FORMA is seeking proposals for the next installment of the “Debate” series. 

When developing a "Debate" topic proposal, some questions to consider include but are not limited to:

• what is a major phenomenon or trend taking place in Latin American criticism and theory; in artistic/literary/cinematic production in Latin America; or in support structures like the publishing and distribution of works of Latin American literature/art/film/scholarship that impacts, changes, or re-orients work in the field?

• what concerns, issues, or phenomena should be orienting work in the field but currently remain underdeveloped?

What do we mean by position paper?

• FORMA position papers are not meant to be comprehensive analyses of the issue or phenomenon under debate (i.e., we are not seeking comprehensive literature reviews or social science studies).

• Position papers utilize a combination of experiential knowledge working in the field and published scholarship to:
  • establish the status of the problem under debate;
  • examine its impact on research production and/or teaching in the field; and,
  • argue for a pathway forward: i.e., how scholars, institutions, organizations, etc. should respond to the challenges or opportunities presented by the issue under debate.

• Position papers should ideally be 5,000-9,000 words.

If you are interested in proposing a topic for the next series of “Debate” position papers, please email FORMA at editors@formajournal.org.