Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry

In recent years, critical researchers, educators, and activists have become aware of the problems and limitations that have resulted by placing the ‘human’ at the center of all societal conceptualizations, concerns, and practices. Across fields, ranging from medical research laboratory practices—to the construction of the humanities—to the social sciences—to environmental studies (just to name a few), this anthropocentric focus is being called to question. The goal of this book series is to provide scholars and readers with critical opportunities to contest this anthropocentrism, (1) by creating a textual field of Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry that generates critical spaces for (re)thinking philosophies, knowledges, and ways of being/living and performing, as well as methodologies and inquiries, that decenter the human, (2) while at the same time attempting always/already to actively transform inequities and injustices performed by human privilege on nonhuman others, traditionally disqualified human others, and the natural world more broadly. This Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry can represent difference and the multiple, while at the same time exploring and welcoming notions of indistinction. Work that further develops and expands current notions of becoming (animal, earth), new feminist materialisms, critical posthuman sensibilities, hybrid existences (past and present) are example locations from which an intersectional, non-anthropocentric politics may emerge. Additionally, post-anthropocentric inquiry and activism will always include the unthought, not-yet-considered modes of living, thinking, research while critically acknowledging that alternatives can create new dualisms, new forms of human privilege, and are not always liberatory for those labeled not human or for those human beings who have traditionally been marginalized. Further, post-anthropocentric scholarship acknowledges, and attempts to (1) transform, the current post-anthropocentric predicament that facilitates neoliberal capitalism as all forms of life, matter, and relations have been/are constructed to serve market economies, and (2) examine the unprecedented human/nonhuman interaction with the increasingly intrusive and intimate technological order. Post-anthropocentric inquiry is necessary as related to these contemporary aggressive, and all-encompassing post-human conditions. Single or multiple authored manuscripts are encouraged that facilitate the development of Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry by addressing one issue, multiple issues, research purposes, methodologies, and/or forms of activism. Over a wide range of volumes that cross disciplines, the series will address broad issues, as mentioned above, and questions like the following: What is post-anthropocentric inquiry? What is made possible, enabled by post-anthropocentric approaches and research methodologies? How is post-anthropocentric research conducted without (re)privileging the human? How does the work in fields that would decenter the human, like critical animal studies, intersect with professional content and practices in fields like education or medicine? How can coalitions be formed (and actions taken) that decenter the human and increase possibilities for all forms of justice, while countering capitalist and technological orders that devalue all forms of life? Interested authors should contact Gaile S. Cannella, gaile.cannella@gmail.com

2 publications

Childhood Studies

ISSN: 2379-934X

"For many years, the field of Childhood Studies has crossed disciplinary boundaries that include, but are not limited to, anthropology, art, education, history, humanities, and sociology by addressing diverse histories, cultures, forms of representation, and conceptualizations of «childhood». The publications in the Rethinking Childhood Series have supported this work by challenging the universalization of childhood and introducing reconceptualized, critical spaces from which increased social justice and possibilities are generated for those who are younger. This newly named Childhood Studies Series in the global 21st century is created to continue this focus on social justice for those who are younger, but also to broaden and further explore conceptualizations of privilege, justice, possibility, responsibility and activism. Authors are encouraged to consider «childhood» from within a context that would decenter human privilege and acknowledge environmental justice and the more-than-human Other, while continuing to research, act upon, and transform beliefs, public policy, societal institutions, and possibilities for ways of living/being in the world for all of us. Boundary crossings are of greater importance than ever as we live unprecedented technological change, violence against living beings that are not labeled human (through experimentation, industrialization, and medicine), plundering of the earth, and gaps between the privileged and the marginalized (whether rich/poor, human/nonhuman). Along with continued concerns related to social justice, equity, poverty, and diversity, some authors in the Childhood Studies Series will choose to think about, and ask questions like: What does it mean to be a younger human being within such a world? What are the values, education, and forms of care provided within this context; and can/how should these dispositions and practices be transformed? Can childhood studies, and the diverse forms of representation and practice associated with it, conceptualize and practice a more just world broadly, while avoiding utopian determinisms and continuing to remain critical and multiple? "

