Deadline: 15 November 2010
Special Edition dedicated to critical examination of Arts and Human Rights to be published September 2011.
This is in partnership with Amnesty International as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Amnesty International.
The Journal of Arts and Communities seeks to provide a critical examination of the practices known as community or participatory arts, encompassing work which incorporates active creative collaboration between artists and people in a range of communities of place and interest. The Journal will take a cross-artform and interdisciplinary approach, seeking to include work originating in performance, visual arts and media, writing, multimedia and collaboration involving digital technology and associated forms.
The Journal seeks original researched articles, case studies, reports of projects in progress, particularly from practitioners and research students as well as book reviews, conference reviews and reports. The work embraced by the Journal might include activity taking place within the context of regeneration, education, community development or social inclusion; equally it will debate artist-led projects and practice with less explicit social outcomes but with a commitment to cultural democracy, access, development of community voices or skills sharing. It will also aim to discuss experimental approaches that challenge the boundaries of the practice and connect with a wider range of contextual practices.
The Journal will offer a means of generating and disseminating research based on an international, inter-disciplinary range of practices rooted in local arts development, arts for development, community consultation, creative participation and collective authorship.
The Journal of Arts and Communities will publish a special Arts and Human Rights edition. A Call for Contributions is extended to artists, Human Rights practitioners and activists, researchers and informed commentators to explore and share ideas and knowledge regarding the area of Arts and Human Rights. This is an area of work that is of particular interest to Amnesty International; this Special Edition is in partnership with Amnesty International and will be published widely through Amnesty International’s network.
This initiative is also in partnership with the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Each year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the prestigious Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award is given to a Fringe play that engages strongly with a Human Rights issue, as well as being of an outstanding artistic quality.
The Judges for the Award include Joyce McMillan, theatre critic and columnist for The Scotsman and Neil Cooper writer and critic for The Herald, and they are invited to be Guest Editors for this Special Edition.
Submission details
Articles submitted should generally be 5-6000 words long. Case studies and project reports from practitioners should be no more than 4000 words long and do not have to be extensively referenced. Conference proceedings and other reports should be up to 1,000 words long and include both a description and a critical analysis.
The deadline for submission is as follows:
This Special Edition Call for Papers asks that contributions are sent initially to the guest editors who will then forward them to the Editorial Board for the peer review process. Submissions should be made by Monday 15th November 2010.
More information here.
Special Edition dedicated to critical examination of Arts and Human Rights to be published September 2011.
This is in partnership with Amnesty International as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Amnesty International.
The Journal of Arts and Communities seeks to provide a critical examination of the practices known as community or participatory arts, encompassing work which incorporates active creative collaboration between artists and people in a range of communities of place and interest. The Journal will take a cross-artform and interdisciplinary approach, seeking to include work originating in performance, visual arts and media, writing, multimedia and collaboration involving digital technology and associated forms.
The Journal seeks original researched articles, case studies, reports of projects in progress, particularly from practitioners and research students as well as book reviews, conference reviews and reports. The work embraced by the Journal might include activity taking place within the context of regeneration, education, community development or social inclusion; equally it will debate artist-led projects and practice with less explicit social outcomes but with a commitment to cultural democracy, access, development of community voices or skills sharing. It will also aim to discuss experimental approaches that challenge the boundaries of the practice and connect with a wider range of contextual practices.
The Journal will offer a means of generating and disseminating research based on an international, inter-disciplinary range of practices rooted in local arts development, arts for development, community consultation, creative participation and collective authorship.
The Journal of Arts and Communities will publish a special Arts and Human Rights edition. A Call for Contributions is extended to artists, Human Rights practitioners and activists, researchers and informed commentators to explore and share ideas and knowledge regarding the area of Arts and Human Rights. This is an area of work that is of particular interest to Amnesty International; this Special Edition is in partnership with Amnesty International and will be published widely through Amnesty International’s network.
This initiative is also in partnership with the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Each year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the prestigious Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award is given to a Fringe play that engages strongly with a Human Rights issue, as well as being of an outstanding artistic quality.
The Judges for the Award include Joyce McMillan, theatre critic and columnist for The Scotsman and Neil Cooper writer and critic for The Herald, and they are invited to be Guest Editors for this Special Edition.
Submission details
Articles submitted should generally be 5-6000 words long. Case studies and project reports from practitioners should be no more than 4000 words long and do not have to be extensively referenced. Conference proceedings and other reports should be up to 1,000 words long and include both a description and a critical analysis.
The deadline for submission is as follows:
This Special Edition Call for Papers asks that contributions are sent initially to the guest editors who will then forward them to the Editorial Board for the peer review process. Submissions should be made by Monday 15th November 2010.
More information here.
