Critical Special Issue: Myanmar – Ecology, History, Culture, and Politics


Call For Submissions

One of our current projects is a critical special issue on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) involving the curation of written and audiovisual works from the people of Myanmar.  In collaboration with Parami University, this ongoing project is in its early stages of development as we close out 2024.

In this critical special issue, we intend to explore the ecology, culture, history, and politics of Myanmar for the purpose of contextualization of the critical special issue within the place of Myanmar, taking an “expanded time horizons” systems wisdom approach to this research.

We are seeking fiction, nonfiction, photography, visual art, documentary film, fiction film, animation, recorded work (audio only), and expansive creative works implementing multiple media types.

We are accepting submissions from people around the globe, as long as the work has some connection to (and focuses upon) Myanmar and the topic areas listed above.  We are hoping to curate a variety of pieces from creators within and outside Myanmar’s borders, so as to foster the internal and external perspectives necessary for reciprocal reasoning.

We want to get a sense of place from inside and outside Myanmar’s borders.


Submission Period
October 17, 2024 - June 30, 2025

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The Upper New, Inc.
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