<nettime-ann> [call] Greenpepper EMERGENCY issue : Call for Contributions

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> Greenpepper Magazine : EMERGENCY Issue : Call for Contributions :
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> The Greenpepper is an Amsterdam-based magazine project focusing on=20
> autonomous political struggles.
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> The next issue of the Greenpepper magazine seeks to critically explore=20
> the 'state of emergency' as the paradigm of contemporary politics. We=20
> are particularly interested in contributions which push at the limits of=20
> conceptions of, and approaches to, the 'state of emergency'.  We are=20
> also looking for contributions that explore the broader and ongoing=20
> issues of the Greenpepper for inclusion in the non-theme area of the=20
> magazine.
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> 1) Questions and topics to be explored in the theme area include (but=20
> are not limited to):
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> - What is the State of Emergency ? What are its characteristics, modes=20
> and sites of conflict? What are the implications of Emergency as the=20
> paradigm of state power and how does it transform the ways sovereign=20
> power is exercised ? How do contemporary methods of state violence=20
> differ from earlier and more conventional policing practices ? How does=20
> the 'war on terror' transform the terrain of political conflict ?
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> - What is the camp and where are its borders ? How (in)effective are=20
> human rights,privacy and civil liberties in identifying, targeting and=20
> resisting the 'state of emergency' ? What is the relationship between=20
> citizenship and exclusion (or political community and the production of=20
> 'bare life') ? In what ways does the 'state of emergency' transform the=20
> city and the markets that are situated there - or, how does emergency=20
> transform the relationship between capital and crisis ?
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> - What is the relationship between emergency and emergent power =96=20
> between the current (security)state of affairs (indefinite detention,=20
> proliferation of camps, concentration of executive power, suspension of=20
> rule of law, new kinds of social control, life management and racial=20
> profiling) and various political struggles (for example, against=20
> detention, racism, surveillance, war and precarity) ?
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> - What new possibilities and sites of political conflict does the 'state=20
> of emergency' open up and/or close down? Are struggles a response to the=20
> state of emergency or is emergency a response to struggles ? Either way,=20
> what are the implications for (re)thinking political disobedience beyond=20
> citizenship and democratic rights?
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> - What is biopolitics how does it relate to the state of emergency? What=20
> new configurations of racism, sovereignty and exclusion emerge as=20
> security and the management of 'life' becomes the sole rationale of=20
> government and how are they being challenged? How does the biopolitics=20
> of state control intersect with the biopolitics of labour ? What is the=20
> relationship between the continual 'state of emergency' and the=20
> continual threat of epidemics, 'natural' disasters and bio-terrorism?
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> 2) Questions to be explored in the non-theme contributions should=20
> resonate with and explore the ongoing (and possibly, future) themes and=20
> issues of the Greenpepper.   Please see our WIKI page or Manifesto for=20
> more details : http://www.greenpeppermagazine.org/process
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> Contributions can be in any format. Written text should ideally be=20
> either 1000=961500 or 2500-3000 words (and in .rtf format) while visual=20
> submissions should 1=963 A4 portrait pages (and in either .tiff or .pdf=20
> format). More importantly, contributions should be critical and=20
> generative of different ways of thinking about and/or visualising these=20
> issues. The final deadline for contributions is October 7, 2005.
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> For more information or to send contributions email:
> contact@greenpeppermagazine.org or go to: http://www.greenpeppermagazine.=
> org
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