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    Guest editor / sous la direction de Mark Pegrum


    EDITORIAL


    A getting of wisdom? / Sage? by Mark Pegrum


    ARTICLES

    Race and Ethnicity
    Race et ethnicité

    The reification of race in cyberspace: African American expressive culture, FUBU and a search for 'beloved community' on the Net by Kim Hester-Williams

    Language, identity, and the Internet by Mark Warschauer

    Blancheur virtuelle et diversité narrative de Joe Lockard


    Gender and Sexuality
    Sexe et sexualité

    Women and sex entertainment on the Internet: discourses of gender and power by Marjorie Kibby

    Queer manifestations on the Internet: the evolution of legal obstacles and legal freedoms by Michael Walker-Thørsvedtt

    Samantha, among others by Julian Dibbell

    Local meanings in global space: a case study of women's 'Boy love' web sites in Japanese and English by Mark McLelland


    Religion and Spirituality
    Religion et spiritualité

    The Word online? Text and image, authority and spirituality in the Age of the Internet by Charles Ess

    From shepherd to weaver: seeking God in cyberspace by Joshua Hammerman

    Space, spirit and self by Margaret Wertheim


    Knowledge and Learning
    Savoirs et apprentissage

    eBlack: a 21st century challenge by Abdul Alkalimat

    Academic masters, mistresses and apprentices: gender and power in the real world of the web by Jill Arnold and Hugh Miller

    Reforming the Information Age: formalism and philology on the Net by Patrick Finn

    Being there: using ethnology in the study of electronic communities by Mark Giese and Bette J. Kauffman


    (Re)Thinking (A)New
    (Re)penser / (re)commencer

    MS scars by David Porush

    The avatar and the power grid by Michael Heim


    INTERVIEWS

    Entretien avec Huguette Bertrand, poète passionnée par l'Internet proposé par Jean-Marie Volet


    WEB LINKS - LIENS SUR LA TOILE

    FOLDOC Online glossary of terms connected with computing and the Internet

    Terminologie d'Internet Explications en français des termes français et anglais

    Association of Internet Researchers Site containing information, resources and links

    An Atlas of Cyberspaces Catalogue of representations of cyberspace(es)

    Body, Space and Technology Journal of contemporary arts and new technologies

    CTheory Journal of theory, technology and culture

    Crossings Journal of art and technology

    Cultivate Interactive Web magazine of the European Commission's DIGICULT programme

    fineArt forum Journal of art and technology Net news

    First Monday Journal devoted to the Internet

    Internet Society Member Briefings Reports mostly on technical aspects of the Net

    JavaMuseum Forum for Internet technologies in contemporary art

    Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Journal of new media

    Journal of Digital Information Journal of computing and the Internet

    New Media Studies Site on web culture and design

    Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies Site containing reviews, interviews, links and more

    Text-e Colloque consacré à explorer l’impact de l’Internet sur la lecture, l’écriture et le savoir

    www.theory.org.uk Site containing resources on current theory


    E-LISTS

    Air-L Email list of the Association of Internet Researchers

    CIRCITree RMIT discussion list on information and communication technologies

    Cyberculture General discussion list for online culture and community

    Cybersociology Email list run from the Hypermedia Research Centre, University of Westminster, London

    Edupage Thrice-weekly email summary of developments in IT and higher education

    ::fibreculture:: Australian email list dedicated to the discussion of IT in Australia and internationally

    New Media Announcements RMIT daily email digest of announcements relating to new media

    Rhizome.org Various email lists on art created using new media

    Software and Culture List run from Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech


    CONFERENCES

    Internet and New Technologies
    Internet et nouvelles technologies

    Ligações/Links/Liaisons: International Conference on Cyberculture Porto, 29 October - 2 November 2001

    Nordic Interactive Conference: Digital Visions and User Reality Copenhagen, 31 October - 3 November 2001

    Religious Encounters in Digital Networks: Conference on Religion and CMC Copenhagen, 1-3 November 2001

    ASIST 2001: Information in a Networked World: Harnessing the Flow Washington, 2-8 November 2001

