[Reader-list] Inviting Contributions to our Anniversary Issue (Experiencing Terror / Terror as Experience) + A Questionnaire

[Pratilipi]

Hi,

Pratilipi (http://www.pratilipi.in) is a bilingual (Hindi/English),
bimonthly, mostly Indian, online magazine of literature and cultural
discourse, also available in print. We have published five issues so far and
the full list of contributors (thus far) can be viewed here:
http://pratilipi.in/full-list-of-contributors/

Our next issue (Feb 2009) will be our first anniversary issue. The lead
theme for this issue is "Experiencing Terror" / "Terror as Experience". The
immediate context is obvious but we intend to explore the theme beyond the
immediate.

It's a well-known fact that terror, as a human (and non-human) experience
has many origins, many contexts and many ways of being, though, somehow,
it's fast becoming a fixed, limited signifier devoid of its plurality. We
intend to focus primarily on the experience(s) and not on the discourse(s)
of/on/about terror and hopefully on texts where experience becomes
discourse.

TWe are inviting writing/art on/about all forms of terror – from the daily,
somewhat 'personal' terror of a teacher/father/boss/local goons/institutions
to the experience of a kind of 'collective' terror at certain points in
history. The contribution can be in any media, in any form
(fiction/non-fiction/poetry/writing about a book/film/painting/performance,
audio, video).

We are also attaching a questionnaire on the theme. We request all the
contributors to respond to the questionnaire. The responses will become a
feature.

The issue will come out in February 2009.

Warm regards,
Editors


*Pratilipi Questionnaire: Terror as an Experience*

Anniversary Issue, February 2009



Last Date for Sending Responses: January 31, 2009

* Q1. Have you ever felt 'terrorized' by something? Have you ever
told/described it to someone? Has it found an expression in your work?*



*Q2. At a psychological / aesthetic / philosophical level, can terror be
'represented' in art? Would you like to name certain works (art/writing) in
which it has been done effectively?*



*Q3. Which would you consider to be the most terrorizing moment / event /
ideology you have known?*



*Q4. How do you respond to the rhetoric of terror(ism) in mainstream media
and politics? *



*Q5. Have the terrorist activities  around made you feel insecure?*






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