[ecrea] CFA Communication Practices, Creativity and New Challenges - Journal Universitas Humanistica

Guest Editors: Claudia Magallanes Blanco y Juan Carlos Valencia
Presentation of the Special Issue January-June 2016 – Number 81
The issue 81 of
Universitas Humanisticas seeks to collect critical theoretical 
reflections and case studies that discuss the role of communication 
processes in the generation of social change. We understand social 
change in a broad sense, including a wide range of social movements and 
social interventions aiming at problematizing and destabilizing the 
status quo. We also consider initiatives either reactionary or 
oppressive that transgress the social order.
The special issue seeks to contribute to the discussions about the 
various ways in which communicative practices (mediated or not) are 
managed. The platforms that support them and their technological 
assemblages, as well as the power relations that anchor and foster them.
We are interested in this call to convene two types of contributions. 
First, proposals that present innovative theoretical approaches stemming 
from the Social Sciences, Critical Cultural Studies and the Humanities 
aimed at problematizing dialogue, participation and social 
transformation, concepts that are at the basis of communication 
processes set in a variety of scenarios and problems.
Second, contributions that present case studies that document and 
critically examine specific initiatives in which various stakeholders 
located in rural or urban areas, using digital or analogous technologies 
design and creatively weave communication practices. We are interested 
in initiatives that seek to reconfigure social capital, to generate 
bonds with other social actors, to reshape or restate corporalities, 
everyday environments, and /or expressive territories.

Call for Abstracts:
February 8 to May 8, 2014
Those interested in participating in the special issue should initially 
send an abstract of their contribution not exceeding 500 words. 
Submissions shall be done electronically using this link: 
http://goo.gl/pbgQYM
The abstract should include: (1) working title, (2) the ongoing or 
finished research that frames the paper, (3) the problem(s) to be 
addressed and how they fit the themes proposed for the special issue, 
(4) the perspective from which these themes will be addressed, and (5) 
the major contribution of the paper to this special issue.
The journal editorial team and guest editors will evaluate the proposed 
abstracts. The editorial team will announce the selected abstracts by
June 24, 2014; upon which the author(s) may begin working on their full 
paper. Final papers will be blind peer reviewed.
Abstracts can be submitted in
English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Paper Submission:
June 25 to December 7, 2014

should be sent both, through the online submission system which can be 
accessed through our website: 
http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions 
and to the following e-mail addresses: (u.humanistica /at/ javeriana.edu.co) 
and (universitas.humanistica1 /at/ gmail.com). All articles should abide by the 
following criteria3:
- Articles must be the original work of the author(s) and can be 
submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- A short résumé of the author(s) must be submitted along with the 
article (150 words max.).
- The article should contain an abstract of no more than 150 words. The 
abstract should include: (1) the purpose of the study or research, (2) a 
short summary of the methodology, and (3) the major findings and main 
conclusions of the paper.
- The paper must include 3 to 6 key words in the original language of 
the article.

- The article can include quotations, notes, footnotes, tables, figure 
legends, and references. It must be typed in Arial, 12 point, 
double-spaced, on letter-size (21.5 x 28 cm), left and right margins of 
2.5 cm, and top and bottom margins of 3 cm.
- The manuscript must follow APA style.
- Research and reflective articles
4 must be a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 pages, including 
references and tables (approximately between 6000 to 7500 words). All 
pages must be numbered in consecutive order.
- Revision articles should extend until 9000 words.

Review of Full Papers:
December 7, 2014 to March 31, 2015
Full papers will go through blind review by two experts on the subject. 
The editorial board will send comments to the authors. If the reviewers 
reject a paper, the editorial board of the journal will notify the 
author(s).
Notification of Approval of Full Papers:
April 1, 2015
If a paper is approved pending changes, the author(s) will have a maximum of
30 days to deliver a modified version.

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