Manuscript guidelines
for the UNESCO Chair conference “Heritages and Memories from the Sea”
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The full conference paper should be submitted by electronic mail until November 15, 2014, to the following
address: cidehus@uevora.pt
The paper should be written in British English. It is the responsibility of the author to present a language
revised text.
In order to harmonize the manuscripts for future publication, Times New Roman should be used to
compose the text in the following order:
The Amazonian rainforest in 19th century travel writing
(title, 18p)
Ethnographic studies from Anglo-American explorers (subtitle 1, 14p)
Gonçalo Mendes (author, 11p) | goncalo.mendes@gmail.com (e-mail, 11p)
Department of Anthropology, University of Évora | Portugal (affiliation, 11p)
An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of
a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. When
used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript or typescript, acting as the point-of-entry for any
given academic paper or patent application. (abstract, 10p)
Anthropology, travel writing (keywords, 10p)
It is not easy to come by first-hand ethnographic and historical data about the Amazonian rainforest. The
assembled Anglo-American traveler accounts in this book provide a wealth of information on the timeless
paths that were used both by native tribes and foreign fortune hunters. (body text, 11p)
Traveler accounts (subtitle 2, 11p)
The present edition provides a comprehensive bibliography of these texts, alongside with a survey of a
dozen rare traveler accounts. They are examined in light of the deep social transformations that occurred in
19th century Brazilian society, and further studied with regard to the repercussions that these changes
meant for the Portuguese trade. (…) (body text, 11p)
Gonçalo Mendes (name, 10p) received a Ph.D in Anthropology in 2003 from the University of Oxford, and has been
teaching as full professor at the University of Évora since 2007. His research focuses on Anglo-American travel
writing in the nineteenth century and on the construction of native Brazilian’s identities. (short biography, 10p)
Other text characteristics – justified, no indent, and with a leading of 1,5 in body text, abstract and short
biography. Italics can be used to highlight words or foreign language terms.
Manuscript size – maximum of 15 pages (approximately 7500 words). The pages should not be numbered
or have any text in the header or footer.
Abstract size – 70 to 150 words
Tables – use a table-creation tool for all tables. Do not use tabs and spaces. Cell entries should clearly
belong to a specific row and column. Tables are numbered using arabic numerals, and they are cited in
numerical order in the text. In the text, formatted in Times New Roman, italic and bold should not be used
for emphasis.
Images – the maximum number of images advised for each communication is eight, which altogether
cannot occupy more than two pages. In the manuscript, the exact place for an image should be marked as
follows: figure 1, figure 2, and so forth, while the images should be saved and sent as: author name_figure 1,
author name_ figure 2, and so forth. Both the numbered high resolution images (300 dpi) and a word
document with the equally numbered captions should be sent separately. You can submit colour images,
but the Chair reserves itself the right to opt for a black and white edition of the proceedings.
Formatting of the captions: Times New Roman, 10p, flush left
Citations – In-text citations should be presented in periods (short citation) or separated from the main text
and highlighted through an indent (long citation). The style should be consistent throughout the document.
For every in-text citation, there must be a corresponding reference entry (see examples below).
Footnotes – Footnotes to items in the text are placed at the bottom of the page. They should start at 1 and
be numbered consecutively through the text (and not with a new sequence for each new page).
Bibliography – Authors should use the Harvard (Author-date) System, which means that all works should
be listed (alphabetically by author’s surname) in full in a separate bibliography. For a book with two or
more authors, note that only the first-listed name is inverted in the bibliography entry.
The entries should be as complete as possible (see examples below).
In the text, works should be cited by author’s surname, year of publication and page reference (if
applicable). References should be placed in the text, rather than given as notes.
Examples:
Books
Greenberg, J. 2008. (ed.) Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing. Chicago,
University of Chicago Press: 42.
Ward, G., D. C. Fleming, and K. Burns. 2007. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York, Knopf.
Chapter in an edited book
Gould, G. 1984. Streisand as Schwarzkopf. In The Glenn Gould Reader. T. Page (ed.): 109-117. New York, Vintage.
Journal article
Novak, W. 2008. The Myth of the Weak American State, American Historical Review 113: 758-771,
doi:10.1086/ahr.113.3.752.
For articles that have not been assigned a DOI (or if the DOI cannot be determined), a URL is the second
best option.
References in text
‘… (Sommersby et al. 1983: 24) …’
‘… (Warwick, Brennon and Smith 2007) …’
Multiple references:
‘… (Reese 1968; Fisher 1991; Cameron 2012) …’
Other considerations – The texts that are published in these proceedings are the intellectual property of
their authors. Their publication rights are ceded for free and solely for the publication of these conference
proceedings.
Terms of responsibility – The UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How: Linking
Heritage and the organizers of this conference are not responsible for the opinions expressed by the
authors of these proceedings.
Authors are responsible for obtaining and paying for all necessary permissions for the reproduction of
illustrative material.