Publications

Submission requirements

It is becoming increasingly important that we as Indigenous researchers become published as well as presenting orally. We would like to encourage our Talking Circle Facilitators (TCF's or presenters) to write their papers up for the conference publication. For this to happen we need to have some guidelines to make the job of refereeing/peer review a bit easier and quicker.

As with the 4th IRF 'we would like your paper to retain its "yarning" character, but in a publishable form. Although you might need to adjust your paper to address an unknown reader, we encourage you to retain your speaking/yarning voice if such a voice is applicable to your work. Please feel free to include illustrations if you used them in your presentation'.

We would like submissions to meet the following requirements:

Length: 3000-4000 words
Font: Times New Roman - 11 point, Microsoft word
Paragraphs: Please leave a double space between paragraphs. Do not indent.
Spacing: 1.5 spacing between lines
Paper size: 135x204mm
Graphics: Go for it! Make sure these don't 'fall over' in a different program.

Background information and contact details:

This section will be removed for referees but will be used for the publication.
Author: (How you want to be named as an author)
Position: (Title, name of institution, name of School/Department/Centre)
Short biography: (No more than 100 words)
Contact Details:(Author's name for mailing, position, local address details, email address, phone number, fax number and mobile number if you have one).

Referencing: The Harvard referencing style or author-date system of referencing acknowledges the author and year of publication in the text, with full details of the work provided in the list of references at the end of the text.

NB: Most university libraries have an on-line guide to Harvard referencing style.

Citations in the text:
Within the text, document your reference by including in parentheses after the quote the name of the author who is the source of the idea followed by the year of publication and where appropriate, the page on which the reference is found.

For example:

Brady (1997, p. 414) has suggested that educators are coming to a realisation that the introduced systems of education do not allow for cultural difference.

For further information on the Harvard system refer to:
UNE-TLC, 1998, Style and study guide Harvard referencing, web address or:

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/services/library/biol1030/ref_harvard.html

Quotations: Layout according to Harvard referencing style.

Final Submission: December 13th 2004

The papers will be sent out to two referees who will read and comment on your work without knowing your identity. Your referees may also suggest stylistic and/or grammatical changes, and amendments and additions to subject matter. You will be able discuss these suggestions with the editor(s).

We would like you to submit your papers by December 13th 2004 via the postal system on disk or cd or email to:

Cheryl.Newton@newcastle.edu.au

Mail to:
Cheryl Newton
Administrative Co-ordinator
Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308

Referee procedure and dates:
Your papers will be sent out to referees by Friday 17th December 2004. Yes, we expect people to have a Christmas break and read the papers by early February. We are optimists!
Papers returned with comments: Friday 4th February, 2005
Papers returned to TCF's: Friday 18th February, 2005
Papers returned to us: Monday 7th March, 2005

Publish Conference Papers: by the end of May, 2005