Social Movements
Interface: a journal for and about social movements
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Interface: a journal for and about social movements is a globally-organised, open access journal of social movements research. One of only four international journals dedicated to social movements research, Interface is distinguished by understanding itself as a practitioner journal which attempts to engage not only university-based researchers but also movement participants. As well as this academic / activist “interface”, the journal aims to develop dialogue between different intellectual traditions, academic disciplines and social movements. The journal is multilingual (to date articles have been published in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Italian, German and Catalan) and decentralised, with editorial groups responsible for different world regions.
Established in 2009, the journal is published biannually (May and November). Issue themes to date (May 2012) include movement knowledge, civil society, revolutions, alternative media, repression, feminism and women's movements and the Arab Spring, with special sections on debating David Harvey, international labour communication, feminist strategies for change and European anti-austerity movements. Calls for papers for future issues include new struggles around work, workers and precarity and anticolonial / postcolonial social movements.
Mobilization
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Pacific Journalism Review
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Pacific Journalism Review, founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994, is a peer-reviewed journal covering media issues and communication in the South Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. It is now published by the Pacific Media Centre, AUT University, and has links with the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and the University of the South Pacific.
Themes: While one objective is research into Pacific journalism theory and practice, the journal is also expanding its interest into new areas of research and inquiry that reflect the broader impact of contemporary media practice and education. A particular focus will be on the cultural politics of the media, including the following issues – new media and social movements, indigenous cultures in the age of globalisation, the politics of tourism and development, the role of the media and the formation of national identity and the cultural influence of New Zealand as a branch of the global economy within the Pacific region. It also has a special interest in environmental and development studies in the media and communication – and vernacular media in the region.