IJCAIP Supplementary Issue Programme Offers New Publishing Opportunities

Release: January 27, 2012

International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP

Paid Supplementary Edition Programme

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Information about IJCAIP

IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, http://www.ijcaip.com , is an international open access web based journal with an Advisory Board comprised of leaders across disciplines. The journal does not charge fees for membership or journal access and is freely accessible at the IJCAIP Journal website, an international communications hub for information about the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice which includes recent IJCAIP Journal issues (full text) and archived back issues, as well as links to blogs/books and other information.

IJCAIP Dissemination/Worldwide Access

IJCAIP Journal is also accessible worldwide through our relationship with leading data bases and is potentially accessible to researchers, educators and students in over 15,000 libraries in 60 countries around the world including developing nations. IJCAIP Journal issues can also be accessed by researchers worldwide through the DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals, website at Lund University Libraries, which is considered the world’s recognized, quality controlled directory for international peer reviewed open access journals.

In addition, IJCAIP journal supports a by request subscriber membership list and newsletter which is received by subscribers approx. every 2 – 3 wks. and includes news, links to new research found at the IJCAIP Journal website, calls for papers and events. Subscribers who receive this information represent academics and researchers, educators and professionals, students and others across disciplines in the fields of health, education, fine arts and performance, social sciences, social services, design etc. all with particular interests in the creative arts applied in research, action and practice. Also among IJCAIP Journal subscribers are many editors and publishers representing other leading international peer reviewed journals.

IJCAIP’s New Paid Supplementary Issue Programme

IJCAIP receives many more submissions that it can practically process and publish in our peer reviewed journals or academic CAIP (Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP) text books. In response to the number of requests for publishing and the increasing demand for knowledge and information in the field, as well as to finance and sustain our ongoing journal operations, we have launched a new IJCAIP paid supplementary issue programme which will augment our regular IJCAIP journal issues beginning with the “Arts in Health Research” supplementary issue well underway and scheduled for Spring 2012.

The paid supplementary issue programme is run on a cost recovery basis and single or multiple papers can be submitted for consideration for an issue. *A fee is charged if the paper is accepted for publication. These issues are considered edited supplementary editions, however, unlike the peer reviewed issues of IJCAIP Journal, papers are selected and edited but not formally refereed or peer reviewed. The published papers do serve an important purpose for researchers and the field, however, and offer a much needed and important opportunity to communicate widely and feature new articles about topical research or stories about provocative developments in the field within a respected and highly professional context.

Upcoming supplementary issues:

IJCAIP September 2012 Supplementary Issue

Issue will include 3 – 4 new papers

Suggested Theme: Transforming Arts and Education

Due date for papers: May 1, 2012.

IJCAIP December 2012 Supplementary Issue

Issue will include 3 – 4 new papers

Suggested theme: Voice, Transforming People and Places through the Power of Story

Due date for papers: September 1, 2012

Requirements:

4,500 to 6,500 wds. (papers can be shorter)

APA format, double spaced, all authors’ names and contact info. on title page

Send paper as an attachment to CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

“supplementary edition submission” in subject line

*We would like to advise that all authors accepted for publication in the IJCAIP supplementary editions programme will be charged a publication fee (per paper published) to be paid upon acceptance. Contact the publisher at CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com for more information about the programme and fees.

Theatre Provocateur Challenges, Excites, Educates

I would like to share this Youtube video about Theatre Provocateur in London, Ontario
a theatre group with special interests in writing new plays about social issues and
mental health.

Arts in health based research brings together scientists and artists to enhance health and quality of life

Arts Based Health Research More Synergy Across Canada

Article Cheryl McLean, Publisher IJCAIP

"transformation"




Having been active in the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice (CAIP) for six years, as a publisher, educator and therapist, I'm very encouraged by all the recent news about arts based health research as, over the last two years, we have seen momentum building with a number of provocative new investigative initiatives springing up across Canada. Artists, health researchers, scholars and educators are meeting at the same conference tables to explore new and creative forms of arts based research and to meet together to discuss the work, approaches and processes sharing scientific and artistic perspectives.

