Scholars working in queer studies, both in and out of academia, are
still often marginalized; one of the aspects of this marginalization is the lack
of publishing venues, which discourages potentially original and creative
researchers from pursuing their interest in queer studies, and from
contributing to the development of the field. This has a negative impact on
both the queer studies community, and on scholarly, social, and political
discourse in general.
Whatever exists to facilitate a dialogue among researchers who work in
any field related to queer studies. We are excited that scholars the world over
are spinning queer outwards in a range of new and promising directions, such as
neuroqueer, animal queer, queer economies, queer pedadogies, the queer politics
of migration, and many more. Their daring and original work is a powerful
testimonial to the productivity and vitality of a cluster of theories which
deserve to be more widely known and applied, both in scholarship, teaching, and
research, and in activism, advocacy, and policy-making.
The purpose of Whatever is to offer scholars working in queer studies,
in and out of academia, a place to share their work, to reach like-minded
readers, to initiate collaborations, to make things happen. We aim to foster a
diverse and mutually respectful community among scholars of different
backgrounds, research interests, methodological allegiances and disciplinary
affiliations.
Whatever is indexed in the following databases: ROAD, ERIH plus, DOAJ.
Applications for the following databases are pending: EBSCO:
Philosopher’s Index, LGBT&Gender studies database; ProQuest; Sherpa/ROMEO;
OpenAIRE.
Whatever is published once a year; the first three issues are online.
We are now inviting submission for the fourth issue.
Even-numbered issues, like the upcoming one, include a general section,
which will host papers dealing with any and all aspects of queer theories and
studies, and several themed sections, each curated by an independent editorial
team. A list of the themed sections for this fourth issue can be found below.
Whatever is double-blind peer-reviewed, online, open-access.
Contributions are accepted in English, French, German, Italian, and
Spanish. Papers should be between 30.000 and 80.000 characters in length;
authors wishing to submit longer works are invited to contact us first
explaining their reasons; please write to the managing editor, Giovanni
Campolo: giovanni@battitoriliberi.it. Authors are welcome to include a variety
of media, such as images, sound files, and audiovisuals.
Papers should be submitted anonymously through the journal website
following a guided five-step submission process. A submission checklist and
guidelines are available. A
detailed submission guide is found at the end of this document.
Deadlines and relevant dates
- The deadline for all submissions for issue 4 (general and themed sections alike) is October, 31, 2020.
- Revised versions of accepted papers will be due on February, 28, 2021.
- Last proofs will be sent on May, 21, 2021 and corrections are due on May 25, 2021.
- The issue will be published on June, 20, 2021.
This thematic section for issue 4 of Whatever seeks contributions
investigating the hermeneutic potential of this complex and diverse universe of
sexual practices, all sharing a specific attention to performance, and to the
transformation of power relationships into consensual play. At the same time,
it intends to explore, through a comparative approach, representations of
sadomasochism, fetishism, and other anti-normative sexual behaviours in
literature, arts and the media, in order to map how BDSM may contribute to
identify sexual and affective practices subverting the heteropatriarchal norm.
BDSM is here considered as a methodological framework staging and
subverting the dynamics of power in heteronormative relationships, and as a
thematic core which can be traced in very different narratives, from martyrdom
in Catholic culture to romantic love as the founding mythology of the
heterosexual couple. We therefore intend to solicit contributions that explore
BDSM through multiple textualities, focusing on interdisciplinary lines of
research such as, for example:
- Representation of BDSM practices in literature and the arts
- Ecstasy, martyrdom and the aestheticization of suffering
- Anti-normative relationalities: BDSM and the ethics of care
- BDSM, feminism and bodily politics
- Subversion and parody of heteronormativity
Whatever registration guide
- Go to Whatever and click on “Register” or (in case you have already registered) on “Login”, the pink buttons on the top right-hand corner.
- Register to Whatever — we would much appreciate if you also registered as a Reviewer and listed your reviewing interests.
- Check your email for a message asking you to confirm your registration (please also check your spam folder). Then confirm, log in and customise your password.
Whatever submission guide
- On the Whatever website, click the “Make a submission” button on the right and read the checklist and guidelines
- Click on “Make a submission” at the top of the frame
- Step 1 — Choose your role (Author), the Section you wish to submit to (see the call for papers above), check the Requirement boxes (the checklist is the same as in “Make a submission”; only this time you must check all boxes yourself ); then click “Save and continue”.
- Step 2 — Upload your file: a) select the file type (usually it’s “Article”, but you can upload more than one file); b) check the filename, just in case you uploaded the wrong file; c) confirm or add more stuff d) click “Complete” e) click “Save and continue”.
- Step 3 — Enter metadata: title, abstract, languages, keywords... Your co-authors must be listed in the “List of contributors” box; they do not have to register. Click Save and continue
- Step 4 — Click on “Finish submission”.
- Step 5 — Sit back and relax or do what you please while your reviewers do their job.
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