Call for submissions: Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology 20.1, "Ethics, Values, and Commitments"
This is the first call for submissions for the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of our re-imagined journal Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology. We are calling this new issue, vol. 20, no. 1, “Ethics, Values, and Commitments.” Over the past months, graduate students have engaged in myriad conversations around what they value as rising scholars, and the related trajectories of ethnomusicology. To continue this discussion, we welcome submissions as they pertain to ethics, values, and commitments, conceived broadly, in relation to academic life, research, public initiatives, and beyond.
Deadline: March 1, 2024
We invite articles that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Ethical considerations relating to ethnomusicological research, both historically and in the current moment
Disparate approaches to ethics among different social groups and how they might affect scholars working in ethnomusicology
How researchers enact their values in relationship with interlocutors and collaborators
Commitments to academia and/or ethnomusicology as a field
Scholars’ relationships with and obligations in response to political turmoil, unrest, and disaster
Philosophical inquiries into music and/or ethnomusicology
Personal practices that may sustain and ground scholars
Addressing positionality in ethnomusicological research
Commitments to interlocutors, teachers, collaborators, friends, and colleagues
Embodying values in research and writing
How ethnomusicologists practice ethics and care in their daily lives
Rising scholars will engage in a collaborative process with the editing team, working through multiple rounds of editing and feedback prior to publication. We especially welcome submissions from individuals who speak English as their second language.
We are currently accepting submissions for the following categories:
Student articles (c. 1500–2000 words): Articles related to the issue’s theme, engaging musical research or theoretical concepts from ethnomusicology and related disciplines. Authors are encouraged to submit pieces incorporating a variety of media (written with visual, audio, and/or video components).
Mus(ick)ings (500-1000 words): A capacious category, students may submit shorter pieces reflecting on the current theme. For example, these could be fieldwork snippets, poems, creative writing, or thinkings-in-progress.
Creative submissions: photography, artwork, music, and more
Writing Challenge: More information to come!
Professional submissions:
We solicit submissions from scholars and music professionals who work in ethnomusicology and related fields for our “Dear SEM” column (c. 500-750 words). Responses may be related to the issue’s theme and/or respond to any portion of the following prompt:
What are your values?
How do you enact your values and ethics in your research, writing, and/or pedagogy?
What scholars, thinkers, and traditions particularly inspire your values and encourage you to move through the world in ethical ways? What practices do you engage in to remain true to these values?
What and who are you committed to? How do you demonstrate your commitment to these communities and entities?
If you would like to submit a piece for this issue, please forward submissions to the editors at risingvoicesjournal@gmail.com by March 1, 2024. Submissions must follow Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (author-date)—attention to our guidelines is crucial for acceptance. Please follow our updated submission guidelines at our website. Submit files in .docx (text), .jpg (photography and images), .mp3 or .flac (audio), and .mp4 (video) formats. Include your contact information and university affiliation in your email, and note for which category you are submitting. Please feel free to share this call widely.