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Call for Papers for a Special Section of the Australian Music Therapy Journal: Aspects of Culture in Music Therapy

Vol 25, 2014

Guest Editor: Dr Helen Shoemark (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne Australia)

Purpose and scope

The growth in immigration patterns around the globe means that we are now likely to encounter people from many cultures within our own community. The potential influence on our practices as music therapists are both exciting and daunting as we consider the multiple meanings of music and the role of music for people from different cultures. The vibrant mobility of music therapy graduates, educators and clinicians means we are also experiencing a previously unknown sharing of music therapy knowledge and practice across many cultures within our profession. While some cultures dominate both education and practice, the growth of music therapy in many corners of the world is strong. How are we attending to culture in our thinking and learning, in the experiences of our clients, and in the acceptability of music therapy as a worldwide profession?

Possible topics for submission include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Inclusive practices

• Acknowledging diversity

• Considerations in training

• Understanding the music

• Policy support

• Acceptability in new communities

• New epistemologies

• Recognition of culture in research

International studies involving collaborative approaches are particularly welcomed.

Submission requirements:

Please submit your electronic abstract (max 2 pages) of the proposed paper by Friday August 23rd, 2013 by e-mail to Dr Helen Shoemark who will advise on the suitability of the paper for the special focus. Abstracts must clearly state the paper objectives, issues, methods and findings as appropriate, application of results and conclusions. A short list of references is required. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will still be required to submit a full paper for blind, independent peer-review. This two-fold process is designed to enable authors to know if the manuscript is within the scope of the edition before completing the full manuscript.

Submission Guidelines:

http://www.austmta.org.au/publications/ajmt-our-journal/ajmt-contributer-notes/

Deadline for the submission of abstract: August 23rd 2013

Deadline for submission of full paper: November 29th 2013

For further information about the Special Edition, please contact: Helen Shoemark.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color: Race, Gender, and Disability

Abstracts Due: 6/1/13

Manuscripts Due: 10/20/2013

Despite discourse on gender/sexuality and race/ethnicity or gender and disability, there are few studies about the intersections of race, gender and disability from a critical perspective. This issue will focus on articles that analyze these intersections from different disciplinary perspectives. Categories include interrogations into the lives of people of color and white subjects from a critical whiteness perspective; gender as it encompasses interrogations of femininity, masculinity, transgender, or intersex subjectivity and any form of sexual expression and identity and their intersection; and disability to encompass impairment and the socio-cultural aspects that accompany it.

Topics include but not limited to:

Family caregiving or parenting at the intersections of gender/race/disability

Lived experiences of disabled women/people of color

Representations of disability in families of color in films and literature

News and media representations of race, disability and gender/sexuality

Historical analysis that highlights these intersections (e.g., eugenics)

Policy, activism and interventions that empower disabled people of color

Articles connecting disability studies, queer theory and women's studies to critical race theory and critical whiteness studies

Analysis of policies related to education, employment, immigration and incarceration that centers on the intersections of race, gender and ability.

Contact: Guest-Editors Sandy Magana, maganas@uic.edu; Liat Ben Moshe, lbenmosh@uic.edu, University of Wisconsin.

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