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==== RT Publication Guidelines [draft] ==== | ==== RT Publication Guidelines [draft] ==== | ||
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We encourage vivid, engaging and playful contributions in a variety of styles and formats. Submissions should be concise, accessible, and reflect the themes of the Resilients project, inspiring active and concrete engagement with the topic where possible. | We encourage vivid, engaging and playful contributions in a variety of styles and formats. Submissions should be concise, accessible, and reflect the themes of the Resilients project, inspiring active and concrete engagement with the topic where possible. | ||
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The following types of contributions are welcomed. If you need further clarification about these guidelines or have an idea for something that is not covered below, contact us. Contributions selected for publication will be edited for style and consistency. | The following types of contributions are welcomed. If you need further clarification about these guidelines or have an idea for something that is not covered below, contact us. Contributions selected for publication will be edited for style and consistency. | ||
- | * drops of consciousness (between 140 characters and 140 words): free-form but on-topic, more concise than stream-of-consciousness, | + | * Drops of consciousness (between 140 characters and 140 words): free-form but on-topic, more concise than stream-of-consciousness, |
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+ | * Reflective articles or essays (up to 2000 words): exploring their subject in considerable depth, these contributions should discuss and cite relevant sources where possible (scholarly or popular articles and books, films, novels, computer games…) but be written from an interdisciplinary perspective and with a lay audience in mind. | ||
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+ | * Interviews (2000 words): can be presented in a variety of ways - standard Q&A, as an article, incorporating photographs… | ||
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+ | * Fieldwork (2000 words): studies of concrete people, places, sites, groups or organisations, | ||
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+ | * Case studies (1000-1500 words): summarising, | ||
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+ | * Travelogue (2000 words): entertaining, | ||
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+ | * Poems and stories (1500 words?): contributions in various languages are encouraged; could also be something collected during fieldwork (from an interview, seen on a wall, found in an ancient scrolls…). | ||
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+ | * Communiqués/ | ||
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+ | * Photo essay (optionally accompanied by up to 500 words): should be visually arresting with a well-developed compositional, | ||
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+ | * Visual contribution: | ||
- | * reflective articles or essays (up to 2000 words): exploring their subject in considerable depth, these contributions should discuss and cite relevant sources where possible (scholarly or popular articles and books, films, novels, computer games…) but be written from an interdisciplinary perspective and with a lay audience in mind | + | * Commissioned pieces: we are open to suggestions for contributors. |
- | * interviews (2000 words): can be presented in a variety of ways - Q&A, article, photographic… | ||
- | * fieldwork (2000 words): a study of concrete places, events or groups, with observations and conclusions drawn from the study: this could be approached as a piece of investigative journalism or a guide book, but with more substance and depth | + | === RT publication: what do we want it to be? === |
- | * case studies (1000-1500 words): these would summarise | + | We want the Resilients publication to reflect the full diversity of experimental approaches to the question: what possible futures can we envision |
- | * travelogue (2000 words): entertaining, | + | This question implies a strong dose of ' |
- | * poems and stories (1500 words?): contributions | + | The publication is inspired by the Commonplace books of old - collections of knowledge |
- | * communiqués/ | + | For this publication we are particularly interested in perspectives that embrace |
- | * photo essay (optionally accompanied by up to 500 words): should | + | We would like to include everything from DIY recipes for cultural resilience, design fiction, fieldwork in eco-villages or contemporary guilds, manifestos for free information flows and transversal networks. We encourage contributions that put technological innovation deep within the cultural context. |
- | * visual contribution: | ||
- | * commissioned pieces: we are open to suggestions for contributors |