Puppetry International #44
Call for Papers: Puppetry International #44: Puppetry Social Action/Social Justice
PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL seeks brief articles (max. 2000 words) for its “Puppetry in Social Action/Social Justice” issue. We intend a broad interpretation of the topic and a style that will appeal to general readers with a strong interest in any aspect of the theme.
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
- An analytical profile of a specific artist, theater company or institution engaged in work that addresses social injustice, or “speaks truth to power.”
- A personal essay on the importance of puppetry in the author’s life as it helped to address an issue of fairness, equality, legal representation, or other social challenge
- A historical examination of a puppet-related movement in social justice
- A consideration of the differences of puppetry’s social significance as found in differentcountries or cultures
- Instances of international collaborations between puppet companies in order to address issues of oppression, trafficking, forced migration, curtailment of civil rights, freedom, religion, abridgement of free speech, racism, ethnic cleansing or other social ills.
- Interviews with prominent practitioners concerned with issues of social justice.
- Reviews of books, films, or performances related to the subject of puppetry social action/social justice (see Book and Performance Reviews below).
If interested please send a proposal or query email to aperiale@gmail.com
Deadline for editor-reviewed submissions: August 1, 2018
Submissions for Peer Review
We strive to publish at least one double-blind peer-reviewed article per issue. These do not necessarily need to be on the theme of the issue. The peer-reviewed section of Puppetry International aims to explore how the puppet functions dramaturgically, to investigate larger philosophical questions generated in response to puppets and performing objects, and to trace the integral place of puppetry in world performance culture. We especially seek work by scholars who are pioneering new discoveries based on archival, field, or practice-based research and/or who aim to generate fresh theoretical perspectives on how humans interact with objects in performance. Submissions for peer review should follow the same length (2,000 words, including notes and bibliography) and style restrictions (MLA) as all other articles, but should demonstrate scholarly rigor and original research while remaining accessible to a broad readership. Longer versions of these articles can be published on our website.
Peer review submissions should be emailed to peer-review editors Dawn Tracy Brandes Dawn.Brandes@ukings.ca) and Dassia Posner (dassia2@gmail.com) as well as to general editor Andrew Periale (aperiale@gmail.com).
Deadline for peer-reviewed submissions: June 15, 2018.
Book and Performance Reviews
We also seek BOOK reviews (500 words max.) and PERFORMANCE reviews (1, 000 words max.)
Performance reviews to editor Andrew Periale: aperiale@gmail.com.
Book reviews to John Bell john.bell.puppeteer@gmail.com. Word documents preferred.
Deadline for book and performance review submissions: August 1, 2018
For All Submissions – PLEASE READ!
Subject line on email:
PI 44, author’s last name, key word(s) from title (e.g. PI 44 Bell interview PSchumann)
NO FORMATTING (no columns, embedded images, exotic fonts, different sizes of text,
etc.), please.
Please note: While we generally publish new, original writing, we occasionally accept translations of previously published articles if they have not yet appeared in English. Images should be sent, preferably as jpegs, at 300dpi at size to be printed. Larger is fine.