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Politics of Heritage Values: How Archaeologists Deal With Place, Social Memories, Identities, and Socio-Economics
edited by Jessica Christie
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open
Keywords: identities; land rights; old and new worlds
Mobilities and Precarities
edited by Rimple Mehta and Melissa Phillips
submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; displacement; precarity; borders
(Un)Settling Genealogies: Self-Indigenization in Media, Arts, Politics, and Academia
edited by Kim TallBear and Gordon Henry
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-indigenization; pretendians; genealogy; genetic ancestry; Tribal citizenship/enrollment; federal recognition; state recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genealogical Communities: Community History, Myths, Cultures)
Tackling Race Inequality in Higher Education
edited by Carlene Cornish
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open
Keywords: race; racism; higher education; exclusion; inequality; intersectionality
Expressions of Identities in African and African Diaspora Communities through Arts
edited by Zenenga Praise
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: African and African diaspora identities; ancestry; genealogy; artistic expressions; performing arts; digital arts; modern and contemporary arts and ancient arts; national identity; memory; family lineage; museums; arichives; heritage collections; exhibitions
Indigenous Well-Being: Connecting to Country and Culture
edited by Fabri Blacklock and Lynette Riley
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open
Keywords: Indigenous well-being; connection to country and culture; art and well-being; social; emotional and cultural well-being; Indigenous thriving; Indigenous standpoint; deep listening; Indigenous artistic practice; self determination; Indigenous ways of doing; knowing; being
Interrogating the Impact of Colonialism(s) on Indigenous Identity, Being, and Belonging
edited by Angela Gonzales and Judy Kertész
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: colonialism; indigeneity; identity; race/racialization
Conspiracy Theories: Genealogies and Political Uses
edited by Marco Solinas
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5869 | Submission Open
Keywords: conspiracy theories; genealogy of conspiracy theories; political conspiracism; populism
The Manifestation and Contestation of White Privilege in Multiracial Families
edited by Chandra D.L. Waring
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3684 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiracial/mixed; white privilege; race; families
Tracing the History and Intergenerational Relations of Immigrant Families
edited by Liangni Sally Liu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: transnational family; intergenerational dynamics; identity formation
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in African Diaspora since the Twentieth Century
edited by Gloria Chuku
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: race; ethnicity; gender; African diaspora 
Racialization, Racial /Ethnic Identity, and the Integration of Immigrants
edited by Secil Erdogan Ertorer
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2011 | Submission Open
Keywords: racial identity; ethnic identity; racialization; immigrant integration; immigrant identity; identity formation; racism; exclusion; sense of belonging
Family, Generation and Change in the Context of Crisis
edited by Lidewyde Berckmoes and Carola Tize
submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open
Keywords: generation; intergenerational relations; family; crisis; war; climate change; polycrisis; social change; sociality; care
Exploring Identity, Belonging, and Transnationalism among Migrants in Europe
edited by Nilay Kılınç
submission deadline 11 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: identity; belonging; transnationalism; home; diasporas; highly skilled migration; lifestyle migration; second generation; Europe
Territories, Mobilities, Social Change and Transformations in the Lives of Families and Individuals
edited by Olga Magano
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: migrations; mobilities; lifestyle; cultural heritage; memory; identity change; social ties; social mobility; biographies; life narratives
Aging, Family Dynamics, and Care in Transnational Families
edited by Johanna Zulueta and Allen Kim
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: migration; aging migrants; transnational families; family dynamics; social well-being; care; intergenerational relationships; cultural expectations
Tracking Asian Diasporic Experiences
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9492 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asians; diaspora; diasporic experience; historical; contemporary; understudied Asian diasporas; genealogy; family lineage; family histories; family relations
(Re)Centering Midwest Refugee Resettlement and Home
edited by Jennifer Erickson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: Midwest; refugees; home; exile; counternarrative; belonging
Self Determination in First Peoples Child Protection
edited by Teresa Libesman, Paul Gray and Wendy Hermeston
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous peoples and child protection; self-determination; cultural care and the best interests of Indigenous children; reforming and transforming Indigenous child protection
Exploring Race and Memory: Perspectives from the U.S. and South Africa
edited by Alex Lichtenstein
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open
Keywords: South Africa; the United States; memory; memorials; museums; racism
Forced Migration: New Trajectories, Challenges and Best Practices submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open
Keywords: forced migration/forced migrants; refugees; asylum seekers; migration policy; trauma; securitization frameworks; global compact on safe; regular and orderly migration; global compact on refugees; evidence-based practices with forced migrants; mental health; human rights
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