On the Editorial Board of Second Nature
Shiralee Saul invited me today to participate on the Editorial Board of a new academic journal, ‘Second Nature; The International Journal of Creative Media’. This is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal auspiced by RMIT’s School of Creative Media, and I am glad to take on the job. Sez the blurb:
Second Nature explores the distinctive particulars of and interconnections between textual, visual, aural and interactive creative research and practices. Three thematic online issues per year are planned from which will be selected content for an annual printed publication. Second Nature will also publish a range of creative projects to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by Internet publication (non-linear, interactive, multiple media, etc).
One of the aspects that most interest me about this journal is that not only calls for papers, but for projects as well. Theorists are welcome, but practitioners can also submit projects that showcase their ideas and reflections on the topics of the Journal. Lester Bangs said it best. He loved writing, but sometimes he found that:
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
The official deadline for the first issue was August 30 2008, but papers and projects arriving no later than the 12th of September can still make the cut.