[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Announcing the Electronic Journal of >Australian and New Zealand History. > > > >HTTP://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history > > >New communication technologies are greatly influencing modes of knowing >and patterns of communication in the humanities. They are generating new >questions and problems. > >The Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History is a new >forum for historians of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand who are using >new technologies in research and teaching. It aims to encourage >exploration and debate on how interactive multi-media might be used to >represent the past in all its richness and complexity. > >Historiography is clearly evolving through the interplay of technology and >established scholarly practice. But how? And by what criteria do we assess >the worth of scholarship in the new media? EJANZH exploits the >possibilities of new communication technologies to adress these and >related questions. > >However, the journal does so in ways that complement the activities of >established paper-based historical journals. > >EJANZH will consider for publication conventional research and review >articles on all aspects of Australian and Aotearoan New Zealand history. >The editors are especially keen receive submissions that for reasons of >length or style cannot be accommodated by print journals. > >The economics of print journals are now such that few editors of print >journals can afford to devote space to comment or criticism on work >published in earlier issues. EJANZH will publish work in progress papers >where authors are keen to gain peer criticism in a relatively short >time-frame. > > >EJANZH commissions concise, informative and critical reviews of new books >in the fields of Australian and Aotearoan New Zealand history. The editors >believe the scholarly monograph will continue to be the favoured medium >for the dessemination of historical research. > >Conscious of the economic difficulties facing local scholarly publishers, >the editors aim to bring new titles to a wider international audience. >Besides being published on EJANZH's server, our book reviews are >distributed to over 17,000 subscribers of H-Review, the book review >project of H-Net, the On-Line Network for the Humanities. > >EJANZH publishes scholarly monographs and editions of historical documents >which, for economic reasons, have failed to interest commercial >publishers. > >However, EJANZH's principal interest is history in interactive >multi-media. As multi-media becomes more commonly used in history teaching >at secondary school and undergraduate levels, there will be a commensurate >need for debate and critical assessment of the quality of multi-media >teaching and learning resources. EJANZH publishes critical appraisals of >interactive multi-media in history and cognate disciplines. It directly >links readers to work reviewed when the latter can be accessed by the >World- Wide-Web or other communications software. > >EJANZH provides space on its server for history in multi-media where >developers do not have access to platforms capable of giving fast >simultaneous access to multiple users. > >for further information, contact >Paul Turnbull, James Cook University >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Centre for Resource Management/ Department of Resource Management Lincoln University Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377 Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841 ************************************
