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SBLR 2012 : edited collection on Spatial behavior and linguistic representation | |||||||||||||||
Link: http://www.wayfinding.uni-bremen.de/workshop/collection.html | |||||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||||
Dear colleagues,
we are delighted to invite your submission to an edited collection on "Spatial behavior and linguistic representation". The book is designed to be published by Oxford University Press as part of the successful series "Explorations in Language and Space" (series editor: Emile van der Zee), see http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/series/ExplorationsinLanguageandSpace/?view=usa Its aim is to provide a representative collection of recent progress in understanding, analyzing, and modelling spatial behavior and associated language, with a specific emphasis on interrelationships between, and combinations of, interdisciplinary approaches and methods (see more detailed description below). *** Editors *** Thora Tenbrink, University of Bremen, Germany (tenbrink@uni-bremen.de) Jan Wiener, Bournemouth University, UK (jwiener@bournemouth.ac.uk) Christophe Claramunt, Naval Academy Research Institute, France (christophe.claramunt@ecole-navale.fr) *** Description *** Research in the areas of spatial cognition and geographic information science has undergone a rapid development within the past decades, as reflected by steadily growing numbers of researchers addressing spatial topics, national as well as transregional conferences and meetings, and major research projects spanning a wide variety of related issues, transcending disciplinary boundaries. Recent developments have now highlighted a widespread substantial interest in establishing a reliable basis for combining insights and representation models from various sources. In particular, the existing manifold approaches to interpreting spatial representations in language deserve to be systematically combined with behavioral navigation data, associated cognitive processes and strategies, and formal representation systems capturing cognitively relevant categories and features of space. Substantial steps towards this goal have been gained at the recent collaborative interdisciplinary specialized workshop located at the HWK Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies in Delmenhorst (Germany), http://www.wayfinding.uni-bremen.de/workshop/ . Based on the invitation of renowned experts in the various related fields, this workshop triggered energetic discussion and a broad variety of inspirations for future research desiderata. The aim of this book is to capture this spirit and enhance progress in this direction. We invite submissions of papers (ranging between 5.000 and 12.000 words) to this collection which should either - contribute centrally to any of the following 3 specific research areas while elaborating findings in relation to the other two, - or else deal directly with combinations of these: I. Spatial behavior and cognitive strategies II. Language as a representation of spatial thought III. Representation and modelling frameworks *** Timeline *** Please send your intention to submit to Thora Tenbrink (tenbrink@uni-bremen.de) at your earliest convenience, with title and allocation to one or more of the three topic areas (and, if possible, the estimated length of your paper). As soon as we have a substantial basis, we will send a book proposal to the OUP series editor, which will speed up the publication process. September 30, 2010 Deadline for full paper submissions December 31, 2010 Notification of authors February 15, 2011 Revised versions due April 2011 Final decisions and submission to the series editor for Oxford University Press (the complete book will be reviewed externally) later in 2011 Decision by Oxford University Press So a probable publication date will be 2012. Check out the book website at http://www.wayfinding.uni-bremen.de/workshop/collection.html for updated information. There's also a link there about formatting guidelines. It is not required to conform to all standards in your initial submission, but this might help avoid reformatting problems later on. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Thora Tenbrink Jan Wiener Christophe Claramunt |
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