Call for Chapter Proposals: The Handbook of Place-Based Pedagogies in Language and Culture Studies

Call for Chapter Proposals

The Handbook of Place-Based Pedagogies in Language and Culture Studies 

Chapter Proposals Due:  May 25, 2025

See CFP for more details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fM4H8f03hlgEZ8TGO7RHB_kiEZKh51AZDe-vSq6fvCk/edit?usp=sharing

Submission Form: https://forms.gle/cPgKmRncM8SxX7xX9  

The Handbook of Place-Based Pedagogies in Language and Culture Studies is envisioned as a scholarly volume which offers a comprehensive overview of the theories, methodologies, and applications of place-oriented frameworks in language and culture studies. It examines how educators and researchers incorporate spatial constructs, local environments, and community knowledge into pedagogical and scholarly practices across diverse disciplinary contexts. Emphasizing the significance of geographical, cultural, ethnographic, geopolitical, historical, and linguistic features of place, the handbook aims to serve as a valuable resource for those interested in incorporating spatial perspectives into the study and teaching of cultures, literatures, and languages.

Key points about this handbook:

• It presents a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives on place-based education, addressing the social, cultural, ideological, and political dimensions of physical and virtual “place” and “space.”
• It invites both conceptual and practice-oriented chapters that explore the intersection of place-based pedagogies with fields such as geography, anthropology, ethnography, literary and cultural studies, digital humanities, community and indigenous studies, applied linguistics, and first/second language acquisition.
• In addition to theoretical insights, the volume will include chapters showcasing practical implementations of place-based teaching and research across varied cultural and institutional settings, offering concrete examples of how educators and scholars apply spatial frameworks in their work.

Topics and Themes:

We particularly invite chapter proposals for the following sections of the volume:

• Spatial and geolinguistic considerations in language and culture studies
• Sociolinguistic and anthropological perspectives on place
• Pedagogies of place and literary studies
• Methodological perspectives on place-based research and teaching pedagogies
• Interdisciplinary perspectives and case studies in place-based teaching and research
• Community-based approaches to place-based language teaching
• Culturally-sustainable pedagogies and place-based teaching
• Experiential approaches to place-based language learning and teaching
• Place-based pedagogies in study abroad settings
• Task-based approaches to spatial explorations in language and culture education
• Technology-enhanced approaches to place-based learning and teaching
• Maps and place-based pedagogies
• Ethnographic approaches to the study of places and language practices
• Semiotics of place and the teaching of languages and cultures
• Critical, social-justice-oriented, and post-colonial approaches to the study of place and language use.
• Place-based pedagogies and K-12 Education
• Place-based learning and intercultural competence
• Curriculum development, materials design and place-based teaching
• Evaluative and reflective approaches to place-based teaching and learning

Contacts: 
Please contact the editors with any questions about the publication process - Lara Lomicka Anderson lomicka@mailbox.sc.edu and Liudmila Klimanova klimanova@arizona.edu