Call for Submissions Special Themed Issue of Intercultural Education: “The Evolution of Intercultural and Multicultural Education: Scholarship and Practice for New Sociopolitical and Economic Realities”

Call for Submissions

 

Special Themed Issue of Intercultural Education:

 

“The Evolution of Intercultural and Multicultural Education: Scholarship and Practice for New Sociopolitical and Economic Realities”

 

Co-editors: Guadalupe Mendoza-Zuany, Nektaria Palaiologou, and Paul C. Gorski

 

Submissions Due 1^st November 2014

 

When we, as proponents of intercultural and multicultural education, fail or refuse to adjust our understandings and work at the same pace the world around us changes, we risk unintentionally supporting the very social conditions we abhor. We worry that, in some ways, intercultural and multicultural education theory and practice are beginning to stagnate in this way, as often happens when progressive movements become popular or profitable. Given these concerns, we are seeking articles for a special issue of the journal Intercultural Education in which scholars and practitioners chart a course forward for intercultural and multicultural education. The theme for the special issue can be summarized by a question:

 

In what ways should intercultural and multicultural education evolve, as frameworks or movements for educational equity, in order to respond effectively to contemporary and emerging sociopolitical and economic realities around the world?

 

We invite articles that address this question in either global or region-specific ways, but that do so in ways that are internationally relevant. We expect that each article will recommend a path forward, imagining shifts intercultural and multicultural education theory and practice to respond to new realities. Some indicative questions to consider:

(1) In what ways should intercultural and multicultural education respond to the most contemporary forms of exploitation and oppression?

(2) Do our most popular frameworks amply respond to the newest sociopolitical realities, such as a global intensification of efforts to privatize public schools (and other public goods), the quickening globalization of corporate capitalism, environmental degradation, and increasing instances of the criminalization of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer?

(3) How can we more consistently incorporate into intercultural and multicultural education theory and practice the newest thinking on identity and oppression, such as Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Global Feminist Theory, and Intersectionality Theory? How can we incorporate contemporary learning theory, such as through an interdisciplinary approach?

 

Your essay should not exceed 6,000 words, inclusive of citations. For a complete style guide, see the Intercultural Educationweb site at www.tandfonline.com/loi/ceji20#. We intend to include 8 essays in the special issue.

 

Questions and submissions can be directed to Paul (gorski@edchange.org).