    F[irst] M[onday] 1 New Definitions: Value, Community, Space Heerlen/Maastricht, 4-6 November 2001

    Electronic Book 2001: Authors, Applications, and Accessibility Washington, 5-7 November 2001

    The Humanities Computing Curriculum Nanaimo, Canada, 9-10 November 2001

    ELT: Evolution of Learning and Teaching Online, 10-11 November 2001

    Teaching Online in Higher Education: Synthesizing Online Teaching Strategies Online, 12-14 November 2001

    The Seventh Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning Orlando, 16-18 November 2001

    AsiaPacifiQueer 2: Media, Technology and Queer Cultures Brisbane, 3-4 December 2001

    Second Iteration: Second International Conference on Generative Systems in the Electronic Arts Melbourne, 5-7 December 2001

    Global CN 2001: World Congress of Citizens' Networks Buenos Aires, 5-7 December 2001

    ::fibreculture:: Politics of a Digital Present Melbourne, 6-8 December 2001

    SITE 2002: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference Nashville, 18-23 March 2002

    The New Information Order and the Future of the Archive Edinburgh, 20-23 March 2002

    Electronic Literature Organization: State of the Arts Los Angeles, 4-6 April 2002

    Critical Cyberculture Studies: Mapping an Evolving Discipline College Park, MD, 26-27 April 2002

    Libraries in the Digital Age Dubrovnik, 23-26 May 2002

    ED-MEDIA 2002: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications Denver, 24-29 June 2002

    5th Community Networking Conference: Electronic Networks - Building Community Melbourne, 3-5 July 2002

    Technotopias: Texts, Identities, and Technological Cultures Glasgow, 10-12 July 2002

    CATaC '02: The Net(s) of Power: Language, Culture and Technology Montreal, 12-15 July 2002

    Incubation 2: 2nd trAce International Conference on Writing and the Internet Nottingham, 15-17 July 2002

    ALLC/ACH 2002: New Directions in Humanities Computing Tübingen, 24-28 July 2002


    Africa
    Afrique

    Africa and the African Diaspora: Past, Present, Future Houston, 15-18 November 2001

    Versions and Subversions: International Conference on African Literatures Berlin, 1-4 May 2002

    Globalization, Economic Liberalization and the Role of Women in Economic Growth and Development in Africa Winston-Salem, NC, 6-8 September 2002


    Further Themes
    D'autres sujets

    The Refugee Convention: Where To From Here? Sydney, 6-9 December 2001

    The Power of Oral History: Memory, Healing and Development Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 24-27 June 2002

    Crossroads in Cultural Studies: Fourth International Conference Tampere, Finland, 29 June - 2 July 2002




    MOTS PLURIELS est une revue électronique de caractère international. Elle est ouverte aux universitaires intéressé(e)s par le domaine des Lettres et désireux/ses de donner leur point de vue sur les questions brûlantes de notre temps. Un comité de lecture examine tous les manuscrits reçus et décide de leur publication.

    Les thèmes retenus pour les prochains numéros sont:

      * Fuite des cerveaux et (dé)construction nationale en Afrique. Il y a une génération à peine, la plupart des diplômés du tiers-monde retournaient dans leur pays avec l'objectif principal de servir leur nation. De nos jours, on observe un phénomène inverse: en Afrique et ailleurs, les débouchés semblent irrémédiablement bouchés et l'on assiste à une hémorragie, une fuite des intellectuels et chercheurs des pays "en voie de développement" liée à des stratégies de survie sociale, intellectuelle et économique. Selon la Fondation Africaine pour le Renforcement des Capacités (ACBF), l'Afrique perdrait annuellement environ 20000 cadres. Quoique décrié par les mouvements xénophobes occidentaux, cet exode fait le bonheur de nombreuses structures économiques, universitaires et financières euro-américaines et il est temps d'analyser de manière critique dans quelle mesure cet exode ne représente pas une nouvelle forme d'exploitation sauvage des ressources offertes par "les anciennes colonies". Dans quelle mesure un intellectuel doit-il aujourd'hui quitter sa patrie pour s'épanouir? Est-il possible/nécessaire de rester dans son pays pour le servir/changer? Quelle part de responsabilité les cadres africains expatriés portent-ils dans la faillite de leur continent et sa reconstruction? Quelle est désormais la définition du "pays natal"? Césaire s'est-il donc trompé? Du point de vue juridique, la citoyenneté est-elle compatible avec la nationalité? Quel est le bilan de l'exode intellectuel dans la (dé)construction nationale? Dans quelle mesure les politiques "d'accueil" conduites par les véritables "acheteurs de cerveaux" que sont les Etats-Unis, le Canada et l'Europe détruisent-elles le développement intellectuel en Afrique? Les Africains restés au pays sont-ils voués au néant, pieds et poings liés? Dans une telle conjoncture, le "développement" est-il possible, retardé ou compromis? A qui faut-il attribuer la faillite de l'état (post)colonial? (En collaboration avec Alexie Tcheuyap.) Date limite pour l'envoi de manuscrits: Echue.

