Plurals. Magazine for thought versions
| Plurals. Magazine for thought versions
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| description | Science journal |
| First edition | 2001 |
| Frequency of publication | half-yearly |
| Sold edition | 300 copies |
| editor | Club plurals eV |
| Web link | plurale-online.de |
| ISSN |
1618-9205 |
| ZDB | 2077657-3 |
Plurals. Zeitschrift für Denkversionen is an interdisciplinary scientific journal that was founded in 2001 in Berlin by literary, cultural and musicologists Mirjam Goller, Brigitte Obermayr, Guido Heldt and Susanne Strätling .
The aim of the magazine, as the four founding members formulate their claim in a founding manifesto called “Lage / sucht /” , to think beyond the limits of their own academic discipline and to write: “ Plurale (tries) movement, invites you to explore the potential to use one's own discipline to upset oneself and others: The thematic focus, which changes from one issue to the next, allows questions and methods, ways of thinking and writing to be fanned out. ”You understand Plurale not as a specialist journal , but as a subject overarching scientific organ.
Since 2009 the editorial team of Plurale has been occupied by Anselmo Fox , Mirjam Goller, Guido Heldt and Jörg Silbermann. Since 2006, the editorial team has been supplemented by thematically linked guest editorships. This was done by the human geneticist Konrad Oexle for the observer 6 (2006), the Slavist Schamma Schahadat for everyday 7 (2008) , and the Slavist Thomas Skowronek for anesthesia 8 (2009).
history
Plurals. Thought Versions Magazine was founded out of an academic discomfort. As a constructive criticism of the publication practice of the scientific disciplines, which is bound to subject boundaries and research projects, Plurale is understood as a forum for dialogue , friction and debate between various scientific disciplines. The idea and appearance of plurals is postmodern in their egalitarian juxtaposition of various scientific truths . The name is derived from the Latin pluralis (standing in the plural).
In 2002 Susanne Strätling left the editorial team, in 2006 Brigitte Obermayr. Since 2004 the Slavic scholar and historian Jörg Silbermann has been co-editor, since 2008 the artist Anselmo Fox, who has been advising the magazine for a long time.
organization
The magazine is financially supported and promoted by the Plurale eV association of the same name , whose full-time task is to publish the magazine. The place of publication is Berlin , the editorial address is the Humboldt University of Berlin .
The magazine plurals on the one hand by a theme-specific sponsorship funds, on the other hand by the membership fees of the members of plurals E.V . and through the income generated by selling the magazine (€ 15.00 for a magazine, € 10.00 reduced price, € 12.00 subscription ). For “topic-specific sponsoring”, a company is sought that is thematically linked to the subject of the issue. The sponsor is represented in the magazine with an article or an interview and named on the homepage.
distribution
Plurale appears in an edition of 300 booklets of 350 pages each, which are sold to bookshops, libraries and private customers in German-speaking countries. The audience consists mainly of academically and philosophically interested readers who would like to see a question discussed by different disciplines.
Manifestation
The magazine appears in a not exactly regular rhythm of nine to twelve months in a 300 to 350-page booklet in DIN A5 format. Each issue has a different topic and collects voices from different scientific disciplines in the Notations section . So far, booklets have been published on the subject of “surfaces” 0 (2001), “falling” 1 (2002), “nature” 2 (2002), “böse” 3 (2003), “tools” 4 (2005), “profit” 5 ( 2006), "Observer" 6 (2007), "Everyday Life" 7 (2008), "Anaesthetization" 8 (2010), "Assault" 9 (2013).
Plurale is divided into the rubrics editorial (exposé on the respective topic), notations (article part), transpositions (translation of a philosophical or cultural-scientific text that has not yet been available in German), authorial (information on the respective authors of the issue), auspices (exposé on the subject of the following issue). In transpositions, translations from Italian (“evil”), Polish (“everyday life”), Russian (“surfaces”, “falling”, “tools”, “profit”, “observer”) and Hungarian (“nature”) have appeared so far .
Plural art
Since 2002, Plurale has repeatedly offered cover pictures that were specially designed by artists for this magazine. For “nature” this was the painter Tom Leonhardt, for “bad” the photographer and installation artist Harald F. Müller, for “tools” the painter Irene Suhr, for “everyday life” the sculptor and installation artist Anselmo Fox.
Plurale understands art as a version of thought that can not only be discussed and shown, but speaks for itself.
literature
- Adamowsky, Natascha / Embacher, Serge: Aesthetics and Communication , issue 120, spring 2003
- Schahadat, Schamma: The deep one wiped , Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 3, 2002, p. 14
- Heilwagen, Oliver: Wildes Thinking , Der Tagesspiegel, June 13, 2003
Web links
- http://www.plurale-zeitschriftfuerdenkversionen.de
- http://h-net.org - Humanities and Social Sciences Online from March 17, 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.anselmofox.eu
- ↑ http://www.haraldfmueller.de
- ↑ http://www.irene-suhr.de
