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Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science

Migrations contemporaines dans la perspective du coefficient humaniste. Pensée de Florian Znaniecki dans la science d’aujourd’hui

Gegenwärtige Migrationen in der Perspektive des humanistischen Faktors. Der Gedanke von Florian Znaniecki in der heutigen Wissenschaft

Współczesne migracje w perspektywie współczynnika humanistycznego. Myśl Floriana Znanieckiego w dzisiejszej nauce

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Published on Friday, April 29, 2016

Summary

The Florian Znaniecki Scientific Foundation founded in 1989 plans to publish a volume, as part of the Sociological Monographs series, with a working title “Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science”. Therefore, we would like to invite you to send us the original, previously unpublished, English-language works devoted to the application of Florian Znaniecki’s thought in contemporary migration research.

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The Florian Znaniecki Scientific Foundation founded in 1989 plans to publish a volume, as part of the Sociological Monographs series, with a working title “Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science”. Therefore, we would like to invite you to send us the original, previously unpublished, English-language works devoted to the application of Florian Znaniecki’s thought in contemporary migration research.

We are particularly interested in these three subject areas:

1) Migration research and Florian Znaniecki in national sociologies. Papers devoted to the presence of F. Znaniecki’s thought in migration research in Poland and particular countries.

  • Reception of F. Znaniecki’s thought in migration research in a given country.
  • Influence of F. Znaniecki on the development of migration theory and dissemination of biographical perspective in migration research (personal documents method – journals, memoirs, private letters, correspondence, photographs etc., and phenomenon of competitions for migrants’ journals).

2) Presentation of contemporary migration-related research projects, in which the theories, terms and methods proposed by F. Znaniecki were applied.

  • Adaptation of terms used in the works of F. Znaniecki:
    • humanistic coefficient (research results observed through the humanistic sociology perspective, sense and meanings assigned to the experience of migration by research participants),
    • different ways of defining migration situation,
    • relevance of the assimilation scheme presented in The Polish Peasant in Europe and America,
    • valuation of space by migrants and their ecological standing,
    • city as perceived by migrants,
    • social roles of migrants,
    • relations between migrants and a migrant community in the receiving country and relations between migrants and a social environment in the country of origin.
  • Examples of further work on issues studied by F. Znaniecki.
  • Use of personal documents method.

3) Analyses, discussions and interpretations of selected questions discussed in works of F. Znaniecki – presented in the context of migration research issues.

  • Reflections on contemporary migrations, methodological premises for future research.
  • Application possibilities of F. Znaniecki’s works in contemporary migration research.

The presented list of subjects is not exhaustive and can be extended by further examples and suggestions of F. Znaniecki’s idea’s application.

Publication of the book is planned to take place by the end of 2016. The book will be published in both paper and electronic form and will be available on-line.

Editors

The volume’s academic editors are: Jacek Kubera, PhD (Zygmunt Wojciechowski Institute for Western Affairs) and Łukasz Skoczylas, PhD (Institute of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).

Submission guidelines

Application procedure requires:

1) Sending a text’s title and an English-language abstract (up to 300 words):

30.06.2016.

2) Sending a text written in English (from 0.5 to 1.0 of a publisher`s sheet): 30.09.2016.

Formal text-related requirements:

1) Text written in English and covering from 0.5 to 1.0 of a publisher`s sheet.

2) Times New Roman font, 12, 1.5 line spacing.

3) Oxford references, e.g. (Znaniecki 1931: 38).

4) Bibliography as follows:

  1. Surname Name. Year of Publication. Title. Place: Publishing house.
  2. Surname Name. Year of Publication. Chapter’s title. in: Surname Name. Book’s title. Place: Publishing house.
  3. Surname Name. Year of Publication. Article’s title. Scientific journal’s title. Journal’s number.
  4. Surname Name. Year of Publication. Text’s title. Web page name. Web page address [access date].

Conditions to be met to ensure publication of a text

1) sending a text complying with formal requirements.

2) obtaining a positive peer review; organization of the review process constitutes the Foundation’s responsibility.

3) transferring copyright to the Foundation, in writing.

4) expressing a written consent for publication of a text on-line.

5) obtaining a positive review from the volume’s academic editors.

Contact

  • Jacek Kubera, PhD: kubera@iz.poznan.pl
  • Łukasz Skoczylas, PhD: luke@amu.edu.pl

FUNDACJA NAUKOWA IM. FLORIANA ZNANIECKIEGO
ul. Szamarzewskiego 89 c
60-568 Poznań
website: http://fundacjaznanieckiego.amu.edu.pl/
e-mail: fz@amu.edu.pl


Date(s)

  • Thursday, June 30, 2016
  • Friday, September 30, 2016

Keywords

  • migrations, Znaniecki, pays d'origine, pays d'accueil, communauté

Contact(s)

  • Jacek Kubera
    courriel : kubera [at] iz [dot] poznan [dot] pl
  • Łukasz Skoczylas
    courriel : luke [at] amu [dot] edu [dot] pl

Information source

  • Fundacja Naukowa im. Floriana Znanieckiego
    courriel : fz [at] amu [dot] edu [dot] pl

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CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

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« Contemporary migrations in the humanistic coefficient perspective. Florian Znaniecki’s thought in today’s science », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, April 29, 2016, https://calenda.org/365059

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