      * Le monde des réfugiés. La Convention sur le statut des Réfugiés définit un réfugié comme une personne privée de la possibilité de vivre dans son pays par crainte d'être persécutée à cause de sa race, de sa religion, de sa nationalité, de son ethnie, de son appartenance à un groupe social, ou de ses convictions politiques. Le but de ce numéro est d'aborder la question sous différents angles afin de mieux comprendre le problème et ses ramifications dans le monde contemporain à l'heure où des millions de personnes fuient leur pays pour sauver leur vie. Les articles les plus divers peuvent être envisagés dans le domaine des études de genres (par exemple les problèmes spécifiques ou communs aux deux sexes), des droits de l'Homme, des perceptions identitaires, de la notion de communauté ethnique, des racines socio-historiques du problème, des causes de l'exode massif de réfugiés, de la notion d'asile, du racisme, des effets de la globalisation, des conflits religieux, de l'intégrisme, des sanctions économiques imposées par l'Ouest à certains pays, etc. Comme le veut la tradition du Journal, les études littéraires sont vivement encouragées de même que des articles exprimant la manière dont cette problématique est perçue en Afrique et ailleurs. Ce numéro sera publié en collaboration avec le Centre de Recherche pour les Réfugiés (Sydney, Australie) (Centre for Refugee Research) à l'occasion de la Conférence The Refugee Convention: Where To From Here? organisée par le Centre du 6 au 9 décembre 2001, à Sydney, pour marquer le 50ème anniversaire de La Convention sur les Réfugiés (En collaboration avec Eileen Pittaway.) Date limite pour l'envoi de manuscrits: 15 décembre 2001.

      * Etre enfant en Afrique. Ahmadou Kourouma dédie son dernier livre, Allah n'est pas obligé, aux enfants de Djibouti. S'il donne la parole, comme l'avait déjà fait Ken Saro Wiwa dans Sozaboy, à un enfant très jeune, c'est que ces enfants-là, oubliés du monde, lui ont expressément demandé de parler en leur nom. Ce choix relève donc moins de la littérature que d'un constat terrible sur l'Afrique actuelle que Ryscard Kapucinski résume clairement dans Ebène: "Dans les zones où les combats durent depuis des décennies [...] la majorité des adultes a péri depuis longtemps sur les champs de batailles [...] Il ne reste plus que des enfants et ce sont eux qui font la guerre". Ces enfants-soldats tentent même des coups d'état, tandis que d'autres enfants affamés errent de pays en pays, au gré des trafiquants d'esclaves. Tanella Boni posait bien le problème dans un article récent: "Les enfants et les adolescents grandissent avant l'âge. Le poids des événements les oblige à ouvrir les yeux sur un monde sans foi ni loi. Ils constatent alors, comme le fait Birahima, que la justice divine n'a rien à voir avec celle des hommes. [...] L'enfant [devient alors] un mutant qui perd ses points de repère et en invente d'autres". Ce numéro de Mots Pluriels se propose de tenter une approche multidisciplinaire de cette question d'une actualité brûlante et d'essayer une analyse de la "mutation" en cours sous tous ses aspects. La question pourrait être abordée sous les angles les plus divers: littéraire, mais aussi historique, sociologique, etc., sans toutefois oublier l'extrême diversité du continent africain, où coexistent les situations les plus disparates. Dans quelle mesure est-il encore possible d'offrir une image positive de l'enfance en Afrique aujourd'hui? Dans quelle mesure la place occupée par les enfants dans les sociétés africaines du passé était-elle différente de celle d'aujourd'hui? Quels sont les éléments qui déterminent le devenir des enfants qui grandissent en Afrique aujourd'hui? (En collaboration avec Madeleine Borgomano.) Date limite pour l'envoi de manuscrits: 15 avril 2002.

