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EDITORIAL
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A
getting of wisdom? /
Sage? by Mark Pegrum
ARTICLES
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Race
and Ethnicity
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Race
et ethnicité
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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
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Sexe
et sexualité
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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
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Religion
et spiritualité
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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
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Savoirs
et apprentissage
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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
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(Re)penser
/ (re)commencer
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MS scars by David Porush
The
avatar and the power grid by Michael Heim
INTERVIEWS
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WEB
LINKS - LIENS SUR LA TOILE
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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
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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
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Internet
and New Technologies
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Internet
et nouvelles technologies
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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
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Afrique
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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
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D'autres
sujets
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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.
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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.
Mots Plurielsis archived by the Australian National Library and is publicly available in the PANDORA Archive.
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