[ecrea] Critical Arts - Open Call for Papers - The ethnographic turn

*/Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies/*

*Open Call for Papers – The ethnographic turn*

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*rcrc20.v031.i04.cover***

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*Editor-in-chief: *Keyan G Tomaselli**

*Editorial consultant:*Kris Rutten

*Theme*
Critical Arts has hosted a number of special issues that revisit the 
“ethnographic turn” in contemporary art – see previous volumes 27(5), 
27(6), 30(3) and 31(2). The aim of these issues has been to explore how 
artists engage with anthropological and ethnographic perspectives in 
their work, starting from the many forms in which art can present itself 
today. Each of these issues engages critically with the ethnographic 
turn in contemporary art by focusing on practice-led research and by 
offering a forum for artists and anthropologists themselves to explore 
the intersections in their work and to counter and grapple with 
criticism regarding their practices.


Because of the ongoing complexity of practice-led research in general, 
and artistic research with a focus on ethnography in 
particular, Critical Arts will issue an open call for papers, inviting 
papers and vignettes that explore issues with regard to artistic 
research, (ethnographic) knowledge, and (cultural) difference. The 
following questions remain the central focus:  In what way does art 
connect cultures and communities across borders? How does one 
capture people on camera (or recorder) with respect and integrity? What 
does it mean to make art in an age of “superdiversity”? What are the 
implications of shifts in our media ecology for the production, 
mediation, and consumption of “culture”?


By integrating these papers as a thematic strand within the regular 
issues—rather than as a stand-alone special issue—the contributions will 
be able to engage in a dialogue with the general aim of Critical Arts, 
namely to focus on the development of transdisciplinary epistemologies 
and to approach “culture” as “a marker of deeper continuities than the 
immediate conflicts under the fire of which so many must somehow live 
their lives”. We hope that many artists, researchers, and activists will 
respond to this open call and we highly recommend to explore the 
previous special issues to get acquainted with and to respond to this 
on-going discussion.

*Submission guidelines*

Critical Arts is currently accepting submissions for publication in 2019 
and 2020. To be considered for publication in 2019, full papers should 
be submitted by _1 June 2018_.

Information and instructions for authors can be found at 
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCRC <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RCRC>

All completed manuscripts MUST be uploaded onto the online manuscript 
portal ScholarOne: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rcrc.

Further inquiries about this open call can be addressed to 
(criticalarts /at/ ukzn.ac.za) <mailto:(criticalarts /at/ ukzn.ac.za)>.

*About Critical Arts*

Critical Arts prides itself in publishing original, readable, and 
theoretically cutting edge articles. For more information on the history 
and the orientation of the journal, as well as guidelines for authors, 
and legal and editorial procedures, please visit: 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/rcrcauth.asp

Critical Arts is now published six times annually and is indexed in the 
International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) and the ISI Social 
Science Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index and other indexes.

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