I was invited to attend a workshop called "Exploring Transformative Potential of Arts based Health Research" hosted by Scientist, Katherine Boydell, ( The Hospital for Sick Children), at Hart House, University of Toronto and was pleased to note that among the participants were social scientists, scholars, nurse educators, students as well as many artists in attendance including nationally recognized dramatists, visual artists, artist researcher/poets, dancers and others lending their voices and opinions to the animated discussions at the workshop. A follow up workshop was held September 23 and 24, 2011 discussing varied issues such as ethics in arts based health research and aesthetics in approaches such as mural art.

The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP has plans to feature a supplementary issue of IJCAIP in Spring 2012 around the subject, "Arts in Health Research" and will provide an international forum for discussion around these emerging approaches to arts based health research.

These meetings and workshops taking place in Canada, attended by educators and leaders across disciplines, and the valuable knowledge and publications that will spring from them, are other encouraging indications of the international interest in the field of the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice (CAIP) and the growing need for new knowledge in arts and research. We will hope that as a result of these new initiatives, as well as through the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, successful creative arts, science and health research alliances will be forged within our country and beyond, partnerships that will help create enriching and innovative co-operative opportunities for learning and the potential to benefit individuals and communities worldwide.

Professor, Yale Reports Fostering Creativity Key to Preventing Violence

The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP recently received this letter to the editor from Bandy X Lee MD MDiv, Assistant Clinical Professor, Law and Psychiatry Division, Yale University.
We are publishing this letter today at our IJCAIP Blog, Arts Crossing Borders.

Dear Editor:

This year is worthy of a creative reflection on violence. After the toppling of the Egyptian government, there was the Arab Spring, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the 10-year mark on our approach to the War on Terror. The persistence of political violence in African countries, and the rise and fall of violence rates of our own, paralleling all too closely unemployment rates, reveal that violent acts are not an inevitable, unchangeable part of the human condition.

If we could think creatively enough in advance, that is diplomatically, politically, socially, and culturally, violence as a “solution”—no matter the source—would not be necessary. Students of human creativity do well to suspect that violent impulses are creative ones gone awry, that one would much rather create if one thought oneself capable (in my own experience, fifteen years of working with violent offenders in the criminal justice system has shown me that those who are violent would be the last to divulge that their act is one of desperation, rather than one of choice). The creative instinct in us is so fundamental, that allowing for its constructive expression would probably eliminate more problems than we could know in advance.

The science of violence studies is catching onto this. Since U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop spearheaded a movement to involve the health sector in the field, many important institutions have advocated that we approach violence as a problem in public health, namely an ecological problem that is preventable. Among these institutions were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Public Health Service and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 2002 especially, when the WHO launched its World Report on Violence and Health,[1] the investigation into violence shifted away from criminology, law, and politics, to public health, preventive medicine, and mental health. In contrast to retribution of individuals after the fact, positive reinforcement, via community programs, mentorship, parenting classes, and even improvements in prenatal care, has proven to be effective in helping populations lead more productive lives.

One can imagine what advances are still possible. Ten years after this landmark report, we are due for another renewal. Perhaps 2012 will be the year when we begin to consider creative collective action as an approach to preventing violence in more constructive ways.

When a culture as a whole encourages and allows for individuals, without exclusion, to participate in building and in creation, then much destructive energy will dissipate on its own. When art and education become the solid basis of a society, humanity and intelligence develop in its constituents, and this naturally restores them to health. Mental health professionals, with their intimate understanding of human drives and desires, can help illumine this fact.

Bandy X. Lee, MD, MDiv

Assistant Clinical Professor

Law and Psychiatry Division

Yale University

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[1] World Report on Violence and Health. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002.

These Cats Know What They Want, Dignity and a Better Life for All

"Living Signage"
C. McLean
collage from photos taken during October 15, Occupy Toronto protest

Letters to the Editor
The Londoner
Nov. 10, 2011


Protest Deserves Support
C.L. McLean, London, Ont.

Sheryl Rooth and Gord Harrison (in the last issue of The Londoner) addressed the Occupy London protest each leaning in somewhat opposing directions. Rooth refers metaphorically and with some humour to the cats being the pampered 1% while the dogs (hamsters and goldfish) do protest. Perhaps it is the protesters who are the real cats of this scenario. Having had several, I find cats typically determined, patient and dead on accurate when pursuing a goal. But unlike some cats, the cats, in our park are neither pampered, overfed nor lethargic. Listen to the arguments of the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy London “folks” and you will find participants of all ages and occupations active in the movement who are critical thinkers, well informed on the issues and willing to educate others.