13 publications

Rethinking Childhood

Researchers in a range of fields have acknowledged that childhood is a construct emerging from modernist perspectives that have not always benefited those who are younger. The purposes of the Rethinking Childhood Series are to provide critical locations for scholarship that challenges the universalization of childhood and introduces new, reconceptualized, and critical spaces from which opportunities and possibilities are generated for those who are younger. Diverse histories and cultures are considered of major importance, as well as issues of critical social justice. Authored and edited volumes are invited. We are particularly interested in manuscripts that provide insight into the contemporary neoliberal condition experienced by those who are labeled "child," as well as volumes that illustrate life and educational experiences that challenge that condition. Rethinking childhood work related to critical education and care, childhood public policy, family and community voice, and critical social activism is encouraged.

56 publications

Micro y Pequeña Empresa Latinoamericana

The works in this collection are open access and aim to promote and disseminate quality scientific production in the economic-administrative area and related areas, developing research on micro and small enterprises focusing on a particular aspect each year. The relevance of the study contributes to the generation of knowledge for the development of a management model with characteristics specific to the micro and small enterprises in Latin America. The study is applied to owners, directors or managers of these organizations, who make most of the decisions. The works are peer reviewed and coordinated by the Red de Estudios Latinoamericanos en Administración y Negocios (RELAYN), which is coordinated by Dr. Nuria Beatriz Peña Ahumada: PhD in Administration, member of the National System of Researchers and Researchers (SNII) and university professor; and Dr. Oscar Cuauhtémoc Aguilar Rascón: PhD in Administration, member of the National System of Researchers and Researchers (SNII) and university professor. * * * EDITORIAL BOARD Nuria B. Peña Ahumada – RedesLA – Universidad de Celaya / UTSJR – México Oscar C. Aguilar Rascón - RedesLA - Universidad de Celaya/UTSJR - México * * * ACADEMIC BOARD Roberto Hernández Sampieri – Universidad de Celaya – México Ricardo Contreras Soto – Universidad de Guanajuato – México * * * SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE IN MEXICO Dra. Christian Paulina Mendoza Torres. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Universidad Tecnológica Laja Bajío – México Dra. Esmeralda Aguilar Pérez. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Martín Texmelucan – México Dra. Corina Guillermina Ocegueda Mercado. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros – México Dra. Liliana de Jesús Gordillo Benavente. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Universidad Politécnica de Tulancingo – México Dr. Carlos Robles Acosta. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Dra. Suly Sendy Pérez Castañeda – Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo – México Dra. Brenda Marcela Salcido Trillo. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional– Universidad Tecnológica de Ciudad Juárez – México Dr. Luis Enrique Ibarra Morales. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad Estatal de Sonora – México Dr. Manuel Ernesto Becerra Bizarrón. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad de Guadalajara – México Dra. Claudia Cintya Peña Estrada. SNI Nivel 1- Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro - México Mtra. Laura Adame Rodríguez. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional - Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Pátzcuaro – México * * * SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE IN LATIN AMERICA Dr. José Armando Pancorbo Sandoval – Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial Sede Santo Domingo – Ecuador Dr. Erwin O. Aguirre de Lazaro - Universidad de La Habana - Cuba Dra. María Teresa Ramírez Garzón – Universidad de La Salle – Colombia Dra. Estefanía Solari Sperandio – Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Argentina Mtra. Mónica Patricia Sebastián Di Paola – Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Argentina Dr. Henry León Torres – Universidad de Cundinamarca – Colombia Dr. Carlos Mario Muñoz Maya – Universidad La Salle – Colombia Mtro. Manuel Ricardo González Moreno - Universidad de Cundinamarca – Colombia Las obras de esta colección son de acceso abierto y tienen como objetivo promover y difundir producción científica de calidad en el área económico-administrativa y áreas relacionadas, desarrollando investigaciones en la micro y pequeña empresa (mype) enfocándose en algún aspecto particular cada año. La pertinencia del estudio contribuye a la generación del conocimiento para el desarrollo de un modelo de gestión con características propias de la mype en América Latina. Dicho estudio es aplicado a propietarios, directivos o gerentes de estas organizaciones, quienes toman la mayor parte de las decisiones. Las obras son objeto de revisión por pares y coordinadas por la Red de Estudios Latinoamericanos en Administración y Negocios (RELAYN), misma que es coordinada por la Dra. Nuria Beatriz Peña Ahumada: doctora en Administración, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores e Investigadoras (SNII) y docente universitaria; y el Dr. Oscar Cuauhtémoc Aguilar Rascón: doctor en Administración, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores e Investigadoras (SNII) y docente universitario. * * * CONSEJO EDITORIAL Nuria B. Peña Ahumada – RedesLA – Universidad de Celaya / UTSJR – México Oscar C. Aguilar Rascón - RedesLA - Universidad de Celaya/UTSJR - México * * * CONSEJEROS ACADÉMICOS Roberto Hernández Sampieri – Universidad de Celaya – México Ricardo Contreras Soto – Universidad de Guanajuato – México * * * COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO EN MÉXICO Dra. Christian Paulina Mendoza Torres. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Universidad Tecnológica Laja Bajío – México Dra. Esmeralda Aguilar Pérez. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Martín Texmelucan – México Dra. Corina Guillermina Ocegueda Mercado. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros – México Dra. Liliana de Jesús Gordillo Benavente. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional – Universidad Politécnica de Tulancingo – México Dr. Carlos Robles Acosta. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Dra. Suly Sendy Pérez Castañeda – Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo – México Dra. Brenda Marcela Salcido Trillo. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional– Universidad Tecnológica de Ciudad Juárez – México Dr. Luis Enrique Ibarra Morales. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad Estatal de Sonora – México Dr. Manuel Ernesto Becerra Bizarrón. SNI Nivel 1 - Universidad de Guadalajara – México Dra. Claudia Cintya Peña Estrada. SNI Nivel 1- Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro - México Mtra. Laura Adame Rodríguez. Candidata a Investigadora Nacional - Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Pátzcuaro – México * * * COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO EN LATINOAMÉRICA Dr. José Armando Pancorbo Sandoval – Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial Sede Santo Domingo – Ecuador Dr. Erwin O. Aguirre de Lazaro - Universidad de La Habana - Cuba Dra. María Teresa Ramírez Garzón – Universidad de La Salle – Colombia Dra. Estefanía Solari Sperandio – Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Argentina Mtra. Mónica Patricia Sebastián Di Paola – Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Argentina Dr. Henry León Torres – Universidad de Cundinamarca – Colombia Dr. Carlos Mario Muñoz Maya – Universidad La Salle – Colombia Mtro. Manuel Ricardo González Moreno - Universidad de Cundinamarca – Colombia

