to disciplinary (or trans-disciplinary, for that matter)
discussions of management, economics, marketing, finance, and the like.
Indeed,
we believe the above-mentioned disciplines have increasingly progressed over
time on a path that is eventually going to bring them outside the domain of
the
social sciences. If the social sciences are to constitute a distinct
knowledge
endeavor that should not be, we believe, solely because their object is
human
beings. Instead, the reason for the existence of the social sciences as a
separate field of inquiry should be epistemological.
Since the journal explicitly aims to overcome disciplinary separations, we
felt
it necessary to abandon the reviewing mechanisms institutionalized in most
academic journals. We do not believe that an endeavor such as developing
a "transdisciplinary journal" is possible within the context of the
power/knowledge structure inherent in the traditional review process. Hence,
papers will not be reviewed with the explicit purpose of suggesting
modifications. Instead, the editor will assign the submitted papers to two
members of the editorial board, and publish their reactions and observations
along with the papers.
Although this particular structure makes the quality of any received paper
difficult to determine, we believe that the very criteria of "academic
quality"
should be subject to discussion, rather than taken for granted or simply
inferred from the presence of a structured and systematic reviewing process.
The editorial board is currently involved in such a debate, which will
result
in future modifications to this call for submissions. A similar issue
concerns
our lack of a clear definition for the term "emergence", which is,
similarly,
subject to an ongoing debate within the editorial board resulting in
periodic
modifications to the editorial statement of the Journal.
In this way, we hope to overcome the disciplinary (in a Focauldian sense)
emphasis of the traditional reviewing process as well as of a crystallized
definition of a concept in favor of dialogue and trans-fertilization.
The deadline for our Fall 2004 issue is October 1st. We are always accepting
submissions and proposals for future issues.
We thank you in advance for your support.
Sincerely,
Journal editor:
Angelo Fanelli
(HEC School of Management and SDA Bocconi Business School)
Editorial board:
Daniel Blochwitz (Whitney Museum of Modern Art)
Cristina Crucini (University of Reading)
Henry F. Dahmns (Florida State University)
Giuseppe Delmestri (Bocconi University)
Angelo Fanelli (HEC School of Management and SDA Bocconi Business School)
Derek Merrill (University of Florida)
Vilmos Misangyi (University of Delaware)
Afshin Hafizi (University of Florida)
Tom Odde (University of Florida)
Guillermina Seri (University of Florida)
Fred Young (University of Florida)
Luca Palumbo (Training Director, Italcementi, Italy)
Website:
www.sdabocconi.it/emergence
Email submissions to:
fanelli@hec.edu
--
Giuseppe Delmestri
IOSI - Istituto di Organizzazione & Sistemi Informativi
Univerità Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Viale Isonzo 23
20135 Milano
Tel. +390258362613 diretto
Tel. +390258362632 segreteria
Fax. +390258362634
email
giuseppe.delmestri@unibocconi.it
http://www.unibocconi.it/