1. Publishing your work Güliz Ger Bilkent Üniversitesi

2. Where do you want to be in the community of researchers? Which community(ies) of researchers? Which debates? Respect your work and put in the time See yourself in the international field

3. Aim for (start with) the “Top” Outlets Outlets – Journals (management/marketing) – Books (sociology, anthropology) “Top”? But then, every paper has a home!

4. Writing: Mental shift Write for an audience Audience? 3 reviewers, Associate Editor and Editor of a particular journal

5. Communicating with a N. American audience North American colleagues typically assume that everyone knows about trend topics of American pop culture, or abbreviations, or about some American phenomenon. And, the assumption is: something happening in N. America is inherently of interest and hence worth studying (and universal). But, a nonAmerican incidence, phenomenon, or context requires a demanding translation process (at conferences, presentations, papers)

6. Reading for Writing read to develop “sensitizing concepts” (Blumer) or analytic perspectives read to figure out the debates in the field AND in the journal don’t use the literature to provide ready-made concepts or models; use the ideas in the literature to develop your own perspectives/conceptualizations on your own data, drawing out comparisons, analogies, metaphors Read to figure out how to write – positioning of your work, framing of conceptual issues, being convincing, how others handle data-theory, intro-conclusion... Read broadly - different literatures

7. Use writing as a way to develop and crystalize your own thinking Writing as thinking about the data: the meanings, understandings, voices, and experiences in the data Writing as analysis: think through the data-theory – develop analytical ideas and try them out in the process of writing Data-theory spiral Writing as theorizing: thinking with and thinking through data in light of theories Writing as building an argument, building an article Getting feedback

8. Write and rewrite and rewrite.........

9. Writing in English Think in English, do NOT translate Use an English language editor. Even the native speakers do! 9

10. Submitting Choose journal – Publish in outlets that are read & cited Review process – Typically 3 reviewers, double blind – 2-3 cycles of revisions – Response to reviewers, AE, and the editor – How to “read” the AE’s and the editor’s letter

11. How Reviewers Evaluate Research Typical criteria: Theoretical/conceptual contribution Rigor and appropriateness of methodology & analysis Presentation/writing Moreover: Usefulness: does the work aid and inspire further inquiry? Innovation: do the constructs provide new and creative ways of looking at acts and experiences? Resonance: is the work enlightening, evocative, suggestive? – Grandma or taxi driver test Adequacy: are conclusions and claims grounded in the data?

12. A reviewer: “There is a lot that is new and good in this manuscript. But unfortunately, what is new is not good and what is good is not new.”

13. “Talking” to the reviewers Position your work with respect to the conceptual debates in the field Engage in a written dialogue and negotiation with reviewers & editor Respond to reviewers – Choose key points – Politely & clearly refuse points you don’t want to follow and explain persuasively why not – If you are a novice, have someone experienced read the E’s, AE’s, and reviewers’ reports and give you guidance

14. Check out the actual review histories JCR web page

15. Example: Karababa & Ger 2011 «Early Modern Ottoman Coffeehouse Culture and the Formation of the Consumer Subject» 1.Version 1 (Nov 2008) 2.AE report on V1 (Dec 2008) 3.Version 2 and Authors’ Notes (March 2010) 4.AE report on V2 (April 2010) 5.Version 3 and Authors’ Notes (June 2010) 6.E’s acceptance letter (July 2010) 15

16. Example: Sandıkcı & Ger 2010 «Veiling in Style: How Does a Stigmatized Practice Become Fashionable?» 1.Version 1 - June 2007 2.AE report 1 – Aug 2007 3.Version 2 and Authors’ Notes – April 2008 4.AE report 2 – May 2008 5.Version 3 and Authors’ Notes – July 2009 6.AE report 3 – Sept 2009 7.Version 4 and authors’ notes –Oct 2009 8.E’s letter of acceptance – Nov 2009 16

17. From the editor of American Anthropologist (Boellstorff 2008, 2010) Show a novel contribution Engage with the relevant literature Be professional Show us your methods Link your data with your claims Avoid sweeping generalizations Use citations effectively Craft an effective structure for your MS Revise, revise, revise

18. Why do we do research in the first place? We want to learn something that we do not already know We want to be confident that this “something” is “true”/valid We want to make a contribution to knowledge – an impact to our field We want that new learning and impact to be important And all of this is exactly what the journals want

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