A World Family Portrait: A celebration of humanity’s place in the world

Abstract

In 2014, the RISC Consortium launched an ongoing interactive initiative entitled A World Family Portrait. This call for contributions invites scholars, practitioners, journalists, photographers, and so forth to submit written and photographic contributions in English, French or Spanish that provoke a contemporary reflection on the human condition through the presentation and analysis of life challenges and opportunities. The goal of these publications is not simply to document world events and social conditions but also to engage readers through photography and prose in a dialogue focusing on the evolution of our world and humanity’s place in it. Selected photos will be published periodically in the Leadership Forum section of Regions & Cohesion. Interested contributors should go to the “A World Family Portrait” link at www.risc.lu where texts and photographs can be uploaded along with basic information such as author names, correspondence addresses, institutional affiliations, and current positions. Articles should be approximately 500 words in length. Images should be submitted in a JPEG format at a resolution of approximately 1900x1600 pixels. All materials must be original.