Category: Research & Scholarship

ASWM’s mission focuses on research, scholarship and teaching in Women and Mythology. These posts highlight some of our activities and members.

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Cultural Appropriation and Respectful Research

Cultural Appropriation and Respectful Research

The issue of cultural appropriation is important to all of us as researchers, subjects, and scholars exploring just about any topic.  Here are some articles related to appropriate and inappropriate approaches to cross-cultural research.

Max Dashu’s excellent article Respect and Responsibility concerns the appropriation of Native American cultures in the work of Lynn Andrews and other non-Native authors.  Though the article first appeared in 1994, the information is still relevant today.

The issues of naming and claiming traditional titles is described in the blogKathang Pinay 2, a forum for understanding Philippine Babaylan cultural concerns.

And, here is a recent article about an archaeological project in Australia where researchers worked with rather than in spite of native elders: Rock Art finds

 

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Re-framing Rejections

Re-framing Rejections  by Denise St. Arnault, Ph.D. 2010.  All rights reserved.

We all feel like rejection letters are, well, rejection.  However, there is a huge opportunity in a rejection letter if we can “get over ourselves” and really “hear” what the reviewers are saying.  Sometimes, they are commenting on the quality of our thinking, but usually, they are commenting about the quality of our argument, or how the argument fits into the field, or how important things are missing from the argument.

However, when we add the stuff that was missing, or position the argument differently, it can change the focus, making the article better for a different journal.  Usually, when we change the paper, it makes it a lot better, and it also helps us really figure out what we mean and where we belong.

Here are an example:  My dissertation was qualitative and quantitative.  My first effort felt really good to me, but it was rejected because they said it was as if there were two articles in one…good feedback!  So I broke it into two, and submitted a reworked qualitative paper.  A different journal rejected that one because I didn’t argue for how this data contributed to the field.  When I answered that question, I discovered it belonged in a  different journal.  After that re-write, it was accepted “as is!”

My final thought is, I always shoot for the top tier journals, and because of that, I get lots of rejections.  However, what I also get is top tier reviews!!  How cool is that?!  Then, if I re-write, and find a slightly lower tier, I get in right away…an interesting trick.

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Crafting a Book Proposal

By Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D.  2011.  All rights reserved.

Most publishers today require you to send them a proposal, as well as sample chapters or (in certain cases, notably fiction) the full manuscript, before they will consider a book for publication. Doing the book proposal professionally and comprehensively will increase the likelihood of your book’s receiving a positive response. This short article will guide you through the major parts of a book proposal, which are the overview, market analysis, chapter-by-chapter outline, and bio/timeline. (The order of the last three may vary, but the overview naturally always comes first.) The proposal is virtually always accompanied by approximately three sample chapters; in the case of creative writing, publishers expect to see the entire novel or book of poetry. (Note: many poetry publishers do not expect a proposal, but almost all nonfiction and fiction publishers do.)

The elements of every successful proposal are the Overview, Market Analysis, Chapter-by-Chapter Outline, Timeline/Bio, and Sample Chapters.

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Bibliographies

ASWM Bibliography View a list content available on this website in posts tagged "bibliographies". General Bibliography "This bibliography lists general texts on goddess religion as well as theoretical works that have established and expanded the field of Goddess Studies.  In addition, important works focused on specific figures or cultures are noted.  For primary sources and …

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