Visual Studies - call for papers

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VISUAL STUDIES - CALL FOR PAPERS

Visual Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes 
visually-oriented articles across a range of disciplines.  The journal 
represents a long-standing commitment to empirical visual research, studies of 
visual and material culture, the development of visual research methods, and 
the exploration of visual means of communication about social and cultural 
worlds.  The multidisciplinary character of the journal is reflected in its 
attention to visually-based research in sociology, anthropology, cultural and 
media studies, documentary film and photography, information technology, 
education, communication studies as well as other fields concerned with 
image-based study.

The journal invites contributions across a broad range, including but not 
limited to the following:

·       studies of visual and material culture
·       photography and documentary studies
·       visual ethnography
·       visual essays
·       image-based research in sociology and anthropology
·       applied visual research
·       photo-elicitation studies
·       studies of visual media and communication
·       visual studies pedagogy

It is expected that most articles will be accompanied by appropriate visual 
material, and the journal encourages visually-led submissions.

Ethics special issue
Vol. 19 No.2 will include a guest-edited section devoted to ethical issues in 
visual research.  Contributions and enquiries for this issue should be directed 
to Diana Papademas at DianaPapademas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

20th Anniversary volume
As the journal approaches its 20th anniversary volume we are particularly keen 
to encourage contributions that review the achievements of visual research over 
the past twenty years and offer directions for the future development of the 
field.

For more information on Visual Studies, instructions for authors and to request 
a sample copy please visit: 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/1472586X.html


Recent Articles Include:

Material beings: objecthood and ethnographic photographs by Elizabeth Edwards

Visual evidence: A Seventh Man, the specified generalization, and the work of 
the reader by Howard Becker

'Where's Shaka Zulu?': Shaka Zulu as an intervention in contemporary political 
discourse by Keyan Tomaselli & Arnold Shepperson

Collateral coverage: media images of Afghan refugees by Terence Wright

Celebrating life after death: the appearance of snapshots in Japanese pet grave 
sites by Richard Chalfen

Hunters and healers: social change and cultural conflict in rural Maine by 
Rebecca Goldfine, Photographs by Olivia Goldfine

Interdisciplinary agendas in visual research: re-situating visual anthropology 
by Sarah Pink


Contributions to the journal should be sent to:

Darren Newbury (Editor), Visual Studies, Birmingham Institute of Art and 
Design, University of Central England, Gosta Green, Birmingham, B4 7DX, United 
Kingdom.  Tel. +44 (0)121 331 7813  Fax. +44 (0)121 331 7824  Email: 
darren.newbury@xxxxxxxxx

Submissions will be reviewed as they are received, but the following may be 
taken as indicative deadlines:

Vol.19 No.2 - 30th April 2004
Vol.20 No.1 - 30th September 2004
Vol.20 No.2 - 31st March 2005

Please send three copies of manuscript plus photocopies of illustrations (not 
originals).