    Des articles d'environ 4000 mots explorant l'un de ces thèmes peuvent être envoyés par email ou sous forme imprimée à la rédaction de Mots Pluriels. Les contributions peuvent être écrites en français ou en anglais. Il est possible d'inclure quelques images pour illustrer le texte.

    Pour la présentation des notes de bas de page et d'une éventuelle bibliographie, prière de se référer aux articles de ce numéro et aux numéros précédents.

    *****

    MOTS PLURIELS is a refereed electronic and international journal open to literary-minded scholars wishing to share their points of view on important contemporary world issues. Manuscripts are reviewed by expert readers and publication is dependent on their approval.

    Themes for the forthcoming issues will comprise:

      * Brain drain and national (de)construction in Africa. Scarcely a generation ago, most graduates from the Third World would return to their own countries with the main objective of serving their nation. These days, the opposite phenomenon is observed: in Africa and elsewhere, opportunities seem to be irremediably blocked and we are witnessing a haemorrhage, an exodus of intellectuals and researchers from "developing" countries - an exodus which is linked to social, intellectual and economic survival strategies. According to the Fondation Africaine pour le Renforcement des Capacités (ACBF), Africa is losing about 20,000 trained people every year. Although decried by Western xenophobic movements, this exodus is delighting many Euro-American economic, university and financial structures and it is time to analyse critically the extent to which this exodus does or does not represent a new form of cruel exploitation of the resources offered by "the former colonies". Today, must an intellectual leave his or her native land in order to blossom? Is it possible/necessary to stay in one's own country in order to serve/change it? What share of responsibility is borne by trained expatriate Africans for the continent's insolvency - and its reconstruction? What is, henceforth, the definition of "native land"? Was Césaire mistaken? From a legal point of view, is citizenship compatible with nationality? What will be the outcome of the intellectual exodus in terms of national (de)construction? To what extent are the "welcome" policies being conducted by the United States, Canada and some European countries destroying intellectual development in Africa? Are the Africans who have stayed in their own countries doomed to nothingness, their hands and feet tied? Under such circumstances, is "development" possible, delayed or compromised? To whom should the insolvency of the (post)colonial state be attributed? These, then, are some of the questions around which the debate could be articulated. The issue intends to focus on the notion of exodus and on its economic, political and intellectual consequences for the countries of origin. Literary, sociological, political and anthropological analyses would be suitable. As in the preceding issues of Mots Pluriels, the emphasis is on Africa but texts and analyses concerning other regions are also desirable so as to add material for comparison. (In collaboration with Alexie Tcheuyap.) Deadline for submissions: Closed.

      * The Refugee Convention: Where To From Here? According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country." This issue of Mots Pluriels aims to analyse this topic from different perspectives in the context of today's millions who are forced to flee their homes and homelands in fear of their lives because of war, ethnic cleansing and intolerance. "Refugee research" touches on many other issues and a wide range of contributions is possible in the areas of gender, human rights, notions of community and identity, community perception, causes of refugee flows, racism, globalisation, ethnic and religious conflicts, etc. A detailed summary of possible ways to approach the lived experience and changing realities of refugees in today's world can be found on the Home Page of the December 2001 International Conference The Refugee Convention: Where To From Here? to be held in Sydney, Australia. Contributors and any others attending the Conference are strongly encouraged to submit their papers to this special issue of Mots Pluriels; papers from non-attendees are, however, also welcome. Please send papers by email to the General Editor of Mots Pluriels, with a copy to the Guest Editor, Eileen Pittaway, Director of the Centre for Refugee Research. Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2001.

