Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of
Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature
and Culture, Volume 7, Issue 1 (March, 2013)
The Symbolic Transformation of Landscape
Space: The Role of Place in Environmental Communication
Editors: James G. Cantrill (Northern Michigan
University) and Jessica L. Thompson (Colorado State University)
In recent years, social scientists and scholars
of rhetoric have paid increasing attention to the
intersection of local geography, culture,
identity, and communication when considering the
environment. This special issue focuses on the
extent to which placeor the cognitive and
affective attachments people have for particular
or general types of spaces spread across
landscapesis symbolically created and influences
the production and reception of environmental
communication. Articles will more-or-less
address the manner in which human interaction and
media representation results in individuals
cleaving to various kinds of built and natural
environments, how those attachments to heartfelt
places mediate communication regarding
environmental conditions and policies, and the
manner in which personal identities and social
structures are related to such place-based
communication. The collection of essays will
consider the ways in which communication
scholarship regarding the role of place in
personal, technical, and public spheres can be
leveraged to address persistent problems in the
management of natural resources, environmental
pollution, and sustainable lifestyles.
CALL FOR PAPERS
This call for papers invites empirical research
and critical essays related to environmental
communication and place, including:
· The various roles human communication
plays in the development of place-based identities and communities.
· The extent to which communication
regarding place functions to effect issues
traditionally associated with conservation
psychology, environmental sociology, and natural resource policy-making.
· The ways in which perceptions of
attractive and repulsive places influence
discourse in interpersonal, field-dependent, or civic settings.
· The symbolic manipulation of place to
advance public policy or private-sector enterprise.
· Intercultural and international
differences in the use of place as a significant
trope for environmental communication opportunities.
Manuscripts must be prepared in English, should
be crafted in a clear and concise style that
avoids jargon, and should not exceed 8,000 words
including references. We are prepared to offer
additional editorial assistance for manuscripts
that examine the intersection of place and
communication in non-English speaking regions.
The journal adheres to APA Style. Manuscripts
must not be under review elsewhere or have
appeared in any other published form. All
submissions should use MANUSCRIPT CENTRAL,
accompanied by a cover letter indicating the
desire to have the submission reviewed for this
special issue. For further details on manuscript
submission, please refer to the Instructions for
authors on the journals website
(http://www.informaworld.com/renc). Upon
notification of acceptance, authors must assign
copyright to Taylor and Francis and provide
copyright clearance for any copyrighted material.
Manuscripts should be submitted by, and a
notification email sent to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected], by February 29, 2012.
Please disseminate this CFM to any colleagues who might be interested.
Stephen Depoe, Ph.D.
Editor, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17524032.asp
Professor and Director of Graduate Program
Department of Communication
University of Cincinnati, USA
(513)-556-4459
