Call for Papers — Founding Issue

ROAR

Research on Applied Relatefulness
 

A practitioner journal documenting what happens when relatefulness meets other frameworks, what works inside the practice, what doesn't, and why it matters.

You're cordially invited

Jordan here. You're cordially invited to submit a paper for the inaugural issue of ROAR, the new Research on Applied Relatefulness journal.

This is a powerful endeavor to build our communal body of knowledge, cross-pollinate new insights, failures, and best practices, and celebrate all the incredible practitioners, innovations, and generally showcase the community.

We believe relatefulness has a lot to contribute to civilizational knowledge and inquiry about intersubjective awareness, communication, group facilitation, and the strengths and limitations of how these practices interface and apply to other fields of study.

What we're looking for

Cross-Modal Integration
2,000 – 4,000 words

What happens when relatefulness meets other frameworks in practice?

e.g., IFS & relatefulness, functional medicine & relatefulness (coming in the first issue)

Practitioner Case Reports
1,000 – 2,000 words

Internal relatefulness experiments and best practices.

e.g., a particular exercise, event flow, or structure

Field Notes & Failure Reports
500 – 1,500 words

Failures and lessons learned.

e.g., a facilitation approach that backfired and what it revealed

Theoretical & Philosophical
2,000 – 4,000 words

Exploring the conceptual foundations of relatefulness and advancing new frameworks.

e.g., "How Not to Start a Cult" — an article version of the Relateful Camp 2024 talk

How to write it

"We can't study the relational while pretending there's no I or we."

First person, second person, and third person are all welcome (I, we, it). Use whatever constructs enact the experience you're hoping to communicate, including shifting views if needed. Drawing from Integral Methodological Pluralism — but no need to label it.

If you reference someone's work, name them and link to it. We're not imposing APA formatting on practitioners because we think it'll kill submissions.

Submission requirements

  • Abstract 150–300 words summarizing your piece.
  • Author info Name, relevant background (facilitation credentials, professional practice, academic training — whatever establishes your credibility in the domain you're writing about).
  • Originality A line confirming the work hasn't been published elsewhere and is your own.
  • Conflicts of interest Any relevant personal or financial stakes in what you're describing.
  • Permissions If you reference specific client work or sessions in a practice that emphasizes confidentiality, confirm you have consent or have sufficiently anonymized.

Skipping for V1: detailed style guides, structured heading requirements, blinded review, cover letters, IRB approval, etc.

How it works

1
Submit your draft

Post to the ROAR group on UpTrust. You can submit anytime starting now.

2
Community feedback

The community can read and comment. This helps everyone get involved — but it's dialogue, not quality control. Don't assume all comments are gospel.

3
Editorial review

Jordan Myska Allen will review all submissions. Depending on volume, we may expand to a founding editorial board (TBA).

4
Publication

Accepted articles are published on relateful.com, included in a downloadable PDF, and eventually available in print.

Two tracks

Track 1 — Camp Preview
Mar 15Deadline for founding contributors
Mar 15–31Editorial feedback & revisions
Apr 1–14Print & web preparation
Apr 15Physical copy at Relateful Camp
Track 2 — Full Founding Issue
Mid-MayPublic submission deadline
JuneFull issue published on relateful.com, PDF, and print

Why you, why now

Found a field

Be a founding contributor to an emerging body of knowledge.

Become citable

Your work gets a permanent, linkable home that others can reference.

Build credibility

Establish yourself as a practitioner-researcher in the relatefulness ecosystem.

Grow the practice

Help relatefulness contribute to the larger human conversation about how we relate.

I'm just really excited for the experiential knowledge interchange for the sake of itself. We're also in an era where our globe's biggest problems require coordinating across wildly different perspectives with very distinct values and desires. Relatefulness can be a key contributor to consciously created intersubjective infrastructure — helping people communicate, and find internal peace and sanity amidst unprecedented pace of transformation.

Ready to contribute?

Not sure yet? Post an abstract to the ROAR group on UpTrust. People will weigh in and give you feedback.

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