[Xmca-l] Happy New(s) Year!

[Alfredo Jornet Gil]

Dear xmca'ers,


a best wishes for the new year, and a few (happy) news.


It's been a busy time behind the scenes of MCA, which has kept me/us away from posting much lately. But I hope it's been worth, as we've been working to generate new content and new opportunities for interacting and growing as a community. Here is some of it:



1. CulturalPraxis, a new website supplementing the MCA journal, is finally up and running! You are more than welcome to visit the new site, which we hope will provide expanded opportunities for sharing work, ideas, and resources. The site is designed to allow people submitting content, including book announcements/reviews, course syllabi, news, and more. We have begun curating content together with authors/contributors, and


As you will see, there is a link to XMCA in the new site. The idea is that CulturalPraxis will work as an extended feature of the journal, but not as a substitute for XMCA. We are keeping xmca running for as long as there is people signing up and interested in contributing to the list, and we are quite sure it will continue offering opportunities for sharing and conversing that won't overlap with those other features of the site will offer.


You can visit the site here: http://culturalpraxis.net/mca/

If you are interested in posting something, go ahead, let us know your experiences, and if you have any suggestions or ideas for improving it, we'd be happy to hear them.

2. MCA's Issue 4 came out extra packed, as we had the chance to fill up pages to end the year count. It includes 3 original articles, a passionate address by Ray McDermott reflecting on the production of school failure, a review of Yrjö Engeström's last book, and a symposium on Spinoza and Vygotsky-a topic recurrent in this list. I am attaching the editorial and the introduction to the Spinoza symposium here. If people is interested in discussing any of the works, I'd be happy to arrange for it, sharing materials and perhaps engaging authors.

The issue also brings an updated and expanded advisory board. The issue is published online here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmca20/25/4?nav=tocList

More in 2019. Meanwhile, I am very thankful for all 2018 active and passive contributions to this list/community. Sending you my best wishes for the new year,

Alfredo



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