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  • 标题:Foreword/Avant-propos.
  • 作者:Krull, Catherine
  • 期刊名称:Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • 印刷版ISSN:0826-3663
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 期号:July
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • 摘要:It gives me great pleasure to introduce an exciting new feature in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Entitled "Looking Back and Moving Forward--Reflections on Latin American and Caribbean Studies," each issue will feature an interview with or essay by a leading scholar on their life's work, on their views of the state of the field, and on where Latin American and/or Caribbean Studies are headed. Our premier essay is by Helen Safa, Professor Emerita at the University of Florida and past president of the Latin American Studies Association, whose work on class, race, and gender in the Hispanic Caribbean revolutionized the discipline and continues to influence scholars.

Foreword/Avant-propos.


Krull, Catherine


I am especially pleased to present Issue 74 as it marks the first "Special Issue" during my tenure as Editor-in-Chief. The guest co-editors, Olivia Sheringham (Oxford University) and Maria das Gracas Brightwell (University of London), bring together an impressive collection of vibrant and insightful papers that closely examine an array of important themes pertaining to the hitherto under-analyzed area of Latin American sociocultural diasporic practices. With a range of international scholars from different disciplines--geography, migration studies, cultural studies, food studies, sociology, and journalism--diverse Latin American diasporic practices are assessed and put into context. These articles explore critical "diasporic moments" in "transnational spaces" focusing on elements of--and the connections among--diasporic political protests, street commemorations, international migration and the environment, transnational networks, culinary cultures, identity, and religious practices, all major issues in terms of creating, consuming, and contesting diasporic and transnational spaces and practices. The papers address not only these issues but raise important questions that are central to diasporic studies.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce an exciting new feature in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Entitled "Looking Back and Moving Forward--Reflections on Latin American and Caribbean Studies," each issue will feature an interview with or essay by a leading scholar on their life's work, on their views of the state of the field, and on where Latin American and/or Caribbean Studies are headed. Our premier essay is by Helen Safa, Professor Emerita at the University of Florida and past president of the Latin American Studies Association, whose work on class, race, and gender in the Hispanic Caribbean revolutionized the discipline and continues to influence scholars.

I would also like to extend our appreciation to the scholars who reviewed papers for this issue. Their expertise and insightful comments have contributed to producing a vibrant and thought-provoking issue. Recent efforts to promote the Journal at the international meetings of CALACS, LASA, and the CSA have been fruitful in not only increasing the volume of submissions from a diversity of disciplines but also in increasing the participation of scholars from outside Canada, especially from Latin American and the Caribbean. I am indebted to our Editorial Assistant, Dr. Asa McKercher (Queen's University), for his considerable assistance not only in these promotional efforts but also in assisting me in getting this issue ready for press. I also appreciate the dedicated work of our Book Review Editor, Dr. Tanya Basok (University of Windsor), who has once again contributed a wide-ranging collection of excellent reviews, as well as that of our Managing Editor, Dr. Amitava Chowdhury (Queen's University), and Isabelle Plessis (University of British Columbia), who continues to assist us with French translation, sometimes at the last minute. I would also like to acknowledge two individuals, Judy Powell at the University of Calgary Press (Journals Manager and Project Coordinator) and Eileen Eckert (Copy Editor), whose tireless efforts to turn our work into a polished and aesthetically pleasing journal only further enhances its scholarly reputation.

At the same time, I am very pleased to feature on the front cover the art Circulo da Cura (The Healing Circle) by Marcia Mar, a London-based Brazilian multimedia artist, poet, performer, singer, and experimental composer who plays an altered electric bass guitar, the "MarBass," with sea shells. Considered to be a leading Brazilian visual artist in the UK, she won the 2012 Brazilian International Press Award. Informed by both syncretism and multiculturalism, her art reflects "the aesthetic, ethical and co-creative equality of multiple possibilities expressed by people's transformative wisdom as inherited from a timeless time and proclaims that we are what we envisage" (www.marciamar.com). In addition to being a first-rate artist, Marcia is also a human rights activist and is devoted to counselling refugees from Africa and the Middle East. I appreciate Marcia's generosity in allowing us to reproduce her work; it is especially fitting for the cover of this special issue on "Consuming, Creating, Contesting: Latin American Diasporic Practices."

