UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies: Announcements
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">UnderCurrents</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a collectively- and student-run academic journal based out of the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University in Tkaronto / Toronto, Canada. </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">UnderCurrents</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explores relations among environment, culture, and society. We are committed to publishing a variety of scholarly, creative, and activist work that critically engages with conceptions of the environment and seeks to break down traditional interpretations of the world around us.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">UnderCurrents</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is produced by an Editorial Collective, which maintains non-hierarchical principles and a collaborative publishing process.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ucyork">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/undercurrentsyu">Twitter</a>!</span></p>en-USBecome an Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer for UnderCurrents
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<p><strong>We invite you to review for <em>UnderCurrents: journal of critical environmental studies</em>.</strong> Peer reviewers are the foundation of academic publishing. Our journal would not be able to produce high-quality content without reviewers providing timely and constructive feedback on submissions. Consider joining our peer review team and ask others to do so, too!</p> <p><strong>Benefits to reviewing for <em>UnderCurrents</em>:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Keep up with the latest research </li> <li>Showcase your expertise and get experience with the publishing process</li> <li>Build your CV </li> </ol> <p><strong>Who can be a peer reviewer?</strong> We are seeking reviewers who:</p> <ul> <li>have a graduate degree (e.g., MA, MSc, MES, PhD) or are in the process of obtaining one</li> <li>can provide timely and constructive feedback to authors and journal editors</li> <li>may have expertise with the theme of <a href="https://currents.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/currents/announcement/view/161">our vol. 22 "Below," focusing on understandings of the subterranean and subaquatic</a> </li> <li>are at any stage of their career</li> </ul> <p><strong>To become a peer reviewer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Please <a href="https://currents.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/currents/user/register">register with the journal</a> and check the box saying "Yes, I would like to be contacted with requests to review submissions to this journal." OR</li> <li>If you already have an account: login, click Edit Profile in the drop down menu in the top right, then select reviewer in the roles tab. </li> </ul> <p><em>Be sure to specify your reviewing interests to help us assign you to submissions.</em> </p> <p><strong>Timeline</strong><strong>:</strong> We anticipate the peer review period to be Dec. 2022 to Jan. 2023. Reviewers are expected to submit their reviews within 4-6 weeks of agreeing to review assigned submissions. </p>UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies2022-10-31Vol. 21: Memories and Futurities is Out Now!
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">UnderCurrents: journal of critical environmental studies</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is thrilled to announce the publication of “Memories and Futurities,” our 21st volume!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can access the volume <a href="https://currents.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/currents/issue/current">online on our website</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, if you’re at York University’s Keele Campus, free physical copies will soon be available on our stand in the HNES lounge.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We deeply appreciate the efforts, insights, and patience of all the contributors and Editorial Collective members who helped bring this long-delayed volume together.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The volume includes scholarly essays by </span><strong>Naomi Norquay</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Rumination on a “fisherman’s path”: Land as palimpsest), </span><strong>Fernando Silva e Silva</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chronotopographies: Chronotopes and the Crafting of Fictions), and </span><strong>Benjamin J. Kapron</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Storying Futures of the Always-Already Extinct: Challenging Human Exceptionalism; Exploring Animal Survivance); conference presentations by </span><strong>Angela P. Harris</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (The Politics of the [x]), </span><strong>Usha Natarajan</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Law & Critique: Hubris in a Time of Environmental Change), and </span><strong>Michelle Murphy</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Chemical Futures and Environmental Data Justice); poetry by </span><strong>Madeleine Lavin</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (unspoken poems for a passed lover), </span><strong>Jaz Papadopoulos</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Water Memory), and </span><strong>Wesley Brunson</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Dragonfly); visual artwork by </span><strong>Angie Lea Tupper</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Afterglow) and </span><strong>Oonagh Butterfield</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Vascular Memory); multimedia works by </span><strong>Kelly King</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Unsettling the Homestead) and </span><strong>Sophia Jaworski</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Requiem to window sealant); and reviews of the books </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Aph Ko and Syl Ko (review by </span><strong>Mandy Bunten-Walberg</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">), </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Robyn Maynard (review by </span><strong>Rachel Lobo</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">), and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Andrea Wulf (review by </span><strong>Scott Lillico</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p>UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies2022-10-18Vol. 20: Environmental Justice is Out Now!
