The typical (but not rigid) structure for each issue includes three or four sections:

• Utopia Matters – consisting of a testimony by, or an interview with, a distinguished scholar in the field of Utopian Studies.
• Articles – some issues may be thematic.
• Varia – articles on various topics, in case the issue is thematic.
• More Food for Thought – a space for the publication of new utopias (max. 15.000 words).



There is a standing call for contributions to the journal for sections 3 and 4. Contributions are to be sent both to utopia@letras.up.pt and to vieira.mfatima@gmail.com. Thematic issues will always be announced.

Series 2, No. 3 of Spaces of Utopia is now being prepared by editor Teresa Botelho. Please see the call for papers below. All articles submitted must conform to the guidelines for authors, also below.

Spaces of Utopia series 2 no.3, 2014

Call for papers

Utopia, the Human and the Technological Singularity



The Technological Singularity, defined by Vernor Vinge as an inevitable, if unpredictable Event that will herald trans-human and post-human futures, has been constructed either as a techno-utopia, that will liberate humans from the constraints of their embodied limitations through transcendent technological progress or as a dreaded dystopia that will further diminish human autonomy and agency.

The 2014 issue of Spaces of Utopia invites a reflection on the realities and projections of the interface between human and machine that, according to Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. “constitute the quintessential myth of contemporary technoculture.”

Papers exploring the following key themes are particularly welcome:

. Bodies, enhancement and utopias of health and well-being
. Science fiction and visions of the trans- and post-human
. Utopias of the natural, dystopias of the artificial
. Cyberculture and utopias/ dystopias of disembodiment
. Cyber politics, democracy and public ethics
. Spirituality and techno-culture
. The singularity imagined in literature and visual culture



The original contributions (5000 to 6000 words) to be submitted to the Editorial Board of the journal for double peer-reviewing should be sent to the following addresses, no later than November 15th, 2014.

Tbotelho@mail.telepac.pt
utopia@letras.up.pt

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS



When sending us your essay, please make sure that you follow these guidelines:

General Guidelines

• All essays should be typed in Times New Roman 12, double-spaced, with no more than 28 lines per page (ca. 1800 spaces). Pages should be numbered and the title typed in bold, Times New Roman 14.
• Essays must not exceed 20 pages (including notes and list of works cited).
• They should be sent in their definite version via e-mail or floppy disk (with information on the software used, as well as a print copy of the essay).
• All the published works are the authors’ responsibility.

Titles

• Italics should be used for titles of works published independently (such as books and plays). Quotation marks should be used for titles of works published within larger works (e.g. articles, essays, reviews or titles of poems).

Notes

• All notes should be endnotes. They should be typed in Times New Roman 10, and should be numbered consecutively, starting from 1.
• For note numbers use “superscript”, after the punctuation mark (except for dashes).

Epigraphs

• Epigraphs should be typed in italics, in Times New Roman 10. The name of the author must be given (the title of the work is optional).

Quotations

• Quotations in languages other than the one chosen to write the essay may be followed by their translation, in square brackets.
• Quotations of not more than three typed lines should be placed in quotation marks and incorporated in the text (use the quotation marks “.....”; in case the quotation itself contains another quotation, use “.....‘.....’.....”).
• Quotations of more than three typed lines should be set off from the text, beginning a new line and indenting it 1.5 centimetres; type should be Times New Roman 10, without quotation marks.
• Interpolations should come in square brackets [ ].
• For ellypsis within a sentence, use three periods (…) in brackets.
• For sources, use parenthetical references within the text, indicating the following information in its shortened form: name of the author, publishing date and number of page:
  
  e.g. Single author: (Simenon, 1985: 7ss)
  
  Two authors: (Sjöwall / Wahlöö, 1985: 35)
  
  Three or more authors: (Doyle et al., 1973: 43)



• When citing indirect sources, use apud before it in the parenthetical reference:
  
  e.g. (apud Chandler, 1774: 755).



• If you cite an author repeatedly, use (idem, 10) or, in case the quotation is from the same page in the same work, use (ibidem).

Works Cited

• The Works Cited section should appear at the end of the essay, before the endnotes, in Times New Roman 10. It should list all the works that have been cited or referred to in the essay, alphabetically organized by the authors’ last name.
  
  e.g. Boileau, Pierre / Thomas Narcejac (1982), Le Roman Policier, Paris, Nathan.
  
  Fossati, Franco (1994), Dizionario del genere poliziesco, Milano, Einaudi.



• In citing two or more works by the same author, the author’s name should be given in the first entry only. Thereafter, instead of the name, type two dashes, followed by the date of publication in brackets, the title and other publication information. If the works were published the same year, add the letters a, b, c, etc. to the publication dates:
  
  e.g. Frye, Northrop (1957a), Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays, Princeton, Princeton UP.
  
  _ _ (1957b) Sound and Poetry, New York, Columbia UP.



• Publication information such as the publisher, the place of publication and the edition used must always be given. If you wish to indicate the year of the first edition, use square brackets:
  
  e.g. Dürrenmatt, Friedrich (1992), Der Richter und sein Henker, Zürich, Diogenes [1950].



• In citing a translation, give also the translator’s name, preceded by “trans.”.
  
  e.g. Chekhov, Anton (1964), Five Plays, trans. Ronald Hingley, London, Oxford UP.



• For anthologies, articles in periodicals or other sources, follow the models below:
  
  Alewyn, Richard (1968), “Anatomie des Detektivromans”, in Jochen Voght (ed.) (1998), Der Kriminalroman. Poetik. Theorie. Geschichte, München, pp. 52-72.
  
  Pizer, John (1987), “History, Genre and ‘Ursprung’ in Benjamin’s Early Aesthetics”, The German Quarterly, vol. 60, nr. 1, pp. 68-87.
  
  To add further information, use square brackets [ ].