nineteen sixty nine

nineteen sixty nine

 
May 11 / 2:28pm

Interview with Pocho, Liberation Photographer

by jason kim

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Executive Editor Jason Kim got a chance to chat with Pocho today and discussed his youth, the influence of his parents, and his radical artistic and political vision. 

Pocho's "The Smiles of the Bay" was selected as the cover for the inaugural issue of nineteen sixty nine. Much of his other works will also be featured in the upcoming issue. 

Catch him on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pocho1.fotography

Also be sure to check out his first ever music video for Rebel Diaz's "Soy Rebelde" below:

Filed under  //  activism   art   ethnicstudies   photography   pocho  
 
May 3 / 12:03pm

Cover Art Winners and Other News

by jason kim

To all those anxiously awaiting the release of our inaugural issue, the editors are on track to make decisions on manuscripts and submissions by the end of Wednesday, May 9, in conjunction with the reviews that will be filed at the end of this week by our reviewers.

This means that readers can expect for the issue to be launched sometime in late May or early June, depending on how quickly accepted authors submit their revised manuscripts.  

In other news, we've also selected the winner and runner-up of the cover art competition, though we will not reveal the images until the launch of the journal.

The winner of the cover art competition is photographer and videographer Pocho Sanchez, and the runner-up is Bo Luengsuraswat.

Pocho's work can be seen on his Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pocho1.fotography as well as on YouYube at: 

 

Bo is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and activist and his work "imagines the emergent shapes and forms of futurity." He holds a Master of Arts in Asian American Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.

We are honored and excited to feature both artists' works, and are in the process of interviewing both talented artist-activists, so look forward to that in the upcoming issue as well! 

 
Apr 21 / 11:49am

Reviews Have Begun!

by jason kim

The submission deadline has passed and we're happy to announce that the first round of reviews have begun! 

It will take about two weeks for our reviewers to provide feedback on the submitted manuscripts, which means it is likely that the inaugural issue of NSN will be available to the public sometime in late May / early June. 

The staff and I are just so excited with all of the great artwork and manuscripts we received, and it is guranteed that this issue will be a resounding success. 

 

 
Dec 21 / 1:28am

"The Future(s) of Ethnic Studies" - Call for Submissions & Artwork

by jason kim

nineteen sixty nine is accepting creative works (images, film, sound, and text), scholarly essays, and book reviews for its first volume. Submissions may address the volume’s main theme or address another topic (see below). 

The deadline for submissions is March 23, 2012 at 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

See here for our submission guidelines.

Contact Jason U. Kim (jasonukim@berkeley.edu) for inquiries. 

1. Main Theme: “The Future(s) of Ethnic Studies” (at least 2/3 of the published volume)

How has the field of Ethnic Studies transformed within the last forty years? What are some current examples of innovative and emerging work within the field? How do you envision the future of Ethnic Studies for the twenty-first century? This inaugural volume of nineteen sixty nine seeks to demonstrate the multiple ways in which scholarly and creative work in Ethnic Studies re-envisions the past, transforms the present, and re-imagines the future.

As such, submissions could include topics as varied as: the future of Ethnic Studies and undocumented immigrants in Arizona, analyses of race in science fiction texts, creative works exploring the connections between race and technology, the ways in which globalization/transnationalism has affected race, etc.

2. Open Topic (at most 1/3 of the published volume)

Submissions may also be on any topic that falls under the purview of NSN’s mandate as described on our website.

Cover Art Competition
 
nineteen sixty nine is seeking original artwork for the cover of its inaugural issue. Submissions should reflect the main theme of the issue: “The Future(s) of Ethnic Studies.” We encourage contributors to make the theme their own and interpret it in inventive ways.

Submissions not chosen to appear on the cover will be considered for publication in the journal as a regular submission. Please keep in mind that this is a competition for cover art and not cover designs. Thus, submissions should not be in the form of a journal cover with title text, etc.

The deadline for this competition is March 1, 2012 at 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time. The results will be announced on April 1, 2012.

Contact Kristen Sun (ksun@berkeley.edu) for inquiries.

Images should be in a high resolution digital format, preferably in PNG, but JPEGs are also acceptable. Images must be 25 MB or less. The journal is formatted to be printed at 8.5” x 11”. Your image could be used to take up the entire cover or a smaller portion of it, depending on the dimensions of the image and the layout editor’s discretion.

In the Abstract section of the online submission form, contributors should include the title of the work, the year it was created, and the medium. An artist’s statement of 40 words or less is optional.

Submissions should also include a short biography of the artist, as indicated by the submission guidelines on our website.

Filed under  //  americanstudies   callforpapers   ethnicstudies   futurity