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Open call for participation in the thematic issue Rethinking the public sphere Intersections between cultural practices and collective space

Open call for participation in the thematic issue


Rethinking the public sphere
Intersections between cultural practices and collective space

September 2015
Editors: Martí Peran – Diana Padrón
Universitat de Barcelona

Reception of abstracts: from March 5th to April 5th, 2015
Reception of articles: from May 1st to June 30th, 2015

 

As part of the research topic "Spaces of experience. Artistic practices and machinery for the political imagination" of the research group Art Globalization Interculturality (AGI), REG / AC Journal dedicates its third volume to a thematic issue on methodologies and models of intervention in the public sphere. (See previous issues here).

The Journal of Global Studies and Contemporary Art is an indexed journal, and an open access online publication, which aims to analyzate visuality, contemporary artistic practices and cultural conflicts through a global perspective. REG | AC is associated with the research group Art Globalization Interculturality (AGI) of the Department of Art History of the University of Barcelona.

 

 

 

RETHINKING THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Intersections between cultural practices and collective space

In recent decades an increasing number of artistic practices have shifted towards the social space in order to transcend the classic notion of "public art" and to open new areas of intersection between cultural practices and collective space. This turn has resulted in a fundamental crossroad that requires artistic practices with social vocation to take a stand on whether they contribute to strengthening the social cohesion model established (an integrational ideal) or otherwise, to imagining and testing other community models and thus becoming an example of possible instituent practices. Only resolving this question, the role of cultural proposals can go beyond the logic of representation and open the possibility of transforming or building new imaginaries for the social sphere. Moreover, social mutations resulting from the processes of political, economic and urban globalization have forced artistic practices to rethink their horizons of action through transdisciplinary approaches that resolve fundamental questions, among which we can highlight: 1) new forms of social mobility (subjects, services, goods, narratives); 2) new identity profiles (autochthonous, resident, tourist, foreign, undocumented); 3) the acknowledgment of spaces which operate as a unit of sociopolitical power (neighborhood, city); 4) modes of articulation of collaborative and cooperation processes as an alternative to the self-sufficient subject fostered by capitalism. The complexity of these questions requires, initially, a reflection on working methodologies that would be able to respond to all these lines of action.

Volume 3 of REG / AC is a contribution of the research group Art Globalization Interculturality (AGI), to the research platform "Post Devices - Expanded Seminar" organized by the Fundació Antoni Tàpies and to cultural producer Idensitat, where researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Universitat Ramon Llull and Universitat de Barcelona, discuss different methodologies and models of intervention in the public sphere from artistic practices and social sciences. Some of these contributions are collected in this volume, along with works from the Forum Permanente of Instituto de Estudos Avançados from Universidade de Sao Paulo and the research group GIAI / AE from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. In this way, the research group Art Globalization Interculturality (AGI) continues its inter-disciplinary and intercultural vocation of the journal REG / AC.
Proposed areas

* Public Sphere / Public Space: Methodologies for action

* Instituent practices

* New forms of social mobility

* New identity profiles

* New sociopolitical spaces

* Collaborative and self-management processes

Author guidelines
REG / AC is an indexed journal, so the articles must be unpublished, and written according  APA citation guidelines (see here author guidelines). The articles will be evaluated through peer review by two anonymous referees. The journal will also be distributed under Creative Commons license. This will enable the work to be shared with third parties, by previously providing their acknowledgement of authorship, its initial publication in this journal and its conditions of the license.

The length of the articles must be between 20,000 and 40,000 characters (3000-6000 words), in addition to images if the author wishes to include them (in this case, the author will be responsible for asking permission to publish them and for following the author guidelines  about "Use of images").

 

To participate in the call, please send an abstract of your proposal in a single PDF file including: 1) Title, 2) Abstract of 1500 characters (250 words), 3) Keywords, 4) A brief CV of the author (educational background, academic and professional activity, publications, and contact details), to info.regac@gmail.com with subject CALL REGAC.

Considering the bilingual will of REG/AC journal, proposals are accepted both in English and Spanish.

The call for abstracts submission is open from March 5th to April 5th, 2015. The Editorial Committee will conduct the evaluation and selection of articles, communicating its decision within 15 days abstract deadline. The reception period for the acceptance of selected articles will be open between May 1st and June 30th, 2015.