The SCTIW Review Interlocutors Series is a forum wherein two or more scholars are invited to have a written dialogue with one another on a topic of mutual interest, who might otherwise only do so indirectly through their published articles and books, or at colloquia with limited audiences. The structure of this alternative forum is intended to preserve the informal aspects of the standard interview format therefore unburdening the participants from the requirements of exhaustive archival references, while simultaneously encouraging a truly critical and collaborative conversation unencumbered by restrictions of time or word count, the expectations of spontaneity, or the intervention of an interviewer’s leading questions. Thus, no limitations have been imposed on the duration of the participants’ correspondence or the outcome, and, with the exception of the initial question, the unfolding of the dialogue is entirely of their own making. Through this more reflective and, hence, more deliberate yet interactive format, the hope is that the interlocutors will arrive at new insights they otherwise might not have come upon independently—shared in a public forum.
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