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Call for Papers ASEAS 5(2) 2012 Focus: Environment

Issue 5(2) of the Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies will feature a focus on “Environment” in South-East Asia, aiming at bringing together established scholars as well as junior researchers working on this broad topic from different perspectives. The ASEAS editorial board is especially interested in submissions dealing with human-nature interactions and the analysis of how these are embedded in specific political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. This special issue will present results from a dynamic and emerging research field in South-East Asia.

If you intend to submit a paper, please do not hesitate to contact the ASEAS editorial board (aseas@seas.at) at any time, as this eases our planning process.

Of special interest are submissions dealing with one or several of the following issues:

-	Green politics, sustainability, and environmental social movements -	Impacts of biodiversity loss, rising sea-levels, deforestation and other long and mid-term environmental changes -	Conflicts over natural resources, for example, access to and use of land, water, forest products, fossil energy etc. at local, national, and international levels -	Urban environmental issues, for example, air pollution, waste management etc. -	Consequences and impacts of natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods etc. -	Health-related impacts through genetically modified organisms (GMOs), epidemics, pesticides, pollution etc. -	Opportunities and limits of various forms of environmental governance, for example, REDD, RSPO, FSC, FLEGT etc. -	Indigenous knowledge, ethnobotany, and other non-Western concepts of dealing with the environment -	Tourism and its environmental impact through alternative planning and implementation (eco-tourism, agro-tourism) -	Cultural concepts of nature & environment or other cultural and (socio-)psychological norms and values affecting human-nature interactions

-	As always, suggestions for interviews are welcome (for further details, please contact the board of editors)

Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2012

We also accept submissions OUTSIDE THE FOCUS!

DESCRIPTION: The Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies (ASEAS) is a core project of the Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS) in Vienna. The journal’s editors invite both established as well as young scholars to present research results and theoretical papers (scientific and journalistic texts are welcome), to report about ongoing research projects or field studies, to introduce academic as well as non-academic institutions, to publish conference reports and other short essays, to conduct interviews with experts on South-East Asia, or to review literature. Articles have to be written in German or English. As an interdisciplinary journal, ASEAS intends to cover a variety of aspects of South-East Asia (archaeology, culture, economics, geography, linguistics, politics, society, etc.) from both historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Topics should be related to South-East Asia, but they do not need to be restricted to the geographical region, as in the case of – for example – linguistics, diaspora groups, forms of socio-cultural transfers, and so forth, where spatial and political borders of South-East Asia are crossed. ASEAS is published biannually both in print and as an online Open Access-Journal. The print version is intended for universities, research institutions, public libraries, and so forth, which wish to include ASEAS into their archives. The print version can be ordered directly by e-mail from this website. The free-of-charge online Open-Access version is designed to address a wide interested public and international expert readership who are interested in single articles, but do not intend to archive all volumes. Submissions within the category “Aktuelle Südostasienforschung / Current Research on South-East Asia” are subject to a twofold double-blind review process. Submissions within other sections will be reviewed by the editorial board as well as by external reviewers if needed. For more details have a look at our Submission Guidelines.

ASEAS offers 7 different Sections or Categories: Current Research on South-East Asia, Forum South-East Asia, Research Workshop, In Dialogue, Network South-East Asia Research, South-East Asia Visually, Reviews

FIND MORE INFO HERE: www.seas.at/aseas