ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
The Fiji Institute of Applied Studies is pleased to announce the
establishment of the Fijian Studies: A Journal of Contemporary Fiji. The
bi-annual journal will be published in May and November. The journal
will aim to publish scholarly articles and reviews on Fiji.
Contributions will be welcome on any subject, and from disciplinary as
well as interdisciplinary perspectives as well as those of a theoretical
nature, provided they deal with contemporary Fijian issues in the broad
field of humanities and the social sciences. All articles published in
the journal will be refereed.
The journal will also have a Dialogue/Talanoa section devoted to
debates, commentaries and interviews with scholars, public figures and
policy makers on issues relevant to contemporary Fiji. The intention is
to foster an informed discussion and dialogue on sensitive or
controversial issues from a wide range of people and perspectives.
Reviews section will feature reviews of books, conference
proceedings, workshops, documentaries and other audiovisual material
which deal with some aspect of Fijian history, culture, society and
economy.
Authors are invited to submit papers for consideration by the
journal. All papers must be the original work of the author(s), and not
under consideration by any other publisher. 'Notes for Authors' is
included in this announcement.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Chairperson:
Brij V.Lal (The Australian National University, Canberra)
Members:
A Haroon Akram-Lodhi (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague,
Netherlands)
Anirudh Singh (University of the South Pacific, Lautoka)
Chandra P. Dulare (Queensland University, St. Lucia, Australia)
Claire Slatter (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
David Arms (Missionary Society of St. Columban, Ba)
David Robie (Auckland University of Technology, Auckland)
Jacqui Leckie (University of Otago, Dunedin)
Jenny Bryant-Tokalau (Consultant, Fiji)
John Cameron (University of East Anglia, UK)
Jone Dakuvula (Citizens Constitutional Forum, Suva)
Kevin J. Barr (Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy,
Suva)
Mahendra Kumar (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Martin Doornbos (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands)
Michael White (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Richard Wah (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Robbie Robertson (La Trobe University, Vic, Australia)
Ropate Qalo (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Sandra Tarte (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Satendra Prasad (Asia Pacific University, Japan)
Savenaca Siwatibau (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
Sitiveni Halapua (Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Centre,
Honolulu)
Stephanie Lawson (University of East Anglia, UK)
Teresia Teiwa (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Tupeni L. Baba (Auckland University, New Zealand)
Vijay Naidu (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
William Sutherland (Australian National University, Canberra)
Winston Halapua (School of Theology, Auckland University)
Yash Ghai (University of Hong Kong)
Editor:
Ganesh Chand (FIAS, Lautoka)
Associate Editor:
Biman C. Prasad (University of the South Pacific, Suva)
NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS:
Authors are requested to adhere to the following guidelines; the
journal reserves the right to return any submitted manuscript which
fails to comply with the instructions below.
Mode of Submission
Articles could be sent either by post, or electronic-mail. In all
cases, the author's name and affiliation should be on a separate page,
and not be repeated in headers or footers to facilitate anonymous and
impartial review of the submissions.
Hard Copies: Articles (including abstract, notes and references) must
be printed, double-spaced, on one side only of white A4 paper. Send four
hard copies, as well as a disk containing the article in MS Word format
to: The Editor, Fijian Studies: A Journal of Contemporary Fiji, Fiji
Institute of Applied Studies, P O Box 7580, Lautoka, Fiji.
Electronic submission: please ensure that the paper meets the
journal's style guidelines, and is in the MS-Word format. Email the
article to: fias@connect.com.fj
Length of Articles
The articles should normally be between 8,000-10,000 words. Shorter
or longer submissions will be considered on their merit. As the journal
aims for a wide readership, authors should write in the accessible
language of intelligent communication. Unless absolutely necessary,
complex and lengthy models should be confined to the appendix. Use
endnotes rather than footnotes, but seek to minimize the use of endnotes
by including the material in the note within the text. When unavoidable,
the location of endnotes within the text should be indicated by
superscript numbers
Abstracts
Each article should include an abstract of 100-200 words.
Titles
Titles of articles should be brief and accurate. Headings and
sub-headings within the text should be short and clear. Avoid excessive
subheadings.
Spelling
Use British and 'z' spellings (e.g. labour, organize).
Quotations, Numbers, Dates and
Tables/Figures
Use single quotation marks. For quotations within quotations, use
double marks. Indent longer quotations. Omit points in USA, Ms, Dr and
other such abbreviations.
Use the smallest possible number of numerals when referring to
pagination and dates (e.g. 10-19, 42-5, 1961-4, 1961-75, 2000-2). In the
text, spell out numbers from one to ninety-nine; use numerals for 100
and over. Always use numerals for percentages (75 per cent) and units of
measurement (13 km, US$ 40,000). Spell out 'per cent' in the text: the
symbol % is acceptable in tables. Dates should be in the form of 19 May
2000.
Tables and figures should be kept to a minimum. Notes and sources
should be placed under each table/figure. Column headings in tables
should clearly define the data presented. Camera-ready artwork should be
supplied for all figures.
Referencing
Use the Harvard system of referencing. Works cited in the text should
read thus: (Narayan, 2001: 41-4); Prasad (1998, 2002). For groups of
citations, order alphabetically and not chronologically, using a
semi-colon to separate names: (Chand and Naidu, 1997; Narayan, 2001;
Robertson, 1998). Use 'et al.' when citing a work by more than two
authors, but list all the authors in the references. To distinguish
different works by the same author in the same year, use the letters a,
b, c, etc., e.g. Narayan (2001a, 2001b).
All works cited in the text (including sources for tables and
figures) should be listed alphabetically under References, beginning on
a separate sheet of paper. For multi-author works, invert the name of
the first author only (Chand, G. and V. Naidu). Use (ed.) for one
editor, but (eds) for multiple editors. When listing two or more works
by one author, repeat the author's name for each entry. Indicate
(opening and closing) page numbers for articles in journals and chapters
in books.
Arrange references using the following style and punctuation:
Journal articles: Narayan, P.K. (2001) 'Fiji's Garment
Industry: An Economic Analysis'. Journal of Economic and Social Policy
6(1): 35-55.
Books: Robertson, R. (1998) Multiculturalism and
Reconciliation in an Indulgent Republic, Fiji after the Coups:
1987-1998. Suva: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies.
Chand, G. and V. Naidu (eds) (1997) FIJI: Coups, Crises, and
Reconciliation, 1987-1997. Suva: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies.
Contributions to books: Wah, R. (1997) 'The Fijian
Renaissance', in G. Chand and V. Naidu (eds), Fiji: Coups, Crises and
Reconciliation, 1987-1997. Suva: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies; pp.
151-71.
Conference papers: Narayan, P.K. (2002) 'Fiji Tourism Demand:
An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model'. Paper presented at the 33rd
Annual Conference of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association,
Kansas City, Missouri (30 May-1 June).
Unpublished works: Prasad, B. C. (1998) 'Property Rights,
Economic Development and Environment in Fiji: A Study focusing on Sugar,
Tourism and Forestry". Unpublished PhD dissertation, Brisbane:
Department of Economics, University of Queensland.
Prasad, B.C. and P.K. Narayan (2002) 'Productivity Differential and
the Relationship between Exports and GDP in Fiji: An Empirical
Assessment using the Two Sector Model'. USPEC Working Paper No. 6, Suva:
Department of Economics, The University of the South Pacific.
Offprints
Authors will receive 1 copy of the journal and 15 complimentary
offprints of their paper.
