[Knowledgelab-Ireland] CFP - utopias, ecotopias and green communities (Ecopolitics online journal)

[Laurence Cox]

- apologies for crossposting -

ECOPOLITICS ONLINE JOURNAL
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Call for papers: "Utopias, ecotopias and green communities:
Exploring the patterns of resettlement and living of green idealists"

Since the 17th century people have sought out utopias, establishing 
communities towards this aim.  In the UK and US, educational institutions 
and planned communes were developed. Many were seeking to establish green 
alternative lifestyles or agrarian co operatives. Others reclaimed land or 
settled in areas once populated and then abandoned, providing a new lease 
of life for rural areas. Ireland has witnessed these patterns of utopian 
resettlement from the establishment of gaeltachts in the 1920s through to 
the influx of environmentally minded idealists from the UK or Germany to 
the west during the 1970s and 1980s. More recently, communities have 
emerged around protest sites in Rossport, the Glen of the Downs, 
Carrickmines and Tara and an 'Ecovillage' in Tipperary has been established.

This first edition of the Ecopolitics Online journal will explore the issue 
of 'seeking utopias'. Contributors should explore case studies from a broad 
and international range of community idealism and cooperative building. 
Rural resettlement, communes, syndicates, workers' co ops, environmental 
communities and educational institutions are included within this broad 
thematic area of focus. Papers should be approximately 5,000 words with 
Harvard style referencing. The submission date for abstracts is September 
1st 2007. Contributions to the following:

Dr Liam Leonard
Editor, Ecopolitics Online
SSRC, St Declan's Distillery Rd &
Dept. Sociology & Politics, Moyola House
National University of Ireland, Galway,
Rep. of Ireland
+353(0)91 492295 liam_leonard at yahoo.com

ECOPOLITICS ONLINE REVIEW BOARD:Dr Liam Leonard, NUI Galway: 
liam_leonard at yahoo.com,Dr John Barry, QU Belfast: j.barry at qub.ac.uk, Dr 
John Karamichas, QU Belfast: j.karamichas at qub.ac.uk,  Dr Peter Doran, QU 
Belfast: p.f.doran at qub.ac.uk,      Dr Henrike Rau, NUI Galway 
henrike.rau at nuigalway.ie,Dr Su ming Khoo, NUI Galway: 
s.khoo at nuigalway.ie  Dr Martin Phillipson, University of Saskatchewan: 
martin.phillipson at usask.ca    Dr Laurence Cox, NUI Maynooth: 
laurence.cox at nuim.ie,      Dr Mark Garavan, GMIT Castlebar: 
mark.garavan at gmit.ie,Dr Michael Ewing, Sligo IT: 
ewing.michael at itsligo.ie,  Vincent Salafia LL.M, TC Dublin: 
salafia at gmail.com,    Dr Steve Breyman: Renesselaer Institute, NY 
breyms at rpi.edu,Anja Murray, An Taisce: anja.murray at antaisce.org,

ECOPOLITICS ONLINE JOURNAL

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Notes for Contributors:
  Ecopolitics Online will publish a collection of papers from an 
international pool of environmental academics and researchers on a twice 
yearly basis. Peer reviewed with contributions from a diverse range of 
perspectives, Ecopolitics Online will address environmental issues with a 
multidisciplinary approach which incorporates politics, sociology, 
geography, globalisation, development, economics, philosophy, ecology, law 
and science. Submissions must be original and not currently under 
consideration for publication elsewhere. We aim to reach a decision on 
publication within three months of receipt of the submission. Ecopolitics 
Online is affiliated with the Sustainability Research Network and the 
Environmental Change Institute, NUIG.

Word Limit:  Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length.
Format: Borders of 1 inch all round. Font Times Roman 12pt. Double spaced.
Anonymous Manuscript. To facilitate the refereeing process, please ensure 
that your paper is anonymous by including your name, contact details on a 
separate sheet. All contact details should also be given separately.
Abstract. A summary of around 150 words with a list of key words should be 
provided.
Footnotes should be included at the end of the article. These should be 
numbered consecutively through the text, and presented on a separate sheet 
of paper, typed with double spacing.
Bibliographic citations can appear in text or notes. These should include 
the author's last name and the title or year of publication, and may 
include a page reference: (Leonard, 2006: 12). A separate list of 
references should be provided, in alphabetical order. Please do not 
abbreviate journal titles. The following style should be employed:
Copyright: The editors reserve the right to make editorial changes. 
Contributors are expected to assign copyright to the publisher; though they 
remain free to use material in subsequent publications provided Ecopolitics 
Online is acknowledged as the original place of publication.
Submission of papers: Contributors should submit papers by email, as a 
Microsoft Word document. Contributions should be sent to 
liam_leonard at yahoo.com

Ecopolitics Online is published by Greenhouse Publishing Ireland and 
Micromarketing Ltd.

Dr Liam Leonard
Editor, Ecopolitics Online
Dept. Sociology & Politics NUI Galway
Ireland
  +353 91 492295
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