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CFP: Women and Electronic Dance Music Culture

Special edition of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53824123/dancecult%202017/Women%20in%20EDM%20CFP.pdf

Guest Editors:

Rebekah Farrugia and Magdalena Olszanowski

http://dj.dancecult.net/

This special edition of Dancecult seeks to address the diverse roles of women-identified persons within electronic dance music culture (EDMC). While a great deal has been written about the practices of EDM subcultures and DJ culture in general, the experiences of women has received little attention perpetuating and reinforcing male dominance.

Women’s involvement in EDMC has largely been written out of the genre’s history; however, scholarly research has begun to intervene in popular and academic discourses that for decades positioned women as outside the sphere of EDMC with the exception of their presence as dance floor participants. Where once few women-identified role models and women-centered spaces served as inspiration for women to become agents in EDMC, the support network for women has been expanding. Since the 2000s especially, there has been tremendous growth in the number of women-centered EDM collectives and support networks worldwide. Still, as women are forging inroads, their successes are tempered by a discourse that continues to insist on ‘a lack” of women’s involvement. Over the past decade, research has begun to address both the significant and innovative contributions of women to the genre and industry as well as the ongoing misogyny that limits women’s participation, opportunity, and recognition in EDMC. Currently, women make crucial contributions to EDM in their roles as DJs, producers, agents, promoters, designers, VJs, and so on.

This special issue of Dancecult will include current research that examines, interrogates, and highlights the tensions and experiences of women, transgender and gender nonconforming contributors to EDMC. This issue is grounded in existing EDM literature as well as contemporary debates in the field of culture and gender studies as well as technology studies as inflected by intersections of gender, power, privilege, and bodies in globally diverse locales and cultures. We are particularly interested in intersectional work that addresses race, class, ability, age, and/or sexuality in addition to one or more of the themes below.

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Potential themes for articles include (but are not limited to): - problematizing the contemporary popular discourse (or lack thereof) on women-identified persons - women’s emotional labour and backstage support - trans and gender nonconforming participants in EDM - diverse practices/interrogating and interpreting modes of participation - intersections of gender and technology - gender scripts in EDM - the industry of EDM production - formation and dynamics of collectives, especially marginalized collectives - historical analyses of issue themes - emerging initiatives in EDM

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Feature Articles: Feature Articles will be peer-reviewed and are 6000–9000 words in length (including endnotes, captions and bibliography). For policies, see: https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/about/editorialPolicies#sectionPolicies

“From the Floor” Articles: This special edition will also feature a special version of the From the Floor format: “In Our Own Words”. Submissions for this shorter format (750–2500 words) should relate one (illuminating / thought-provoking / exemplary / problematic / surprising) vignette from one’s own work and practice, followed by brief and exploratory comments. We are particularly looking for mini-ethnographies, auto-ethnographies, and interviews. See guidelines at the Section Policies link above.

Articles must adhere to all style and formatting rules stipulated in the Dancecult Style Guide (DSG). Download it here: http://dj.dancecult.net/public/journals/24/PublicFolder/dancecult_styleguide.pdf

Multimedia Submissions:

Dancecult encourages authors to complement their written work with audio and visual material. See the DSG for style and formatting requirements.

Language:

Although the language of publication in Dancecult is English, the editors strongly encourage submissions from non-Anglophone scholars and will be happy to provide linguistic/stylistic support during the writing process.

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// DATES AND DEADLINES //

This special edition will be published in Dancecult on 1 November 2017.

If interested, send a 250-word abstract (along with a 100 word maximum author biography) to [email protected] by 1 July 2016.

If your abstract is accepted, the deadline for submission of a full article draft to Rebekah Farrugia ([email protected]) is 1 December 2016. Beyond that, the deadline for online submission to Dancecult (for blind peer-review) is 1 April 2017.

Please send enquiries and expressions of interest to Magdalena Olszanowski [email protected].

Guest Editors

Rebekah Farrugia

holds a PhD in communication with a specialization in media studies. Her scholarship explores the politics and intersections of gender, community, and place in contemporary music genres such as electronic dance music and hip-hop. Her work has been published in various journals including Feminist Media Studies, Music & Politics and Journal of Popular Music Studies. In 2012, Rebekah published

Beyond the Dance Floor: Female DJs, Technology and Electronic Dance Music Culture

. Her current research project is an ethnographic study about a women-centered, community-based hip-hop movement in post-bankruptcy Detroit. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Oakland University.

Magdalena Olszanowski is an artist, instructor, and PhD candidate in Communication Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. She has published and created work on gender, electronic music, and sound and image technologies with a particular focus on women's work as inflected by censorship. Her work can be found in journals such as Feminist Media Studies, Visual Communication Quarterly and Dancecult. She has participated in the EDM scene in nearly every capacity over the last fifteen years. She is also currently working on microfemininewarfare, a documentary featuring women experimental electronic music composers. http://raisecain.net

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Dancecult is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal for the study of electronic dance music culture (EDMC)

Instead of a Sunday Movie, here’s some reading matter. A special of the online peer-reviewed journal Dancecult dealing with Dub and the “Dub diaspora”. check it out

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If I wasn't going to already be shaking my booty at SAAFF this Saturday, I'd try to do so at Night Shift. Poor substitute: this mix + one-woman Wednesday afternoon dance party.

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DANCIN' FOR HANSEN

This Saturday (March 24) the DanceCult DJs will be spinning at Dancin' for Hansen, an 80's themed dance party, in support of our friends Betsy and Johnny at Radar Hair and Records.

Betsy Hansen and Johnny Samra are co-owners of Radar, one of the coolest spaces in Seattle, which triples as a hair salon, record shop/vintage boutique, and performance/party venue. Proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the couple as they deal with Betsy's cancer and manage to keep their business going during these difficult times.

via Radar Hair & Records:

You may know Betsy Hansen as a talented and bubbly stylist, or maybe you've seen her playing bass in her band, Blank its. You may have partied at RADAR Hair and Records, which she co-owns with husband Johnny Samra. With the help of Betsy's ingenuity and DIY sensibilities, RADAR has quickly blossomed into a welcoming and unique space for bands, designers, and artists. Betsy has lived in this city a long time, and has always been a dynamic force in Seattle's creative community. Betsy was recently diagnosed with cancer and she and Johnny need help. Fortunately, they have qualified for state medical assistance, but Betsy will be out of work for at least two months. Given the energy and resources it takes to make a small business thrive, Betsy's time away from cutting hair at RADAR and Johnny's role in her recovery will be a substantial blow to their income, as neither will have the capacity to earn money during this time. Our goal with this fund is to ease the immediate financial burden on these wonderful people by covering their mortgage and bills while neither is able to work. To reach this goal, we need to raise $18000 by June 15th. Betsy and Johnny are loved by many people, and a community like theirs has the power to help these two through a very tough time. Money is tight right now for lots of us, and anything you give will make a difference.

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DJ Mars One just released this awesome mix to keep you company until the next DANCECULT! Check out his Soundcloud for the free download.

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Last Week's DANCECULT Brought to You in SosaColor™

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I came up with a new name for the more "dance-y" songs that I've been working on. COVERS is definitely a name that is ubiquitous and will frustrate any google search, so kudos to me! anyway, here's a new song "as years flow by" by COVERS. feel free to download and share.