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Call for papers: Turn Studies in Retrospect

This forthcoming collection seeks to (re)consider the legacy of Turn Studies and plot potential futures for this once exciting subfield of the sociology of knowledge. Predicated upon a rejection of those critics who deemed the original project superfluous, Turn Studies in Retrospect pursues an orthogonal orientation towards these haters, affirming the legitimacy of their core critique but seeking to reclaim the founding impulse of turning. Given the widely recognised necessity of discursive profligacy under conditions of neoliberal governmentality, this exciting text proposes that techno-scientific ideals of contributing to the knowledge system be rejected in favour of our having plenty of things to talk and write about. Possible topics for contributions to Turn Studies in Retrospect include but are not limited to:

  • Why are we so prone to turning?
  • What is a turn?
  • Why does turning matter?
  • Who is turning?
  • Where are they turning?
  • What does it all mean?

Please submit an abstract of 300 words or more to Turning@TurnStudies.Org by October 31st to be considered for inclusion in the forthcoming collection.

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