<div dir="ltr"><b>Second Call for Chapter Abstracts</b><br><div>[apologies for any cross-posting]<br></div><div><br></div><div>Edited Volume:<i> New Directions in Linguistic Geography – Exploring Articulations of Space</i></div>Greg Niedt (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)<br><div><br></div>This is the second call for chapter abstracts for the upcoming
edited volume, <i>New Directions in Linguistic Geography – Exploring
Articulations of Space</i>, to be published by Palgrave in early 2022. <br><br>Previous
work in linguistic geography and its related fields—dialectology,
geolinguistics, linguistic landscapes—has focused primarily on the
distribution or presence of languages in different spaces, and the
social realities they reveal about the inhabitants. This volume, by
contrast, will be centered on how language(s), discourse, and media
shape epistemologies of space and place themselves. By calling attention
to the many different ways that people articulate the structure of
their surroundings, we complicate the idea that there is a singular
landscape to examine. The goal of the book is to encourage new critical
approaches to how we describe the world around us, and consider the
interface between language and the world in new ways.<br><br>Research
that highlights under-represented perspectives, especially those from
the Global South and/or Indigenous groups, is encouraged. Similarly,
researchers who take novel or interdisciplinary approaches that further
develop the field are welcome.<br><br><b>Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to:</b><br>• Critical discourse analysis of texts (including maps or other visual media) that influence the perception of geography<br>•
Ethnographic work that highlights noteworthy definitions and divisions
of spaces, especially cases with a dialectic between multiple
conceptions of the landscape<br>• Geodiscursive identities; the understanding of the self and social groups in relation to points of origin and habitation<br>• Media/technological discourses that affect our interpretation of the physical world <br>•
Mythologies, narratives, oral histories, and ritualized communication
or discourse that involve human relationships with the environment<br>• Narrative traditions of land use, ownership, and stewardship<br>• Oral histories and semiotic artifacts that show personal connections to place<br>• Syntactic/semantic investigations into languages that represent landscapes and their features in unique ways<br>• Toponymy, its development, and its impact on the understanding of place<br>• Work in the tradition of metageography that addresses the concepts used by geographic researchers themselves<br><br>Abstracts for a proposed chapter should be<b> 350 to 500 words</b>,
describing the area of focus and its context, its position in relation
to both language and geography, theoretical background and/or
methodology, and any hypothesized or preliminary findings. Proposals, or
any questions about the volume/the submission process, should be
emailed to Greg Niedt (<a href="mailto:gniedt@pobox.pafa.edu" target="_blank">gniedt@pobox.pafa.edu</a>) directly. The deadline for proposals is <b>March 21, 2021</b>; please also include a short biographical note (up to 150 words) for each author. <b>Only submissions in PDF format will be considered. </b>Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by <b>April 15, 2021</b>, at the latest.<br><br>All
authors who are accepted for the volume will be expected to also review
one other chapter from the book as part of the peer review process.<br><br>Final chapters should be <b>7000 to 8500 words</b> (including notes, references, etc.), and may contain <b>up to 4 images</b>
(black & white); there may be a possibility to host other media,
including color images, online. Initial drafts of the chapter will be
due by <b>August 31, 2021</b>, with revisions returned to contributors within six to eight weeks. The final drafts will be due by <b>December 31, 2021</b>, in the hopes of submitting the manuscript to the publisher in early 2022.<br><br><b>Important dates:</b><br>• Abstract deadline: March 21, 2021<br>• Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2021<br>• Chapters due: August 31, 2021<br>• Peer-review due: October 31, 2021<br>• Revised chapters due: December 31, 2021<br>• Book submitted to publisher: early 2022<br><br>Thank you, and I look forward to receiving your chapter abstracts soon!<br clear="all"><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">=====<br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Dr. Greg Niedt (<i>they/he</i>)</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Department of Liberal Arts</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts<br><a href="mailto:gniedt@pobox.pafa.edu" target="_blank">gniedt@pobox.pafa.edu</a><br><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/linguistic-landscapes-beyond-the-language-classroom-9781350125360/" target="_blank">Linguistic Landscapes Beyond the Language Classroom</a><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Essentials-of-Visual-Interpretation/Reynolds-Niedt/p/book/9780367491284" target="_blank">Essentials of Visual Interpretation</a></span></span><br></div></div></div></div>