<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=1434ac6d03&view=fimg&th=14c38bdc2d96889b&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_14c38bd5775974dd&attbid=ANGjdJ9GOMflR293d9h9t89N-iY8vfKhwqrqE5VxLA9HJgxLBLLXi4dEHJEsJrV2-wTLeQpi4O9ZsQBTxCMM7FSIHual18adN-KWQFtvJgtD_ztaeNGr7yPKSZGdTQU&sz=s0-l75&ats=1426881102850&rm=14c38bdc2d96889b&zw" alt="Inline image 1" width="412" height="63"> <br></div><div><table class="" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="509" valign="top" style="width:509.4pt;border:1pt solid black;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">Call for Submissions and Reviewers (Volume IV, Special Summer 2015 Issue)</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class=""><a name="h.wymd86n4pjd0"></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">The editorial board of </span><a href="http://reconsideringdevelopment.org/"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">Reconsidering Development</span></i></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">—an interdisciplinary e-journal based at the University of Minnesota—invites you to submit your work for a special guest-edited issued on the role of language in international development. This special issue is guest edited by Anna Farrell, Co-Chair of the Languages Issues Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Comparative International Education Society (CIES). <i><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Reconsidering Development</span></i><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> is also recruiting for peer reviewers and copy editors. Email </span></span><a href="mailto:editor@umn.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">editor@umn.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> or apply online at</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><a href="http://goo.gl/zsv1Ag"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://goo.gl/zsv1Ag</span></a><a href="http://goo.gl/zsv1Ag"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration:none;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> if you would like to be a peer reviewer or copy editor for this or future issues.</span></a><a href="http://goo.gl/zsv1Ag"></a></p><p class=""><a href="http://goo.gl/zsv1Ag"></a></p><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Special Issue: The Role of Language in International Development</span></b></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We seek submissions that explore the ways in which language interacts with international development theory and practice. The role of language is often overlooked in development discourse and practice, and yet, in the words of Stuart Hall (1997), “Language externalizes – it makes available and accessible as a social fact, a social process – the meanings that we are making of the world and of events.”<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=btop&ver=16ayfcetpbduw#_ftn1" name="_ftnref" title="">^[1]</a> Put another way, international development exists inside language; we do not have international development without language.</span></p><p class=""> </p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">This brings forth many issues -- how does language shape development practice and theory? What is the role of colonial languages in international development? How is global English hegemony affecting international development? What are the implications of conducting research in local languages? What are the ethics of various language choices in development practice and research?</span></p><p class=""> </p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Sample topic areas for this issue include language policy in international development practice; mother tongue based, multilingual education (MTB-MLE); conducting research in multilingual settings/in local languages/in (post)colonial settings. We especially encourage submissions that critically interrogate the often overlooked role that language plays in development discourse, practice, and ethics.</span></p><p class=""> </p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We offer the following questions as possible avenues to explore the theme of this issue:</span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:46pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">    </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">How are language policies and concepts defined and used in international development settings?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"></span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:46pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">In what ways are language policies and practices influencing international development discourse, practice, and ethics?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"></span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:46pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">In what ways are local/colonial/global languages being utilized in development practice? What are the cultural and political justifications?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"></span></p><p class="" style="margin-left:46pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">4.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">What informs language choices in international development? What are the implications of these choices?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"></span></p><p class="" style="margin:0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 46pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">5.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">What challenges and costs are associated with various language policies and practices in development projects?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"></span></p><p class=""> </p><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2015.</span></b></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">Accepted submissions will be published in our Summer 2015 issue. Please direct questions and your intent to submit to this issue to Anna Farrell at </span><a href="mailto:farre223@umn.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">farre223@umn.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">. Submissions should be e-mailed to </span><a href="mailto:editor@umn.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue">editor@umn.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia">. Visit </span><a href="http://reconsideringdevelopment.org/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue">http://reconsideringdevelopment.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia"> for more information and guidelines.</span></p><div><br clear="all"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"><div id="ftn"><p class=""><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=btop&ver=16ayfcetpbduw#_ftnref" name="_ftn1" title="">^[1]</a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri"> Hall, S. (1997). <i>Representation & the Media.</i> Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation.</span></p></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Anna M. Farrell</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Instructor</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Institute of Linguistics</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">PhD Student</span><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Comparative and International Development Education</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">330 Wulling Hall</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">86 Pleasant St SE</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Minneapolis, MN 55455</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Cell: 612-599-4712</font></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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