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<p>Get your copy from our stand in the HNES lounge!<span class="text_exposed_show"><br />Check it out online at <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorku.ca%2Fcurrents&h=ATPHLYcGUxqczwtpjCmUX5FA-Df1zEnRM6Zq3vS0MJAcPtsNFR_m8HfrzcEvMaLvAEsDB8arF-Sg0NhDaB0k-TtEAKTV8bsc5LZSPcevr9p5uSal2xnPEnjlADLlueB8dU4LXZBDImwBp4w3cE2IXco&enc=AZNl_uRCZmoPkZ7aIZfjLhnlmDVyBE4xcdf39zhY2hN_jImX1447thbUD3PivwuE2Pdq4U3VqBhnsAzlRst-GyZMi-yHfrF8ZThq4scl--gQgi10MEQlNfYfZKBp75sQsNBY1NULrY2LTd4CZd-89s-Qnwr0RchrAWVFwuYvi2Xbv4rUGDAKwo3BeUtpt3glXlWS4JEfoHvUrSaFq6ygPtks&s=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.yorku.ca/currents</a> (this website)<br />And stay tuned for information about our Launch Party for the volume! (Tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2017)</span></p><div class="text_exposed_show"><p>Don't miss Rachel Small's spoken word poem, Lot Eight / Lote Ocho, on our SoundCloud – <a href="https://soundcloud.com/undercurrentsatyork/lot-eight-lote-ocho" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/undercurrentsaty…/lot-eight-lote-ocho</a></p><p>The volume includes...</p><p><strong>Scholarly Essays</strong><br />Maya Nye and Reena Shadaan - Solidarity in Struggle: 32 years on... From Bhopal, India to Kanawha Valley, USA - featuring artwork by Kokila Bhattacharya (who also provided the artwork for our covers)<br />Dylan McMahon - A "Feast of Fools": Food Security and the Carnivalesque in Peterborough, Ontario's Food Not Bombs<br />Jan Kucic-Riker - The Treaty 8 First Nations and BC Hydro's Site C Dam</p><p><strong>Poetry</strong><br />Melissa A. Dean - Black PoeTree Saved My Life<br />Tina Garnett - from the dust of their elder's bones<br />Rachell Small - Lot Eight / Lote Ocho</p><p><strong>Visual Art</strong><br />Carmen Umana K. - Cyborg Salmon<br />Peter Hobbs - excerpt from The Tale of the Sarnia Nose (a toxic comic book)<br />Erica A. Gajewski - Mercury, Water, PCB, DDT</p><p>Excerpts from Kathleen Brown's <strong>story</strong> City Disappearing</p><p>And <strong>Book Reviews</strong> of<br /><em>A Canadian Climate of Mind: Passages from Fur to Energy and Beyond</em> by Timothy B. Leduc - Benjamin J. Kapron<br /><em>A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice</em> edited by Toban Black, Stephen D’Arcy, Tony Weiss, and Joshua Kahn Russell – Jacob McLean<br /><em>Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution</em> edited by Andrew Boyd and Dave Oswald Mitchell – Romanda Simpson<br /><em>Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy</em> by Stephen D’Arcy – Erika Hennebury<br /><em>Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition</em> by Glen Sean Coulthard – Dylan McMahon<br /><em>Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence</em> by Christina B. Hanhardt – Rio Rodriguez</p><p>THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED BRING THIS TOGETHER!</p></div>UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies2017-06-30Vol. 19: Queer Ecologies Roundtable Podcast Teaser - Now on iTunes and Soundcloud!
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<p>We are very excited to announce the release of a short section of the audio from our 2014 roundtable discussion on queer ecologies with Gordon Brent Ingram, Peter Hobbs, and Cate Sandilands. The Roundtable was coproduced by CoHearence and is available via their <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/cohearence/id507227667?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes feed</a> (subscribe!) and also on the new UnderCurrents <a href="https://soundcloud.com/undercurrentsatyork/cohearence-episode-7-teaser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SoundCloud page</a>. The full podcast will be posted here and on the CoHearence iTunes feed very soon!<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/231592156&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies2015-11-04Vol. 19: From Queer/Nature to Queer Ecologies is Out Now!
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<p>Dear UnderCurrents readers, supporters, and contributors:</p> <p>We are very happy to announce the release of Vol. 19 of the journal, the second since our comeback! The Volume is called "From Queer/Nature to Queer Ecologies: Celebrating 20 Years of Scholarship and Creativity" and features:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Articles</strong> from Naomi Booth (CA), Mitch Goldsmith (CA), David Griffiths (UK), and Anabel Khoo (CA);</li> <li><strong>Artwork</strong> from Bambitchell (CA), Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram (CA), Goedele De Calluwé & Marion Wasserbauer (PT/BE), Peter Hobbs (CA), Jaimes Mayhew (US), and Marianna Szczygielska (HU/PL);</li> <li><strong>Poetry</strong> from Elana Santana (US);</li> <li>A <strong>roundtable discussion</strong> with contributions from Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram, Peter Hobbs, and Cate Sandilands (CA);</li> <li>And an <strong>editorial</strong> from Amanda Di Battista, Oded Haas, and Darren Patrick (CA/IT/IL).</li> </ul>UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies2015-10-13