Issue Theme: Fluid Boundaries

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In the year 1839, Wesleyan College in Georgia, US, challenged societal norms and gender boundaries by becoming the first college in the world chartered specifically to grant degrees to women.
In 1903, the suffragettes were formed and fought against social and political boundaries against women.
In 1922, James Joyce's 'Ulysses' blurred boundaries between different literary styles.
In 1945, the former British colonies started to gain independence and broke free from Imperial ties.
In 1955, Rosa Parks' sparked the modern day civil rights movement and fought against the subjugation of people under degrading racial boundaries.
In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, redefining scientific and spatial borders.
In 1989, The Berlin wall fell and for the first time in twenty-eight years citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest recipient of the Nobel peace prize for her actvisim advocating the right of education to all.
In 2015, Trump's presidential campaign proposed to build a wall between Latin America and the US on the grounds of border control.
And in 2016, fuelled by the desire to reinforce national boundaries, Britain voted to leave the EU.

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The concept of borders and boundaries, whether it be creating or breaking them, is something that reoccurs throughout history. We are a people whose lives are so intertwined with the upholding and challenging of boundaries.

In this issue of Common Ground Journal we will explore 'FLUID BOUNDARIES'. We're looking for scholarly research and non-fiction pieces which interrogate the hegemony of boundaries and examine the reality of their constructed nature, or fluidity, in all contexts and time periods. ‘FLUID BOUNDARIES’ can be interpreted in any way you see fit and while there is a theme, we encourage unique and original interpretations from all subject areas!


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Examples of articles that CG Journal has published include: 'The Case for a Centralised Access System', 'Decolonizing Universities: The Second Wave', 'The Hegemony of Analytic Philosophy', 'I Merely Belong to Them: Hannah Arendt, Edward Saïd and the value of rootlessness'.