CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
DAKAM (International-Status Publisher according to ÜAK standards) has been publishing academic books in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and architecture with an interdisciplinary perspective since 2011. The recently launched Contemporary Issues in Architecture and Urban Issues Series aims to deal with contemporary issues, challenges, and discussions with high academic standards. As part of the series, Calls for Book Chapters are regularly announced to invite scholars from around the world to contribute to DAKAM's contemporary issues series. The series books are double-blind, peer-reviewed, and include several authors.
Series Editors:
Yıldız Aksoy, Prof. Dr.
Efe Duyan, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
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The bilingual 2026 Edition (English & Turkish) is open to submission:
Palestine: Space, Justice, and Resilience
Filistin: Mekân, Adalet ve Direnç
Submission Deadline: May 30
Registration Deadline: June 5
Information: info@dakam.org
KİTAP BÖLÜMÜ ÇAĞRISI
Filistin: Mekân, Adalet ve Direnç
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
Palestine: Space, Justice, and Resilience
Filistin, yirminci yüzyılın ortasından günümüze uzanan süreçte dünyanın en uzun süreli ve çok katmanlı çatışma bölgelerinden biri haline gelmiştir. 1948 Filistin göçü ile başlayan zorunlu yerinden edilmeler, parçalı yönetim yapıları ve toprak kayıpları, Filistin’de mekân üretiminin kaderini belirleyen ilk büyük kırılmayı oluşturmuştur. Takip eden savaşlar, kuşatmalar, yerleşim politikaları, güvenlik duvarları ve hareket kısıtlamaları; kentleri, altyapıyı, tarım alanlarını ve kamusal mekânları geri dönüşü zor biçimde dönüştürmüştür.
Son dönemde özellikle Gazze’de yaşanan ağır yıkım, konut stokunun büyük ölçüde tahrip olmasına, elektrik-su-sağlık altyapısının çökmesine ve nüfusun temel yaşam koşullarına erişemez hâle gelmesine yol açmıştır. Halk sağlığı riskleri, çevresel yıkım, zorunlu göç ve barınma krizinin birleşik etkisi, Filistin’de mekânın sadece fiziksel değil, aynı zamanda toplumsal ve duygusal bir mücadele alanı olduğunu göstermektedir.
Bu durum, mimarlık, şehircilik, peyzaj mimarlığı ve halk sağlığı disiplinlerinin Filistin bağlamında yalnızca teknik alanlar olmaktan çıkarak yaşamı koruma, adaleti tesis etme ve dayanıklılığı yeniden kurma çabasının asli unsurları hâline gelmesine yol açmıştır. Filistin bugün, mekânın hem şiddetle kontrol edildiği hem de topluluklar tarafından dirençle ve yaratıcılıkla yeniden üretildiği benzersiz bir coğrafya niteliğindedir.
Bu kitap, Filistin’in çok katmanlı mekânsal gerçekliğini anlamaya ve bu coğrafyanın ürettiği direncin bilimsel olarak belgelenmesine katkı sunmayı amaçlamaktadır.
Kitap çalışmasının amaçlarını; Filistin’de mekân üretiminin politik, tarihsel ve toplumsal bağlamlarını disiplinler arası bir perspektifle ele almak, Mimarlık, şehircilik, kentsel tasarım ve peyzaj mimarlığı disiplinlerinin çatışma, yerinden edilme, çevresel kriz ve
dayanıklılık süreçleriyle ilişkisini tartışmak, Halk sağlığı perspektifinden barınma, altyapı, yaşam kalitesi ve güvenlik gibi kritik konuları görünür kılmak, Filistin örneğinden yola çıkarak mekânsal adalet ve hak temelli planlama anlayışına katkı sağlamak oluşturmaktadır.
YAYIN BİLGİLERİ:
Kitap, Türkçe ve İngilizce olarak yayına hazırlanacaktır.
Kabul edilen bölümler, DAKAM yayınları tarafından yayımlanacak uluslararası statülü e-book’ta yer alacaktır.
Palestine has become one of the world’s longest-standing and most multilayered conflict zones, from the mid-20th century to the present. The forced displacements that began with the 1948 Palestinian exodus, along with fragmented governance structures and territorial losses, constituted the first major rupture shaping the trajectory of spatial production in Palestine. Subsequent wars, blockades, settlement policies, security walls, and movement restrictions have transformed cities, infrastructure, agricultural lands, and public spaces in ways that are difficult to reverse.
In recent years, the severe destruction particularly witnessed in Gaza has resulted in the large-scale devastation of the housing stock, the collapse of electricity, water, and health infrastructures, and the near-impossibility of meeting basic living conditions. The combined effects of public health risks, environmental degradation, forced migration, and housing crises reveal that space in Palestine functions not only as a physical entity but also as a site of social and emotional struggle.
Under these circumstances, the disciplines of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and public health have moved beyond their conventional technical roles and become essential fields through which life is protected, justice is pursued, and resilience is reconstructed. Today, Palestine stands as a unique geography where space is simultaneously controlled through violence and continually reshaped by communities with resistance and creativity.
This book aims to contribute to understanding Palestine’s multilayered spatial reality and to documenting the forms of resilience emerging within this geography.
The objectives of this publication are to:
• Examine the political, historical, and social contexts of spatial production in Palestine from an interdisciplinary perspective;
• Discuss how architecture, urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture intersect with conflict, displacement, environmental crises, and resilience;
• Highlight critical issues such as housing, infrastructure, quality of life, and safety from a public health standpoint;
• Contribute to the discourse on spatial justice and rights-based planning through the case of Palestine.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
The book will be published in both Turkish and English.
Accepted chapters will be published in an international-status e-book by DAKAM Publishing.
PAPER GUIDELINES FOR DAKAM BOOKS
All manuscripts submitted for publication should conform to the regulations outlined in the Author Guidelines. Submissions contrary to the guidelines will be returned to the author(s).
Please submit your chapter through the online submission form. In case of technical issues, you can email your manuscript to info@dakam.org
Manuscripts should be comprised of the following sections:
They can be submitted in different parts, 1) Main Text, 2) Visual Materials, 3) Author Resume
MAIN TEXT must contain
- PAPER TITLE
- NAME OF THE AUTHORS, EMAILS, POSITION/TITLE & ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS, COUNTRY
- ABSTRACT
- KEYWORDS
- MAIN TEXT OF THE MANUSCRIPT
- ENDNOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS
Items in the above list have to be prepared and submitted as a single, separate MS Word file.
MAIN TEXT
Paper Title, Abstract, Keywords
Papers should have short and precise titles, reflecting the topic and the content.
An abstract is required for manuscripts. Depending on the nature of the manuscript, the abstract is expected to be between 300-500 words. The abstract should explain the aims and major conclusions of the paper but should not include any citations. It is suggested to be one single paragraph.
Specifying five keywords is essential. Please ensure that the keywords are informative of the manuscript’s topic and content.
Main Text of the Manuscript
The entire manuscript is expected to be prepared on A4-sized page in MS WORD.
Font: Calibri
Font Size: 10 pt
Alignment: Justified
Line Spacing: Single
Before Paragraph: 0 pt space
After Paragraph: 4 pt space
No extra line after or before paragraphs and only one line space before headings,
but not afterward.
Indentation: 0 pt. Also no indentation before single paragraphs.
Headings: If the text is subdivided into sections, these subdivisions should be
differentiated by numbers placed on the left as shown:
1. (single-numbered): PART (bold and UPPERCASE)
1.1 (double-numbered): Division (bold and Title Case)
1.1.1 (triple-numbered): Subdivision (Italic and Title Case)
- Please do use italics only to emphasize concepts or indicate foreign words.
- Tables produced in MS Word could be inserted into the text wherever necessary. Table captions could be placed in appropriate parts of the text where tables will be inserted. Table captions should be numbered as follows: Table 1., 2., 3., etc.
- Use double quotation marks for all quotes, but do not use extra indent. Use single quotation marks only for quotes inside quotes. Quotes up to two sentences are to be integrated into the text. Quotes longer than two sentences have to be set apart in a separate paragraph with the same formatting.
Referencing & Bibliography
For referencing and bibliography instructions use APA Referencing Style (parenthetical referencing, using brackets while referring to a source). Citations will be enclosed within parentheses and embedded in the text, either within or after a sentence, in lieu of footnote citations, i.e. no footnotes or endnotes will be used for references. Citations will be accompanied by a full, alphabetized list of citations in a separate section. All references including books, articles, lectures, online documents, etc. are to be given in the bibliography in alphabetical order using APA System.
Example for Whole Authored Books:
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000
Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/
Parenthetical citations: (Jackson, 2019; Sapolsky, 2017; Svendsen & Løber, 2020)
Narrative citations: Jackson (2019), Sapolsky (2017), and Svendsen and Løber (2020)
Further details about APA referencing style can be seen from https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
Endnotes
Endnotes can be used only if absolutely necessary. The authors should try to keep the number of endnotes at a minimum. Editors may ask the authors to reduce the number of endnotes as part of revisions.
Endnotes must definitely not be written under or beside the page of text with which they are associated. They must be numbered in such consecutive order as 1.,2.,3., etc., and listed at the end. References used in endnotes should follow the same format of presentation as in the text.
Symbols and Abbreviations
All special symbols and abbreviations, which are used in the formulae must be compiled in a list and appended to the manuscript following the “Captions of Visual Materials”.
VISUAL MATERIALS
- Each visual material has to be prepared and submitted as a single, separate file through the online system in either “tiff” or “jpeg” formats.
- All visual materials should be numbered as per their order in the manuscript, such as Figure 1.,2.,3., etc. The numbers of visual materials used in the manuscript must be mentioned in the text where they are associated in either of the following formats, depending on the nature of the relevant sentence: Figure 1 or (Figure 1). As for figures that appear more than once in the manuscript, the figure number should be given based on the first appearance and used constantly.
- The width of the images should be at least 10 cm with a resolution of 300 dpi, in other words at least 1200 pixels.
- If you have a special visual format for the visual materials, you can insert the images into the text the way you prefer.
- The authors are expected to keep the number of visual materials moderate and efficient.
AUTHOR RESUME
The resume(s) of the author(s) must be prepared in English and should not exceed 50 words. Resumes have to be prepared for each author.
Submission
Authors are invited to submit their full papers. Manuscripts submitted for the book must be original, must not have been previously published or are currently under review anywhere. Submitted manuscripts should respect the standard guidelines of the DAKAM book chapter format.
In case you face technical problems submitting your article through the online submission form, you can email it to us
DAKAM Publishing House
DAKAM is in the status of an international publishing house according to the criteria by YÖK’s (Council of Higher Education in Turkey) Associate Professor Application Processes. Since 2011, DAKAM has published many multi-authored books, such as the volumes of Death, Art, and Space, Architecture and Autonomy, Climate Change, and Cities, in addition to numerous conference proceeding books and IJAUS and IJSSIS Journals.
Open-Access
The book will be an open-access e-book and will be available at DAKAM’s website: www.dakam.org/books. Upon order, we can send printed copies.
Printed DAKAM books can be found in
Hannover Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB),
Università degli studi di Palermo
Universidade Nova De Lisboa
in addition to the bookstores
Homer
Robinson Crusoe
Pandora
Google Books.
Publication Fees
All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.
The publication charge is to be paid after the pre-acceptance for evaluation according to the academic book standards set by YÖK (The Council of Higher Education of Turkey). In case of rejection, you will be reimbursed.
Publication Fees for manuscripts in English:
Regular Fee: 100 EUR
Başvuru ve Kayıt
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Tüm makaleler için kayıt ücreti 100 EUR'dir
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Teslim edilecek kitap bölümleri DAKAM'ın başvuru kriterlerine uymalıdır:
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Lütfen makelenizi "Submit" bölümünden online forma yükleyiniz. Teknik bir sorunla karşılaşmanız durumunda kitap bölümünüzü info@dakam.org adresine e-posta olarak gönderebilirsiniz.
DAKAM Yayınları
DAKAM Yayınları , Doçentlik başvurularında uluslararası yayıncı statüsünde bulunanan bir yayınevidir. DAKAM Yayınları, Kültür Bakanlığı'na kayıtlı ve faaliyetleri bakanlık sertifikasıyla yetkilendirilmiş, 2015 yılından bugüne yayıncılık faaliyetlerini sürdürmektedir.
İngilizce yayınlanan kitaplarımız dışında Türkçe basılmış kitaplarımız da, değişik ülkelerden yazar
ve akademisyenlerin katkılarıyla oluşturulmuştur. Başta katkıda bulunanlar olmak üzere yıllar içinde
geliştirdiğimiz ilişkiler doğrultusunda yurt dışından çok sayıda tüzel ve gerçek kişinin kütüphanesinde yer
almaktadır.
Yayınlarımız arasında aşağıdaki kitaplar mimarlık alanında yayınladığımız çok yazarlı kitaplar bulunmaktadır.
Contemporary Issues in Architecture
Çağdaş Mimarlık Tartışmaları
Mimarlık ve Özerklik
Ölüm Sanat Mekan serileri (1,2,3,4 ciltleri)
İklim Değişikliği ve Kentler Yapısal Çevre ve Yeşil Alanlar
ve çok sayıda konferans bildiriler kitabı sayılabilir.
Kitaplarımızın birçoğu;
Hannover Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB),
Università degli studi di Palermo
Universidade Nova De Lisboa
arşivlerine girmiştir.
İstanbul'da Pandora, Homer ve Robinson Crusoe kitabevlerinde ve Google Books kitabevinde satışta yer almıştır.Bazı yayınlarımız çevrimiçi olarak, DAKAM web sayfasında ve ilgili etkinliklerin web sayfalarında da izlemeye açılmıştır.
Bu bağlamda yayınevimizin Üniversitelerarası Kurul Başkanlığı’nın (ÜAK) 19.11.2019 tarihli duyurusunda belirlediği kriterlere göre uluslararası yayınevi statüsünde olduğunu beyan edebiliriz.
İletişim
Sorularınız için bizimle iletişime geçebilirsiniz:
Açık-Erişim
DAKAM'ın Mimarlık Araştırmaları kitabı www.dakam.org/book adresi üzerinden okur erişiminine açık olacaktır. Talep üzerine basılı kitap gönderilebilir.