Call for Musings
Hypatia
seeks contributions for a series of Musings on “Scrutinizing
Practices: Giving and Receiving Criticism.”
Feminist philosophers have made tremendous strides in
transforming the profession, but there is more work to be done,
including work that challenges our practices of reviewing each
other’s scholarship. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
·
The politics of critique in the context of a discipline in which
mainstream practice is characterized by the exclusion of
perspectives from women, people of color, Indigenous peoples, and
other historically marginalized groups.
·
Scrutinizing practices: reviewing scholarship in critical race
theory, feminist philosophy and other marginalized fields in an
environment that is still hostile to these fields.
·
Explorations of the ways in which
practices of criticism can function to police the borders of
what counts as philosophical and/or proposals for how they could be
transformed so that the discipline can become more diverse and
genuinely inclusive.
·
Explorations of the affective politics of reviewing. How, as
reviewers, do we negotiate the affective landscape of giving
criticism, including as it relates to norms of professionalism and
civility, to intergenerational dynamics, and to differences in
disciplinary status? How do we negotiate the affective landscape of
receiving criticism and how do we teach our students how to do this
while maintaining self-trust?
·
The role of scholarship review in the profession (e.g., in tenure
and promotion files, in book marketing, in expanding the boundaries
of philosophy, etc.).
·
Reviewing scholarship within/across/between diverse methodologies in
philosophical discourse.
·
The politics of what scholarship is
selected for review.
·
Best practices in editorial review.
·
The complex and perhaps contradictory set of obligations (to
authors, readers, journals, presses, the profession, the reviewer’s
career, etc.) that manuscript and book reviewers face.
·
Questioning best practices: the role of anonymity in the review
process.
By
focusing on the topic of giving and receiving criticism, this series
of Musings aims to provide a forum for discussion about the broader
issues of inclusiveness, access, respect, and philosophical
pluralism within the profession generally and feminist philosophy
specifically.
Musings are approximately 3000 words and are subject to anonymous
peer review. Please
submit via Manuscript Central (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hypa).
Although we will accept
submissions on a rolling basis, for the purposes of this series,
please submit by March 31.
