Palaver Mission Statement
Traditional sources offer many definitions for the word palaver. These show a turbulent history in the word’s vernacular—from tribal “palaver huts” where Portuguese traders negotiated with African tribesmen in a dialogue between native and invader, to the colloquial hijack: a “fuss or commotion”—palaver comes to us with some proverbial baggage.
Palaver is UNCW’s new interdisciplinary journal of student research housed in the Graduate Liberal Studies department. At Palaver, we challenge and embrace the vintage definition of “an often prolonged parley usually between persons of different levels of culture and sophistication.” A palaver then encourages a dialogue of multiple perspectives. We showcase the distinct intellectual pursuits of students while merging those diverse academic endeavors into a forum that will give rise to a new dialogue born out of those individual parts.
The student writing in Palaver defies the confines of a single discipline. Contributors explore the multiple influences that their subjects necessitate. Within the multitude of university departments, work is being created that values the nonrestrictive and looks beyond the paradigms of the discipline to converge versatility, skill, and ingenuity in the service of its subject. Palaver is a venue for this innovative work, promoting the visionary talents of students across an array of interests. We encourage palaver within your work.
Spring 2013 Creative/Multimedia Submission Guidelines
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Submit to PalaverPalaver is extremely interested in exploring interdisciplinarity in not only in content, but also in form. This is why we accept creative pieces, multimedia submissions, and multimedia-text hybrids. All creative/multimedia submissions should be accompanied by an interpretive essay that reveals the interdiscplinary nature influencing your creative work. This essay will be published with your creative/multimedia piece, should we accept it. Please submit your essay as a seperate document from your creative/multimedia piece.
Please do not include any identifying information on your uploaded submission or essay. Only fill out identifying information on the form provided by Submittable. If you should have any questions regarding the multimedia submissions process, please e-mail submissions@palaverjournal.com.
Spring 2013 Written Academic Submission Guidelines
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Submit to PalaverPalaver does not accept previously published work, be it print or online.
Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. If the work is accepted elsewhere, please notify us immediately to withdraw your submission to Palaver.
No multiple submissions. Notification time from submission date will to be within 12 weeks. Please wait until you have heard back from the first submission before submitting a second time.
Written creative works are not excluded. However, we ask that creative pieces be accompanied by an interpretive essay that reveals the interdisciplinary nature influencing your creative work. Please see our seperate "Spring 2013 Creative/Multimedia Submission Guidelines" for more information regarding those submissions.Palaver is extremely interested in exploring interdisciplinarity not only in content, but also in form. This is why we accept multimedia submissions and multimedia-text hybrids. See our "Spring 2013 Creative/Multimedia Submission Guidelines" category to submit yours.
Written academic submissions should be typed, double-spaced, follow MLA guidelines if appropriate for your submission, and the file name should only include the title of your submission. No self-identifying information should be present in the body of your work, due to our blind review process.
Publications questions can be addressed to submissions@palaverjournal.com.