[Air-L] Call for Submissions: 20th Anniversary Issue of The Journal of Community Informatics

[Colin Rhinesmith]

Dear colleagues,

Please see the following call for short papers, and other types of creative submissions, in celebration of the Journal’s 20th anniversary.

Call for Submissions: 20th Anniversary Issue of The Journal of Community Informatics

Community informatics (CI) is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to support community-defined development goals. It is a multidisciplinary field that includes researchers and practitioners from information studies, social work, rural sociology, public policy, urban planning, among other areas. Similar to social informatics, CI considers organizational use of ICTs across digital and physical spaces. However, CI is more concerned with how communities develop the social and technical capacities needed to promote ICT access, adoption, and use. CI projects are as diverse globally as they are locally. A common theme connecting them is community participation in ICTs to promote social action and social change.˟

On October 1, 2004, the first issue of The Journal of Community Informatics was published. It has since remained a free and open access, double-blind peer review journal featuring academic research and practitioner contributions at the intersection of CI research, practice, and policy. A wide range of submissions have been welcome, including research articles, notes from the field, points of view, reports, case studies, and more. As a way to celebrate the past 20 years of the journal, and to open up new avenues for participation, we invite original submissions in these traditional formats, as well as new formats including artistic works such as poetry, audio/video recordings, and visual artwork.

Information for Contributors

We are interested in short paper submissions of 1,500-2,000 words that reflect on any of the topics listed below. 

• The past, present, and future of community informatics
• Reflections from journal article authors about the impact of their contributions
• Personal/professional reflections on CI as a field of research and practice
• Critical reflections on and interrogations of the need for community informatics
• The role of JoCI and other open access publications in the scholarly communication ecosystem

Contributors should include a 200-300 word abstract that describes their submission. The papers will be non-peer reviewed and will be included as “Points of View” submissions (see Editorial Guidelines). Additional author guidelines can be found here: https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/about/submissions#authorGuidelines 

Important Dates

 - Submissions due: 1 May 2024
 - Publication issue: 1 October 2024

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˟ Rhinesmith, C. (2019). Community informatics. In G. Ritzer (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Colin Rhinesmith, Ph.D. (he/him)
Founder and Director, Digital Equity Research Center
Metropolitan New York Library Council
https://dercenter.org <https://dercenter.org/> 

Research Fellow
Quello Center for Media and Information Policy
Michigan State University

Adjunct Lecturer
School of Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign