Call for papers for PSIAX Magazine#8: ‘Design and Ecology’
Extension of the Deadline
Call for papers for PSIAX Magazine#8: ‘Design and Ecology’ Extension of the Deadline
Submission of proposals until 20 October 2024
The call for submissions is open until 20 October 2024 [new date] for publication in issue no. 8 of the 2nd series of the journal PSIAX: Studies and Reflections on Drawing, which will focus on issues relating to ‘Drawing and Ecology’.
The open call for proposals is aimed at researchers, artists and thinkers to contribute to the next edition of PSIAX, which aims to explore the interconnection between drawing and image with ecology.
Drawing and image can be a reflection of human thought or concerns, representations of the natural, of our ideas about the world in a contemporary context marked by worrying ecological and sustainability issues.
Does drawing reveal the way we relate to our planet, to the natural, to our integrated or detached awareness of what is natural and of which we are or are not a part? Do the images reveal our growing(?) awareness of our negative actions on the planet and the need to act differently?
Ecology, as the science of the interdependence of organisms and their environment, offers a valuable understanding of the interaction between humans and non-humans, between sentient beings and their environment. Today, it plays a fundamental role in understanding and resolving environmental issues such as overconsumption, climate change, biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, pollution and the depletion of our planet.
How can images, or how can drawing, critically question these issues, how can it explore these ideas, how can it show and represent our connections between species, possibly proposing alternatives or pointing out current concerns? How can drawing, as the materialisation of thought, the formalisation of ideas, the construction of solutions, inspire, mobilise, educate and inspire? How does drawing bear witness to our actions, our solutions, the changes in our ecological culture?
In this edition, the focus will be on showing drawings, artistic projects, images, articles, essays, contextualising or critical texts that account for, problematise or address representations of nature and landscape, environmental narratives, links between the human and the non-human, anthropocentric culture or other possible worldviews.
Abstract Submission
Any format submitted (text or project) for evaluation must be sent to psiaxmag@gmail.com by 20 October 2024 [new date], in any of the following languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, Italian.
For contributions such as articles, essays, texts, these must have between 11,000 and 21,000 characters, including spaces, and must include an abstract of no more than 300 words in Portuguese and English, 4 keywords and a 50-word biographical note.
Text contributions should be sent in a single word file, with the text in Times New Roman, 12 point font and 1.5 line spacing, justified. Footnotes and references should be formatted in 10 point font, single line spacing, according to APA style 6. Bibliographical references should be integrated into the text. Quotations of up to 3 lines must be inserted in the text between inverted commas and followed by the appropriate references. Quotations longer than 3 lines must be highlighted in the body of the text using Times New Roman font, size 10, single spaced, justified, and indented 4 cm from the left margin.
Each artistic project contribution (drawings, artistic projects, images) will have a limit of 10 images. The images, in .jpg or .tiff format, at least 7.5 x 10 cm, 300 dpi, must be identified in the body of the text and in the file, accompanied by a technical file and referenced, and must include an abstract of no more than 500 words in Portuguese and English; 4 keywords and a 50-word biographical note.
The articles are selected by the editorial board. They are then subjected to a double-blind peer review process. The committee reserves the right not to publish articles that do not follow the review recommendations. Applicants will be informed by 1 September 2022 whether their proposal has been accepted.
Key dates
- Submission date: by 20 October 2024 [new date]
- Results: by 10 January 2025 [new date]
- Journal launch (planned): 2025
* PSIAX has been active since 2002, publishing studies and reflections on design and image. It is jointly run by the Faculties of Architecture and Fine Arts of the University of Porto and the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho, and is edited by the i2ADS and Lab2PT research units.