Walk: Postcolonial, Migration and Diaspora Studies is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that aspires to study the journey as well as the contemporary condition of multinational migrants and colonized populations with respect to their history, identity, culture, social and economic status. Several countries of the world were affected by European colonialism, thus resulting in a change in their culture and economic conditions. A large number of people were dispersed from the original land which eventually led to the loss of identity, culture, and history for them and the generations that followed. The main aim of this journal is to critically study these regions that were under European governance for the longest period of time and the various cultures and behaviors that rose due to the intercontinental dispersion of humans.
The scope of this journal is diverse as the contemporary human conditions are a direct or indirect result of imperialism. It brings together international research pertaining to this field along with the related forms of literature irrespective of their geopolitical and social premise.
The journal will contribute to the broader spectrum of such research and its subsequent dissemination. Of particular but not exclusive interest are research articles, book reviews, film reviews, and commentaries.
Sarah Cowan, Managing Editor
ISSN: 2638-1796
Current Volume: Volume 1, Issue 1
Open Access: For all article types
Open Access
All articles published by Walk: Postcolonial, Migration and Diaspora Studies are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.
Article Processing Charges
Walk: Postcolonial, Migration and Diaspora Studies accomplish global open access. The journal, therefore, levies an affordable article-processing charge of $0* for each article accepted for publication.
Peer Review — High standard, rigorous peer review
All articles that reach us undergo a double-blind peer review by at least two anonymous reviewers before being considered for publication in the journal.
Post-publication Open Peer Review
Following publication, the peer review comments would be made open for anyone to read. The authors have the option to make the peer review history publicly available after publication.
Research Promotion
Increased credibility and wider dissemination of published articles.
*APC waived off for all article types until 2023.
Pius Adesanmi
Department of English Language and Literature
Carleton University, Canada
Eunice Sahle
Department of African, African American, & Diaspora Studies
and Curriculum in Global Studies
University of North Carolina, USA
David Ikard
College of Arts and Science
Vanderbilt University, USA
Sylvie Coulibaly
Department of History
Kenyon College, USA
Joseph Mensah
Department of Geography
York University, Canada
Deborah Walker-Morrison
School of European Languages and Literatures
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Janet Wilson
Department of English & Creative Writing
University of Northampton, UK
Jean-Xavier Ridon
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
University of Nottingham, UK
Yan Tan
Department of Geography, Environment and Population
University of Adelaide, Australia
Paul Tabar
Department of Social Sciences
Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Valérie Loichot
Department of French & Italian
Emory University, USA
Naresh Kumar
Centre for Studies and Research in Diaspora
Central University of Gujarat, India
Tamirace Fakhoury
Department of Social Sciences
Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Berny Sèbe
Department of Modern Languages
University of Birmingham, UK
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Robert Ludwig1
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Title
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References
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For Social Sciences and Humanities
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Example journal article: Sohrabi, H. R., Weinborn, M., Badcock, J., Bates, K. A., Clarnette, R., Trivedi, D., ...Martins, R. N. (2011). New lexicon and criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Lancet Neurology, 10(4), 299-300.
In-text citation: (Sohrabi et al., 2011)
Example journal article with DOI: Almeida, R. A., Dickinson, J., Maybery, M. T., Badcock, J. C., & Badcock, D. R. (2010). Visual search performance in the autism spectrum ii: The radial frequency search task with additional segmentation cues. Neuropsychologia, 48(14), 4117-4124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.009
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Example journal article when DOI is not supplied: Anderson, M., & Reid, C. (2009). Don't forget about levels of explanation. Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 45(4), 560-561. Retrieved from ScienceDirect.
In-text citation: (Anderson & Reid, 2009)
Example book: The Australian Oxford dictionary (3rd ed.). (1999). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
In-text citation: (The Australian Oxford dictionary, 1999)
Example book (Editor): Hallinan, M. T. (Ed.). (2006). Handbook of the sociology of education. New York: Springer.
In-text citation: (Hallinan, 2006)
Example book (2 or more authors): Day, D.V., & Antonakis, J. (Eds.). (2012). The nature of leadership (2nd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
In-text citation: (Day & Antonakis, 2012)
Example conference proceeding: Balakrishnan, R. (2006, March). Why aren't we using 3D user interfaces, and will we ever? Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vr.2006.148
In-text citation: (Balakrishnan, 2006)
Example government reports: Western Australia. Department of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office. (2013). Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan 2011-2015. Retrieved from http://www.nursing.health.wa.gov.au/projects/
In-text citation: (Western Australia. Department of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office, 2013).
Example podcast: Zijlstra, M. (Presenter). (2011, May 28). Natural semantic metalanguage [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/05/lin_20110528.mp3
In-text citation: (Zijlstra, 2011)
Example unpublished thesis: Lockhart, E. (2009). The physical education curriculum choices of Western Australian primary school teachers (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Western Australia.
In-text citation: (Lockhart, 2009)
Example published thesis: May, B. (2007). A survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud. Bristol, UK: Canopus Publishing.
In-text citation: (May, 2007)
Example webpage: Australian Psychological Society. (2008). Substance abuse: Position statement. Retrieved from http://www.psychology.org.au/publications/statements/substance/
In-text citation: (Australian Psychological Society, 2008)
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