GUEST EDITORIAL
A Time of Transition for Sites
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-id554Abstract
SITES is an extraordinary journal for such a small and under-resourced academic community. It has a long, honourable and sometimes variable history of ups and downs. The Covid months were not easy, but our outgoing editor, Jenny Lawn, steered our waka ably through those troubled waters. She writes of her time at the helm in a guest editorial below. At the time of her departure
most universities in Aotearoa/NZ were undergoing cuts and restructurings that have impacted our collective capacity for work beyond the essentials. Academically important functions such as journal editing is barely recognised, let alone rewarded by our institutions.
By mid-2024, SITES found itself with neither an editor nor any candidates to replace her. What we did have however, was a small group within the editorial board who were willing and able to contribute in various ways toward the job. So Sita Venkateswar, Vijay Devadas and Graeme MacRae have become an interim ‘editorial collective’ to keep the show on the road for now. So SITES lives
on. Molly McCormick, who has long been at the heart of the journal, carrying the load of managing ongoing submissions, reviews, revisions, copyediting and publication, is now properly designated as our Managing Editor. We’ll see how it goes, but we are certainly open to having a new lead editor if you are interested.
• As you can see, we are still a bit behind our publication schedule, but we are working to catch up and there are plans for issues to come. So please think about submitting your own manuscripts or encouraging your students to do likewise.
