Submissions

Contributions for general issues are accepted at any time. Details and deadlines for special issues are listed below. Send submissions for general issues to:

Jenny Coleman (Coordinating Editor)
School of People Environment and Planning
Massey University
Private Bag 11222
Palmerston North.

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Calling for Submission for Special Issue:

Feminisms in Practice

This aims to investigate how feminist theories have influenced practice in a range of professions, sometimes referred to as the ‘human services’. These professions may include, but are not exclusive to: counselling and psychotherapy, education, health, psychology and social work. We want to know how a selection of practitioners, in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific describe and analyse their professional experience in relation to feminist theories. We think that this would provide useful indicators for future developments in feminist theory and practice in our region.

There is currently a lack of material on how feminism has developed and influenced human service practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region. The activism of second wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, which impacted profoundly on professional practice, appears to have lost impetus. Changes in legislation and social attitudes have led some commentators and academics to argue that we are now in a period of ‘post feminism’, with some even questioning feminism’s ongoing relevance.

We invite submission of papers which explore the influence of feminism on current human service practice. We hope to foreground the voices of practitioners as they address women’s experience, explore gender as a category of analysis, and further feminist theory and debate in their daily interactions.

Our hope is that this collection of papers will provide a map for researchers and practitioners who are interested in exploring current developments in feminist theory in order to enhance and potentially change their practice. We hope it will also provide a theoretical overview for those students and researchers who are engaged with ‘third wave feminism’. In particular, we aim to make a difference to those in work and to the people who work with and consult them.

We are particularly interested in papers that are:
• collaborative works between academics and practitioners
• accompanied by an accessible summary of key points

Abstracts and expressions of interest are requested by 18 February 2009. The deadline for the submission of papers is 18 April 2009. Contributions should be 5000 – 8000 words long, including tables, notes and references. APA referencing is preferred but footnotes or endnotes are also welcome. All submissions accepted for publication will be blind refereed.

Papers should be sent electronically to either of the guest editors:

Jeannie Wright and Sue Cornforth,
Massey University Victoria University of Wellington