As co-editors, we wish to invite scholars, researchers, students, instructors, and other intellectually interested parties to submit proposals for The Handbook for the Geographies of Race, A Multidisciplinary Global Perspective through De Gruyter, an important initial transdisciplinary volume that will be co-edited by Rasul A. Mowatt (Professor – North Carolina State University, Sociology & Anthropology, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management), Ishan Ashutosh (Associate Professor – Indiana University, Geography), & Patricia de Toledo Basile (Assistant Professor – Indiana University, Geography).
Rationale for the Handbook
As editors, we have proposed a book that is on the geographies of Race but not solely from the lens of the field of Geography. Why? The reality that there is not a single book that explicitly is on, titled, or that has situated theories of Race from a geographical lens is quite telling. Thus, there is a need to consider a range of contributions from fields like American Studies, Cultural Studies, sociology, anthropology, and psychology that have a lineage of theoretical takes on defining and situating Race more broadly. Additionally, there are important contributions from fields such as political science and even media studies that present interesting takes on discussions of Race. As well, there are similar fields to geography who do not have a robust set of theoretical takes on Race such as tourism, leisure studies, criminology, and security studies that can broaden the readership pool. Lastly, within geography we would be remiss to not acknowledge the work of Black geographies, socialist geography, feminist geography, urban geography, and critical geography. While they have done remarkable work in presenting discussions on Race that we see this handbook spotlighting, we still must recognize that those discussions (and studies) do not quite present a definition of Race, one that is both transcontinental as well as transferrable.
To quote the most well-known Cultural Studies scholar, Stuart Hall, “Race is one of those major concepts that helps organize the great classificatory system of difference that operates in human societies” (along with gender, class, sexuality, and age) (Jhally et al., 1996).
The Invitation
We are inviting you as potential chapter contributors from geography (urban geography, cultural geography, socialist geography, feminist geography, Black geographies, human geography) and in other fields of the social sciences (political science, urban studies, urban affairs, urban planning, sociology, urban political economy, anthropology, urban anthropology, tourism, and critical tourism studies) and the humanities (American studies, cultural studies, Latino/a studies, area studies, Latin American studies, Caribbean studies, African studies, Africana studies, Asian American studies, Asian studies, Black studies, indigenous studies, and history), as well as other fields and disciplines.
We are seeking (1) a chapter proposal of no more than 500 words (+ references; author[s] name, title, institutional affiliation, and contact information) that is in-line with this rationale through the following sections of the handbook:
- Against Nationalism and Race
- Against Carcerality and Race
- Against Capitalism and Race
- Against Patriarchy and Race
- Against Coloniality and Race
- Against Imperialism and Race
The point of “Against” is to locate and frame a perspective from contributors that this should be about criticism of Race, racism, White Supremacy, Ethno-Nationalism, Xenophobia, etc. “Against” prevents, on one-hand submissions that affirm Race and the rest. And “Against” prevents submissions that merely insert Race as a survey question or demographic representation of respondents or sample population, ignoring a need to focus and expand a need for theory on Race. After our review, (2) you will then be tasked to complete a draft 3000-6000-word chapter. Chapters need to situate a conceptual/theoretical discussion; research study; pedagogical practice; essay; policy note; or commentary within a defined and detailed articulation of Race.
Format + Timeline
Both the 500-word chapter proposal and 3000-6000-word chapter need to be in APA 7th Edition.
Invitations sent out August 23, 2024
(Reminder) Invitations sent out September 13, 2024
Chapter Proposals by November 1, 2024
Feedback on Chapter Proposals by November 29, 2024
First Meeting with Chapter Authors by December 6, 2024
Chapter Drafts by April 4, 2025
Second Meeting with Chapter Authors by May 16, 2025
Final Chapters by August 15, 2025 (inclusive of *Permissions, 100 word-Bio, etc.)
Full Book Submission to De Gruyter by January 1, 2026
Published First/Second Quarter 2027
*Permissions for images and other third-party materials must be procured by the contributing author(s). Proof of permissions must be submitted with Chapter Drafts. In the case of images, the highest resolution possible is requested.
Send inquiries and proposals to all three of us: Rasul Mowatt (rasul_mowatt@ncsu.edu); Patricia De Toledo Basile (pdetoled@iu.edu); and, Ishan Ashutosh (iashutos@indiana.edu)