      * Being a child in Africa. Ahmadou Kourouma dedicates his latest novel, Allah n'est pas obligé, to the children of Djibouti. If he gives a very young child the opportunity to speak (as does Ken Saro Wiwa in Sozaboy), it is because these children, whose plight has been forgotten by the world, specifically asked him to speak in their name. In this sense, Kourouma's choice is not so much literary but rather a dreadful acknowledgement of the state of Africa today, well encapsulated in Ryscard Kapucinski's Ebène: "In areas where fighting has been going on for decades ... the majority of the adult population has long been dead, killed on the battlefields ... Only children are left and it is now they who are fighting the war". These child soldiers even attempt military coups, whilst other starving children, oblivious to national borders, roam the continent and are left to the mercy of slave traders. Tanella Boni comments: "Children and teenagers grow up before their time. The weight of events obliges them to open their eyes to a world which fears neither God nor man. Like Birahima, they can see for themselves that Divine justice is unrelated to worldly justice. And so, children become mutants who have lost all points of reference and who must devise new ones". The purpose of this issue of Mots Pluriels is to critically analyse this problem from the points of view of various disciplines and perspectives, keeping in mind the rich diversity of the African continent where disparate situations exist side by side. To what extent is it possible to present a positive view of childhood in today's Africa? To what extent is the place of children in today's African society different from that of the past? What are the factors which determine the future for children growing up in Africa today? (In collaboration with Madeleine Borgomano.) Deadline for submissions: April 15, 2002.

    Short articles (about 4000 words) dealing with any of the issues mentioned above can be sent to the Editor by email, or posted to the address below. Articles can be in English or French. A few pictures can be included to illustrate the text.

    Contributors who wish to include footnotes and a bibliography are asked to follow the examples provided in Mots Pluriels.


    Administration:

    MOTS PLURIELS
    Jean-Marie VOLET, Editor
    The University of Western Australia
    Department of European Languages and Studies
    French Studies
    Nedlands
    Western Australia 6907

    Support from the Australian Research Council is acknowledged.

    Editorial Board:

    Tanella Boni, Université Nationale de Côte d'Ivoire
    Philip Dwyer, The University of Newcastle
    Hél&ène Jaccomard, The University of Western Australia
    Peter Limb, Michigan State University
    Amadou Ly, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
    Daniel Tchapda, Douala
    Tim A. Unwin, The University of Bristol

    Editorial Consultants:

    Gary Baines, Loretta Baldassar, Richard Bales, June Bam, Denis Boak, Patrick Bond, Madeleine Borgomano, Sue Broomhall, Marie-Claude Buegge-Meunier, Marguerite Chesbrough, Jenny de Reuck, Lance Donaldson-Evans, Laurent Dousset, Paul Dunham, Vincent Engel, Anne Freadman, Edward Freeman, Rangira Béatrice Gallimore, Cherry Gertzel, Stephanie Green, Michel Guissard, Agnes Hafez-Ergaut, Pen Hetherington, Henri Jeanjean, John Kinder, Cheryl Lange, Jane Long, Catherine Macdonald, Gale MacLachlan, Ian Magedera, Ken McPherson, Anne-Marie Medcalf, David Moody, Colin Muller, André Ntonfo, Beverley Ormerod-Noakes, Bert Peeters, Mark Pegrum, Maureen Perkins, Guy Ossito Midiohouan, Linda Pontré, Elizabeth Rankin, Peter Reeves, Dennis Rumley, Abbu Siddique, Tony Simoes da Silva, Paul Sendziuk, John Stella, Micheline van der Beken, Joan Wardrop, Toby Watkins, Terri-Ann White, Brian Willis, Phillip Winn, Martin Wittenberg, Jennifer Yee

    The views expressed in contributions to this Journal do not necessarily represent those of the Editors.

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