Je suis particulierement heureuse de presenter la 74ieme edition de cette revue etant donne qu'il constitute la premiere << edition speciale >> durant mon mandat comme Redactrice en chef de la Revue canadienne des etudes latino-americaines et Caraibes. Les coredacteurs invites, Olivia Sheringham (Oxford University) et Maria das Gracas Brightwell (University of London), rassemblent une collection de dissertations impressionante, vibrantes et perspicaces qui portent sur un eventail de themes importants qui se rapportent au domaine des pratiques socio-culturelles diasporiques de l'Amerique latine. Il s'agit certes d'un domaine grandement sous-analyse jusqu'a present. Avec une variete de chercheurs internationaux issus de differentes disciplines comme la geographie, les etudes sur la migration, les etudes culturelles, les etudes alimentaires, la sociologie, et le journalisme, les diverses pratiques diasporiques de l'Amerique latine sont evaluees et mises en contexte. Ces articles explorent les << moments diasporiques >> critiques dans les << espaces transnationaux >>. Ils se concentrent sur les elements tels que les manifestations politique diasporiques, les commemorations sur la rue, la migration international et l'environnement, les reseaux transnationaux, les cultures culinaires, et les pratiques religieuses ainsi que les liens qui les unissent. Ce sont toutes des questions importantes qui concernent la creation, l'utilisation, et la contestation des espaces et des pratiques diasporiques et transnationales. Les dissertations dans cette publication abordent non seulement ces problemes, mais elles soulevent aussi de nouvelles questions centrales pour les etudes diasporiques.

Il me fait grand plaisir de vous presenter une nouvelle rubrique dans la Revue canadienne des Etudes Latino-Americaines et Caraibes. Intitulee << Regarder en arriere et aller de l'avant--Reflexions sur les etudes latino-americaines et caraibes >>, chaque numero comportera un entretien avec, ou un essai ecrit par, un eminent chercheur portant sur l'oeuvre de leur vie, sur leur vision de l'etat de ce champs, et sur la direction que prendront les etudes latino-americaines et / ou caribeennes. Notre premier essai est d'Helen Safa, professeure emerite a l'Universite de la Floride and ancienne presidente de l'Association des etudes latino-americaines (LASA), dont les travaux sur la class, la race et le genre dans les Caraibes hispaniques ont revolutionne la discipline et continuent d'influencer les chercheurs.

Je souhaite aussi remercier les chercheurs qui ont revises des articles pour ce numero. Leur expertise et leurs commentaires eclairants ont contribues a la production d'un numero dynamique et apte a susciter la reflexion. Les efforts deployes recemment afin de promouvoir ce journal dans les conferences internationales du CALACS, de la LASA, et du CSA ont servi a augmenter le nombre de soumissions par diverses disciplines, mais aussi a augmenter la participation de chercheurs de l'exterieur du Canada et tout particulierement de l'Amerique latine et des Caraibes. Je suis redevable a notre assistante a la redaction, Dr. Asa McKercher (Queen's University), pour son aide considerable au chapitre non seulement de la promotion, mais aussi a celui de la preparation de la presente edition. De surcroit, je reconnais le travail acharne de notre editrice de la critique du livre, Dr. Tanya Basok (University of Windsor), qui a encore une fois assemble une vaste collection de d'excellentes revues. De plus, je souligne le travail de notre directeur de la redaction, Dr. Amitava Chowdhury (Queen's University) et d'Isabelle Plessis (University of British Columbia), qui continue a nous aider avec la traduction francaise, parfois a la derniere minute. J'aimerais aussi remercier deux personnes, soit Judy Powell de l'University of Calgary Press (directrice de la redaction et coordinatrice de projet) et Eileen Eckert (reviseur), qui ont toutes deux aide a renforcer la reputation de ce journal dans le monde academique en polissant ses oeuvres et leur donnant une apparence attrayante.

Enfin, c'est avec grand plaisir que je presente l'oeuvre << Circulo da Cura >> (Le coeur guerissant) de Marcia Mar, une poete, artiste multimedia, chanteuse et compositrice experimentale bresilienne basee a Londres, qui joue a l'aide d'une guitare modifiee par des coquillagues qu'on surnomme la << MarBass >>. Consideree comme etant l'une des artistes visuelles bresiliennes de haut niveau a Londres, en 2012 elle a gagne le << Brazilian International Press Award >>. Guidee par le syncretisme et le multiculturalisme, son art reflete << l'egalite ethique, esthetique et co-creative de plusieurs possibilites exprimees par la sagesse tranformative des peuple, heritee d'un temps intemporel, qui proclame que nous sommes ce que nous envisagions >> (www.marciamar.com). En plus d'etre une artiste de premiere classe, Marcia est aussi une activiste des droits humains devouee a conseiller les refuges de l'Afrique et du Moyen Orient. J'apprecie la generosite de Marcia, qui nous a permis de reproduire son oeuvre, car elle est particulierement appropriee pour la couverture de ce numero special qui porte sur << Consuming, Creating, Contesting : Latin American Diasporic Practices. >>

CATHERINE KRULL

Queen's University

Editor in Chief, CJLACS

Redactrice en chef, RCELAC
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