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Thanks. I gather the goal is more intellectual interaction. Seems worthwhile. mike On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Michalis Kontopodis < michalis.kontopodis@staff.hu-berlin.de> wrote: > Hallo Mike and thanks a lot for your kind email, > > usually the Executive Committee does not have a central policy and only > accepts i.e. supports initiatives of its local members, > > however sometime ago, the exec committee decided to make ISCAR membership > more attractive including discounts, 'central' cooperation with publishers, > opportunities for PhD students to publish their work etc. > > In this context the exec. com would like to gain discounts for ISCAR > members in cooperation with many journals such as New Ideas in Psychology, > Subjectivity, Memory Studies, Cultural Studies of Science Education - and > why not, Culture & Cognition > > One could say that the space in-between Ethos or other from the above > mentioned journals is the Zone of Proximal Development of both the journals > or the disciplines, which they represent, and of the broader field of > cultural-historical activity theory, or cultural psychology. > > It would be nice if e.g. anthropologists would know more about Vygotsky in > the future -- and the other way round, cultural psychologists profited from > debates in anthropology e.g. about ethnography or emerging cultures - this > is not of course the only criterion > > The journals, with which ISCAR would like to cooperate, publish > ISCAR-related articles (even if not only), include wellknown ISCAR scholars > in their editorial borders and have an (explicit interest) in CHAT/ cultural > psychology > > There is however no list of formal criteria according to which such a > decision can be made, and I guess that in each case the Exec Comm will > examine each journal or publisher cooperation in particular. > > We would be very happy to accept further ideas, suggestions, help and - why > not - critique regarding this issue, and I would be happy to provide further > information or explanations, > > thanks again a lot, > > Michalis Kontopodis (PhD) > > ISCAR Secretary > Research Associate > Institute for Eur. Ethnology > Humboldt University Berlin > > tel.: +49 (0) 30 2093 3716 > fax.: +49 (0) 30 2093 3726 > http://www.csal.de > http://www.iscar.org/de/ > > On 07.09.2009, at 04:43, Mike Cole wrote: > > Without prejudicing the issue one way or the other, how did a decision get >> made that Ethos is an ISCAR-affiliated journal?? I value the journal, but >> did not associate it with ISCAR. I would appreciate understanding the >> perspectives of others. For example, why not have Culture and cognition as >> an ISCAR-related journal, or American Anthropologist and other journals that >> could be identified (the new Italian journal Psicologia Culturale and >> others??? >> >> In brief, who makes such decisions based on what criteria??? >> >> mike cole >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM, <newsletter@iscar.org> wrote: >> Dear ISCAR Members, >> >> This is a short extra ISCAR NEWSLETTER with following News: >> >> 1. ?Developmental Psychology, Semiotics and Culture? Conference in >> Lausanne >> >> 2. Full or Assistant professorship in education at the University of >> Neuchâtel (Switzerland) >> >> 3. Ethos is now an ISCAR-affiliated Journal >> >> 4. 20% discount to ISCAR members for all ICHS-volumes published in English >> >> 5. New ISCAR-related Publications >> >> For further details please see the attached Newsletter. >> >> with best wishes, >> >> Michalis Kontopodis (PhD) >> ISCAR Secretary >> Research Associate >> Institute for Eur. Ethnology >> Humboldt University Berlin >> >> tel.: +49 (0) 30 2093 3716 >> fax.: +49 (0) 30 2093 3726 >> http://www.csal.de >> http://www.iscar.org/de/ >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca