MULTIKULTURNÍ CENTRUM PRAHA, o . s .
http://www.mkc. cz
Vodičkova 36 (Palác Lucerna)
116 02 Praha 1
Czech republic
Call for articles
Website "European City" (www.europeancity. cz) has issued a call for articles on „Living in a Postsocialist City".
The concept of "postsocialist city" is a problematic one, as it seems to refer to several things at once. First, it associates a historical period, then geographical location, political and social transformations, and at the same time, it provides the notion of city with an adjective that goes beyond all of these links. On the other hand, if used reflexively the concept raises questions about the very specificity of "postsocialist cities", of lives of their inhabitants and of differences between individual cities situated in the former socialist block. Such questions occasionally provoke doubts about the appropriateness of the term itself. Some authors justify its use by pointing out particularities of everyday life in postsocialist cities and ways they are perceived and experienced by their inhabitants (as e.g. Alison Stenning (2005)). Forms and experiences of living in a
city may vary significantly depending on who, when and where the person is. We would like to invite contributions focusing on "postsocialist cities" and at the same time attempting to study lives in - and experiences of - a city in relation to inhabitants' diverse social identities, belongings, positions and lifestyles, and their perceptions of historical events and geographical locations. Articles
dealing with everyday life in postsocialist cities and treating questions of identities (e. g. gender, cultural, generational, professional, "trans-urban" and transnational, etc.) are most welcome.
Please send us an e-mail with your proposal to ferencuh@fss. muni.cz (Slavomíra Ferenčuhová) until 30 September 2008. Final submissions should be sent to europeancity@ mkc.cz (Ondřej Daniel) until 15 October 2008.
All feature articles and case studies should be either in English, Czech or Slovak.
Original articles should be between 4,000 and 5,000 words, whilst critical definitions should not exceed 2,000 words. Both must be written in Microsoft Word and submitted as either *.doc or *.rtf files. Font: Times New Roman, size:12. Line spacing: 1.5. Margins: 2.5 cm top and bottom, 3 cm left and right. Do not insert page numbers. All references should follow the Harvard system consisting of in-text
citations [e.g. (Castles 2003)] and a full bibliography (see bellow). Footnotes should be limited, but if included should be placed at the foot of each page. Do not forget to list bibliography at the end of your text. Please be consistent in your bibliography format, e.g. as follows:
MORGAN, P. (2004). From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh past in the Romantic Period. In: E. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger, ed.: The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 43-101.
MUSTERD, S. (2003). "Segregation and integration: A contested relationship. " Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29 (4): 623-641.
KERYK M. (2008): "The Church and Ukrainian Immigrants in Poland." Available at http://www.migratio nonline.cz/ e-library/ ?x=2081309 [visited 28.3. 2008].
Please also provide the following:
- Brief annotation (4 sentences maximum) and a list of keywords (5-10 most relevant keywords)
- Full contact details for the author along with email address as well as a brief biography (3 sentences maximum).
Please submit all images as separate files, in either *.jpg or *.tif format with reference points indicated in the text. Authors of feature articles and case studies chosen for publication will receive remuneration for their contribution.
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