<editorial board> An appeal for your involvement

[Jon Solomon Su Zhean]

  Dear Edu-Factory Editorial Committee Member:

As the Edu-Factory (EF) Collective enters into a new, much-anticipated 
phase of transnationalization, we are pleased to share with you some 
very exciting news about future plans and on-going developments. Above 
all, we would very much like to solicit your cooperation in passing on 
to your networks the Call for Papers (CFP) for the next journal issue 
focused on the theme of measure and debt.

First, the news about the on-going process of transnationalization in 
the collective. Eight new members were admitted into the collective this 
summer, increasing the regional diversity of the group. 
Transnationalization of struggles has been a central consensus at 
Edu-Factory since its inception, and for that reason the collective has 
always been motivated by a desire to transnationalize the collective 
itself. Precisely because the transnational is a space of asymmetrical 
differences, there is no question of applying a mathematical rule of 
equal representation to a voluntary association of individuals in 
different nations and regions brought together by the recognition of an 
international dimension to the social struggles around education. So 
what we have now in the EF collective is not a "United Nations of 
Educational Struggles," but rather a tentative, evolving series of 
relays and nodal points for the translation of struggles, and 
translation-as-struggle, that was highlighted in the Zero issue of the 
EF journal.

The first meeting of the transnational Collective, facilitated by the 
Tokbox platform (www.tokbox.com <http://www.tokbox.com/>), was highly 
productive. Details for the next issue of the Edu-Factory journal have 
been finalized, and we are very pleased to announce that Nirmal Puwar 
and Gerald Raunig have agreed to join members of the Collective in 
co-editing this issue. The CFP for the issue is attached (and available 
at 
http://www.edu-factory.org/edu15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=380:call-for-papers-edufactory-journal-no-1-&catid=36:publications&Itemid=54 
<http://www.edu-factory.org/edu15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=380:call-for-papers-edufactory-journal-no-1-&catid=36:publications&Itemid=54>). 
Please circulate it widely. Since the journal relies wholly on informal 
networks, the members of the Editorial Committee can play a key role in 
helping the journal attract contributions that will make it a point of 
reference for contemporary debates. Please do not hesitate to contact 
the Collective should you have any suggestions, manuscripts, or advice 
concerning the themes of the issue and/or potential contributors. 
Needless to say, contributions from Editorial Committee members are 
highly welcome!

In tandem with the journal issue, which has a projected completion date 
of April, 2011, we are also planning to launch another round of the 
highly successful Edu-Factory discussion list. The theme for this round 
will be organized around debt and the system of measure. Given the 
supercharged atmosphere surrounding these issues, we expect a very 
lively discussion. Once again, the members of the Editorial Collective 
can play a decisive role in the EF project by participating actively in 
the discussion and publicizing it across your various formal and 
informal networks.

Thank you for your time and input.
Regards,
The Edu-Factory Collective


P.S. This letter was supposed to mailed along with the CFP that was 
circulated two days ago. Sorry for the mix-up--Jon Solomon, Taipei
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