Gord Harrison writes that job loss and lack of employment are just two good reasons for many to stand up and be heard. He questions the validity of what the comparatively high 9% unemployment statistic in London really means.. “does anyone know the percentage of people, young and old, who only earn enough to scrape by and are unable to save up funds for an uncertain future?” What about the other 91%?

Some of the protesters have undergraduate and graduate degrees and loans averaging upwards of 25,000 and are expected to pay back debt accumulated for their education from what they earn from marginal jobs paying minimum wage. For the young men and women and the others middle aged with families who have been quietly laid off, had pensions slashed, who find work that is often sporadic and occasional, who must work short term contracts without long term security or benefits, the Occupy London and worldwide protests are an opportunity to focus attention, once again, on the human needs within our community and around the world.

On Occupy Wall Street, lack of organizational skills and discord was suggested by Rooth as a possible criticism of the movement, however, in very short order, since September, the movement has grown to include over 900 cities worldwide. The demonstrations (on the whole) have been spirited and harmonious, democratic and uniquely leaderless. Rooth wraps up her column asserting that when it comes to advocating for change and the occupy protests, the cushiony one percentile may ask these individuals, “What’s in it for me?” Having edited two recently released books on citizen empowerment and social change, I have witnessed illustrative examples of the transformative power of participative action in international community and cultural change projects. The efforts invested by our youth and people of all ages and occupations, by labour, healthcare workers, citizen groups and others who are part of this movement represent the embodiment of hope for our city and our children’s futures. This occupation can and will make a difference. Every one of those determined individuals in Victoria Park making themselves known, gathering together to discuss and debate the reshaping of our society, hunkering down on cold nights in tents , is out there working for us, doing our job to help make our society more civil, participative, equitable and accountable. The Occupy London protesters deserve continued citizen support and respect as this movement evolves. These cats, the 99%, are making their point by way of example and they know exactly what they want. Dignity, justice and a better life for all.

Reflective Practice Gathering University of Limerick

2^nd International Reflective Practice Gathering

June 6^th-9^th, 2012

University of Limerick, Ireland

The idea of ‘Gathering’ is to bring people from diverse professional and artistic backgrounds together in community to explore and develop creative and dialogical ways of reflective conferencing across diverse disciplines and to gain insight into reflective practices. This 2^nd Gathering builds on the foundations of the 1^st Gathering in Zakynthos 2011.

Invitation is by accepted paper. As such, we invite people to submit papers around the themes of dialogue, reflective practice, narrative and performance. The papers should clearly identify the author’s key insights. Word limit 2000 words. We welcome all forms of artistic representation of reflective practice.

These papers will not actually be presented at the Gathering; rather the authors will work in small groups at the Gathering to collectively and creatively present their shared insights in dialogue with the Gathering audience.

Alongside these presentations, the Gathering will dialogue around the key themes. There will be a workshop on performance with Geert Niland, a theatre director from the Netherlands. We also welcome performances to be part of a one day rolling programme of performances open to the public directed by Dr Amanda Price. A draft programme is available www.attraversiamo.biz/events

Papers may be submitted for publication in the new online journal ‘Attraversiamo’. This journal has been established to publish in dialogue creative papers around the conference themes. The first volume is aimed to be published in January 2012 comprising papers developed from the 1^st Gathering in Zakynthos 2011. The journal will be published twice yearly. www.attraversiamo.biz.

Numbers for the Gathering is restricted for 30 people. The cost of the Gathering will be £120. This does not include meals or accommodation. Accommodation is within the University of Limerick at reasonable cost.

Application to attend with attached papers should be sent to Christopher Johns chris@attra.biz by January 6^th, 2012.

Research Explores Use of Role Play and Fabric Art with Medical Students in End of Life Care

The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP is pleased to announce new peer reviewed research has just been published in November Issue # 10.

The November issue titled "The Fabric of Understanding, Medical Education, Fabric Art and End of Life Care, features research contributed by Andre Smith from The Department of Sociology, University of Victoria and explores the experiences of first and second year medical students who participated in a learning intervention that used fabric art and role playing to foster empathy in end of life care. The intervention draws on artwork by artist Deidre Scherer who depicts dying, death and grief in her work.