Re: revised Call for Articles: Communities #158: Affordability and Self-Reliance | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:48:22 -0700 (PDT) |
I would like to do a piece on how reserve studies help communities be affordable and sustainable. Sharon. On Sep 8, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Communities Editor <communities.editor [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello again, > > Response to our Call for Articles for /Communities'/ Affordability issue > has been slow, so we've decided to expand the theme to encompass > Self-Reliance as well. If you've been thinking of writing for > /Communities/ but haven't taken the plunge yet (or even if you have), we > invite your article proposals and submissions, whether directly related > to these themes or not. Thanks again for joining with us in co-creating > /Communities/! > > --- > > /Communities/ magazine is now seeking articles for issue #158, > "*Affordability and Self-Reliance*." The issue will be out in March 2013. > > Please send your article idea to _editor@ic.org_ > <mailto:editor [at] ic.org>by *Friday, September 21, 2012*. > > Your final article must reach us by *Friday, November 23, 2012*. > > 1. Theme articles: */Affordability and Self-Reliance > /*/possible questions to address (feel free to pick and choose or > innovate):/ > > * How can community living and/or cooperation make life more affordable? > * What major expenses can be reduced through sharing and community > living, and how? > * How can we address issues of affordability and inequity in our > neighborhoods? In our cities? In our regions? In our society? In the > world? > * What challenges do individuals and groups encounter when attempting > to live or build affordably? > * Why does affordability present an obstacle to starting or joining > some intentional community projects? How can we address these issues? > * Is affordability a high priority for your group? > * What are your plans or strategies to make joining your community > more affordable? > * What are your personal stories related to affordability and community? > * Is affordability different in urban, suburban, and rural areas? > What's the relationship between available employment opportunities > and affordability? > * What larger political, social, or economic forces influence what is > affordable in our society? How does your group confront these forces? > * How does affordability affect who joins community? > * How does economic background influence ability to "afford" > community? How does it affect attitudes toward money and > risk-taking? How does it mold one for a life either in community or > out of it? > * As a species attempting to survive long-term, what can we afford to > do or not do? Can we afford /not/ to live cooperatively or in community? > > * How does community living support our ability to be self-reliant? > How does interdependence help a group become more self-reliant? > * How can self-reliance make living more affordable? > * In areas like health care, transportation, food, shelter, energy, > and other basics, how have you become more self-reliant in community? > * What is the relationship between engagement in the money economy and > self-reliance? > * Has community helped you forge a new, more empowering relationship > with economics, survival, work, and meeting your basic needs? > > Please remember that we are looking for stories, personal experiences, > and concrete examples in your responses--these are what will make your > ideas and observations most "real" and relevant to readers. > > [Please forward this email to anyone you think has a good story on this > theme for /Communities/.] > > 2. We are also seeking articles about: > > * Creating community in your neighborhood; > * Starting a new community; > * Process and communication issues in community; and > * Seeking community to join. > > Suggested submission length is from 300 to 2500 words. We invite > submissions ranging from short vignettes to extensively-developed > articles, and also invite suggestions of recommended resources and > article leads. We're seeking articles written in a reader-friendly, > popular-magazine style, rather than in an academic style. We ask > contributors to share stories and experiences, not just ideas; write > about challenges, not just successes; and describe specific situations > that will help your story come alive for the reader. Before you start > writing, please check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_ or contact > us for our full Writers' Guidelines--and let us know your article idea > so that we can give feedback on how it may fit into /Communities/. > Contact Chris Roth at _editor@ic.org_ <mailto:editor [at] ic.org>. > > If you don’t want to write an article but want to submit photos, please > check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_ or contact Yulia Zarubina > at _layout@ic.org_ <mailto:layout [at] ic.org>for our Photo Guidelines. > > *I. What "Submitting an Article"* *Means.* We will promise to read your > article, but we may respectfully decline it and not publish it, or save > it and publish it in a future issue. We also reserve the right to edit, > shorten, or revise your article. Most of the time we contact authors > about this ahead of time and get their comments, corrections, etc. > > *II. Getting Permission Ahead of Time.* Please send the article only > when you have permission from anyone you need it from, such as fellow > community members. We endeavor to present a diversity of views on > community, including controversial or critical views, in a respectful > and cooperative manner. If your article may generate controversy or > strong reactions, or if the group(s) would want the chance to review it, > please share your draft with group members to get their input before > sending it to us. (Please see our Writers' Guidelines for additional > details.) > > *III. Publication Rights.* Once your article appears in /Communities/, > we own first North American Publishing Rights. This means your article > appears in /Communities/ the first time it appears in North America. In > addition to appearing in /Communities/, your article may also appear on > our website or in future compilations. You retain all other rights to > it. If you'd like to use it elsewhere, you can, and we would appreciate > your using an attribution line saying, "This article first appeared in > /Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture/, (date); for further > information on /Communities/: _communities.ic.org_ <http://www.ic.org/>." > > *IV. Photos.* If we publish your article, we want to accompany it with > compelling images that illustrate your subject. You know your subject > best, so we are appealing to you for images. If others in your community > or group like taking pictures, they might already have great images to > go with your article. If you would like to submit an article but cannot > supply photos, that's fine; however, please give us plenty of advance > notice so that if we use your article we can get an illustrator. Please > check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_ or email us for our full > Photo Guidelines. We also appreciate an author photo to accompany your > short (several-line) author bio. > > Thanks for your contributions! > > Chris Roth > Editor, /Communities/ > _editor [at] ic.org <mailto:editor [at] ic.org>_ > > <mailto:editor [at] ic.org> > -- > Chris Roth > Editor, /Communities/ > 81868 Lost Valley Lane > Dexter, OR 97431 > editor [at] ic.org > 541-937-5221 > communities.ic.org > > for /Communities/ advertising, > please contact Tanya Carwyn: > ads [at] ic.org > 828-669-0997 > > for photos and layout, > please contact Yulia Zarubina: > layout [at] ic.org > 910-617-6136 > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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revised Call for Articles: Communities #158: Affordability and Self-Reliance Communities Editor, September 8 2012
- Re: revised Call for Articles: Communities #158: Affordability and Self-Reliance Sharon Villines, September 10 2012
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