4 publications

Language as Social Action

This Series explores new and exciting advances in the ways in which language both reflects and fashions social reality--and thereby constitutes critical means of social action. As well as these being central foci in face-to-face interactions across different cultures, they also assume significance in the ways that language functions in the mass medias, new technologies, organizations, and social institutions. Language As Social Action does not uphold apartheid against any particular methodological and/or ideological position, but, rather, promotes (wherever possible) cross-fertilization of ideas and empirical data across the many, all-too-contrastive, social scientific approaches to language and communication. Contributors to the Series will also accord due attention to the historical, political, and economic forces that contextually bound the ways in which language patterns are analyzed, produced, and received. The Series will also provide an important platform for theory-driven works that have profound, and oftentimes provocative, implications for social policy.

43 publications

Grazer Altertumskundliche Studien

Die Buchreihe "Grazer Altertumskundliche Studien" veröffentlicht Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich der Altertumswissenschaften mit einem Schwerpunkt auf der Alten Geschichte. Die Reihe umfasst Bände zu Antike bis zum Frühmittelalter und dem Altem Orient. Begründet wurde sie von Heribert Aigner, herausgegeben wird sie von Professor Wolfgang Spickermann vom Institut für Antike, Fachbereich Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik an der Universität Graz.

11 publications

Jenaer Beiträge zur Geschichte

ISSN: 1433-6162

11 publications

Hallesche Studien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

Homepage: Fachgruppe Wirtschaftsgeographie der Universität Halle-Wittenberg

6 publications