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<H1 style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 3pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">"DJ </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">Culture</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">": </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">special issue for Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt"> Culture<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>We are guest editing a special issue on DJ culture for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Dancecult</I> (</FONT><A href="http://dj.dancecult.net/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://dj.dancecult.net</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>) scheduled for possible publication in 2011. This is a call for</FONT></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=RU> submissions for an interdisciplinary collection of original </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">articles, “from the floor” </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>essays, artwork, and electronic multimedia on DJ culture. The </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">issue</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> addresses itself </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">specifically </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>to the relations of pleasure and power that intersect in the space between the DJ</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">,</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> the dance floor</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> and the rest of the club world</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Multimedia submissions are encouraged, including copyright permitted photographs, links on Youtube, Soundcloud, etc. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Our</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">special issue</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> collects reflections from DJ perspectives on the visionary and social dimensions of DJ culture in Electronic Dance Music (EDM). Electronic dance music, and its DJs, producers and promoters have become increasingly central to popular culture </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">in its various spatial configurations; translocally, glocally, as well as trans</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>nationally. The DJ has been a key figure in popular music since the 1970s, as the superstars and gatekeepers of today's music and club industry. As artists and specialized guides to musical worlds, DJs are uniquely positioned in today's music scenes, but they usually tell their stories through soundscapes, weaving together auditory elements and influencing the bodies, moods and emotions of dance crowds. This </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">issue</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> offers creative and intellectual accounts from DJ perspectives, featuring contributions from established DJs/writers </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">situated in various kinds of spatial and cultural configurations</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Submissions may address</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> the legal, technological, commercial and social developments and conditions that constrain and liberate DJs, the power d</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">ynamic</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>s of the music scene, and its position in wider socio-historical processes. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Contributors may</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> investigate situated </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">“behind the scenes” </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>experiences of DJs, producers and club promoters </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">i</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>n EDM. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In addition, they</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> explore conditions for belonging and recognition </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">across</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> various genres. Based on lived experiences, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">the issue</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> discuss</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">es</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> the ways the media and music industries package and categorize D</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">J</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>s and their scenes, as well as </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">their </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>strategies to negotiate and exit such limitations. For instance, contributors raise issues around gendering, sexualization and ethnification. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Please do consult author´s guidelines: </SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A href="http://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/journal/about/submissions#authorGuidelines">http://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/journal/about/submissions#authorGuidelines</A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>and previous issues: </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A href="http://dj.dancecult.net/">http://dj.dancecult.net</A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please consider making your contribution as either a featured article (5000-8000 words) or a “From the Floor” essay (1500-3000 words) and send a 150 word abstract to the guest editors below by <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">May 1<SUP>st </SUP>2010</B>. The deadline for first drafts is <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">December 1<SUP>st</SUP> 2010</B>. The contributions will initially be reviewed by the guest editors and subsequently be peer reviewed by the journal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=RU>Please send submissions to both </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">guest </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>editors via electronic mail: </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=RU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bernardo Attias: bernardo.attias@csun.edu </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=RU>About the </SPAN></I><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: SV"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-prop-change: 'anna.gavanas' 20100201T1420">Guest </SPAN></SPAN></I></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=RU>Editors</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=RU> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=RU>Bernardo Alexander Attias (DJ Professor Ben)</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=RU> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=RU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dr. Attias is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies, part of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication at California State University, Northridge. His research is in the areas of cultural studies, performance studies, and freedom of speech; his current research focuses on the legal, aesthetic, and cultural implications of the turntable. He has also been active as a DJ and performance artist for over twenty years; he is known for his eclectic blending of various elements of global urban dance music, including house, hip-hop, techno, and drum and bass, with sloppy funk, old jazz, lounge, and swing. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=RU>Anna Gavanas</SPAN></B></st1:PersonName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=RU> (DJ Gavana</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: SV"> aka DJplaneten</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>)</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=RU> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=RU>Dr. Gavanas </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">is Associate Professor at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm/ Sweden. As a social anthropologist she has published on a number </SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>of international policy topics</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">She has also explored popular culture issues around</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU> European DJ culture</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">, technology and gender</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Her latest publications include the book “Feedback Loop; gender and popular music” (published in Swedish 2009 at Makadam publishers). Gavanas has been active as a DJ in Sweden, as well as in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, for over 10 years (spanning over genres like UK steppas dub, dubstep, techno and electronica) and is also producing various forms of electronic music as Gavana as well as DJplaneten (see <A href="http://www.soundcloud.com/gavana">www.soundcloud.com/gavana</A> and www.soundcloud.com/djplaneten)</SPAN><SPAN lang=RU>. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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