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SPACE AND PLACE

Editorial

By Biannca Challans In Space and Place

EDITORIAL: Locating the self

In taking up and exploring the themes of space and place, we inevitably also placed queer time at the centre…

Articles

August 19, 2019 in Space and Place

Locus

Locus is a physical, ritual mark-making experience that is both methodical and delicate.

August 14, 2019 in Space and Place

Encountering, Positioning and Orientating my Queer “Self”

Dylan Rowen explores how we are map-makers of ourselves, how we are cartographers of a fleshy reality.

August 14, 2019 in Space and Place

A Pesky Case of Grief

Hey Miss, I’m having a pesky case of grief again, can I lie down for 5 to 20 hours until I don’t feel so awful again? Cheers.

August 14, 2019 in Space and Place

East Terrace/Payneham Road

The two poems explore the significance the intangible, and how it can hold memories, people, and a particular time.

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Call for submissions

Writing from Below is now accepting papers for an open-themed issue, volume three, number two. We welcome papers and creative works that engage with Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies from across all disciplines, and from academics at all stages of their careers.

The deadline for submissions is now closed. Issue 6.1 (2020) will have a call for submissions announced soon.

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