Colleagues, With all due apologies for cross-posting: Call for Papers: Special Issue of CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East “Orchestrating Hip-hop Culture Online: within and Beyond the Middle East” Guest Editor: Anders Ackfeldt Submission deadline: 31 May 2013 Vol. 7, Iss. 2 (autumn 2013) Aim Hip-hop culture, which started in New York more than thirty years ago, has become a matter of global concern. The growth of the Internet has facilitated its spread across the globe from the US to Tokyo, and from Johannesburg to Nuuk. This special issue of CyberOrient seeks critical examinations of the impact, functions and dynamics of Middle Eastern and/or Islamic themed hip-hop in cyberspace, within and beyond the Middle East. Submissions regarding visual aspects are welcomed – examples include breakdance, album cover art and graffiti. Papers dealing with the junction of geopolitics and Middle Eastern/Islamic themed hip-hop culture are also encouraged. About CyberOrient CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. Submissions are welcome from scholars in any discipline. Submission Articles should be submitted directly to Anders Ackfeldt (anders.ackfeldt@cme.lu.se) and Vit Sisler (vit.sisler@ff.cuni.cz ). Submissions should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words long and follow the AAA Style Guide (http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm). The special issue will be published online with free access in autumn 2013. Full CfP www.cyberorient.net/dwn/1003/7921_CyberOrient_CFP_2013_2.pdf Best, Vit -- Vit Sisler, Ph.D. Charles University in Prague Faculty of Arts & Philosophy Institute of Information Science and Librarianship New Media Studies http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/