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Call for Papers and Projects: Membrana Journal

Einsendeschluss: 24.04.2023

Membrana Journal is looking for contributions for its upcoming issue Membrana Vol. 8 No. 1 - Collaboration. Contribution proposals in form of 150-word abstracts and/or visuals are to be submitted until April 24 2023.

Membrana Vol. 8 No. 1 opens up space for critical reflection on collaboration and participation in contemporary and historical visual practices, offering a platform for contributions that address the following topics (but not limited to):

the ethics and politics of aesthetics in socially engaged photography
agency, representation and the power dynamics of co-authorship, co-creation and self-authorship
decolonizing culture and technology in the visual arts
participatory photography, film, and contemporary socially engaged art
social and liberal documentary movements
visualizing subaltern forms of commonality and participation

Format of contributions

Articles, interviews – including notes, references, abstract, and biography 21,000–49,000 characters / 3000–7000 words
Reviews, experiments 10,500–21,000 characters / 1500–3000 words
Photographic projects and artwork: proposals for non-commissioned work or samples of work

Membrana Vol. 8 No. 1 - Collaboration will be co-edited by Anthony Luvera (Associate Professor of Photography in the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University).

More information can be found here.