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  • Cfp: Labor’s Environments and Environments of Labor: A Special Issue of Mundos do Trabalho

    2023-10-20

    We invite submissions to a special issue of the journal Mundos do Trabalho, titled “Labor’s Environments and Environments of Labor.” Seeking connections, overlaps, and synergies between labor history and environmental history, the issue should simultaneously open new ground at these sub-field intersections and showcase the diversity and achievements of environmental history to an audience primarily of labor historians. A series of debates on labor and environmental history’s reverberations gained momentum about twenty years ago with the work of Steve Marquardt, Myrna Santiago, and others. We hope to build on the dialogue that has unfolded since.

     

    Articles might pursue themes such as labor and the body; gender, sexuality, and landscape; (dis)ability and work environments; public health in the workplace; extractivism and working conditions; nature and forced labor; water and labor; workers in landscapes of industrialization and deindustrialization; commodity frontiers; and much more. We seek contributions from scholars around the world, with a particular preference for those working in and on the Global South. We hope that a broad and diverse group of scholars will submit articles about a rich range of environments and social constructions that engage with the full extent of human labor. We propose no restrictions regarding geography or periodization; on the contrary, we hope to assemble a portfolio with great temporal and geographic reach.

     

    An open-access journal, Mundos do Trabalho is a cooperative project between Brazil’s National Labor History Association, the Worlds of Labor Working Group of the National History Association, and the Federal University of Santa Catarina. The journal enjoys the highest ranking (A1) in History in Brazil’s Qualis/CAPES system and publishes articles in Portuguese, Spanish, and English written by historians from around the world.

     

    The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2024.

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  • Call for papers - Dossier Afro-Americas: race, work and rights - Revista Mundos do Trabalho, v. 16 (2024)

    2023-09-29

    In addition to articles (in Portuguese, Spanish or English) in a continuous flow, reviews and interviews, Mundos do Trabalho has an open call for articles for the thematic dossier indicated below.

    Description

    The construction of the idea of race and anti-black racism across the American continent have been investigated in works that analyze slavery, freedom, racialization processes, political mobilization and struggles for rights. Although there is growing interest in these areas of research, there is still ample room to expand and deepen our understanding of these complex issues. In partnership with the Worlds of Work WG, the Afro-Americas WG invites papers for publication in the Afro-Americas Dossier: race, work and rights. We welcome articles that address the intertwining of race, racism and labor relations in slavery and freedom in the Americas.

     

    Topics of interest

    We encourage the submission of articles that address a variety of topics related to this theme, including, but not limited to:

    - Racialization and slavery: how the construction of the idea of race influenced the institution of slavery in the Americas and how racial categories were used to justify exploitation.

    - Struggles for freedom and rights: the historical African-American struggles for freedom and recognition of rights, highlighting the challenges faced and the strategies adopted.

    - Racism and labor relations in the post-emancipation period: how racism persisted in labor relations after the abolition of slavery, impacting access to employment, social mobility and economic opportunities.

    - Political mobilization and activism: the role of African-American organizations and associations and their political struggles throughout history, including activism for civil and economic rights.

    - Black intellectuality: the intellectual, cultural and academic contributions of African-American and racialized communities, highlighting intellectual movements and their influence on society.

     

    Proponents

    Iacy Maia Mata (UFBA)

    Ynaê Lopes dos Santos (UFF)

    Waldomiro Lourenço da Silva Júnior (UFSC)

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