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AREA Chicago #3 Seeking Submissions on Local Solidarity Work

Share Stories of past and future solidarity efforts based in Chicago
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AREA Chicago Art/Education/Activism
Call for Submissions March 2006
Issue#3 Theme: Solidarities
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Solidarity: A condition or practice of unity based on common goals, interests, and sympathies among a group's members. Also see: interdependent, in common, solid, whole, attachment, bond, camaraderie, communion, community, congruity, connection,consistency, consonance, construction, continuity, correspondence, fellowship, group spirit, inseparableness, integrity, rationality, relations, shared sense, union...

[[Submissions]]
Our next issue will be entitled "Solidarities." This issue is an effort to find commonality among Chicago activists, educators, and artists by sharing stories from our work and our histories. The issue will focus on the ethics and politics of collaborations, coalitions, alliances and unities.

We hope to investigate the meanings, possibilities, and challenges for 'Solidarities' in our shared context of Chicago. While documenting current practices of solidarity in our city, we aspire to archive powerful examples of solidarity work from Chicago's past. We are looking for little known histories of local struggles for cross cultural and all-city and trans-local collaboration. Also, we want to highlight stories of Chicago-based support for international movements and uprisings.
Get in touch with your stories*, reflections, projects and ideas!

*"Solidarity Stories" will be a section of the publication that features 500-1000 word personal narratives about acts/experiences of solidarity in Chicago.

[Some ideas/questions include]

Why is local networking useful? What do inter-city neighborhood alliances look like?

What are your creative proposals for connecting Chicago's disconnected communities? How are community connections impacted by geography, instruments of social control, the media, the Internet, etc.?

What historical practices inform our solidarity?

What issues/forces determine our current alliances that we don't talk about?
What are criteria for participating in one another's struggles? What is it about one
another's practice that alienates us? How can we keep building across divisions of race, class, gender, ethnicity, neighborhood, culture, style, speech, music, and identity?

How do we practice and politicize our interconnectedness? What does it mean to struggle 'on behalf' of others? How are/aren't resources being shared? Who governs these resources?

What is the emotional content of solidarity? How does it feel to be connected?

What does "community" mean and how does the term's ambiguity shape our organizing initiatives?

What does it look like when solidarity goes bad or when alliances fail?

[Non-Theme Submissions]
As usual, we will be accepting submissions for the OUR AREA section which deals with local activities and history that is not related to the theme of the issue, but which is generally relevant to the project. Past OUR AREA submissions have been: memorials to fallen Chicago artist/educator/activists, local street art archives from your photo box, critical curriculum proposals, calls for participation in upcoming participatory events, and reflections on projects.

[Who should contribute? What should it look like?]
If you live in Chicago or know the context well, and feel you have a relevant story to share then you should consider submitting. If you meet that criteria, we hope you'll write about a local place, group or person(s) that you either build with or can research.

As far as format, it can be very playful or experimental as long as it’s accessible and applicable to Chicago activists, educators, and artists. * It can be an interview, article, reflective narrative, group interview/dialogue, illustration, photo series, timeline, map, bibliography, or glossary. Other formats will also be considered.

*This will be determined by the Editors in conversation with the Advisory group and Publisher.

[Timeline]
:Proposals Due 6-1-06 (Please Send Them Sooner if possible – space is limited. Please include a short description of the text/project, along with a list of keywords, questions, interview subjects, resources or any relevant information you can provide)
(Dates are Subject to Change – Contributors will be notified)
:First Drafts Due 6-30-06 (An expanded proposal with list of possible images and approximate final word count)
:Final Work Due 7-30-06 (Including Images)
:Issue Release 10-1-05

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