[Commlist] Call for Papers - Information and Communication Technologies’ Role in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage/Essachess - Journal for Communication Studies

Call for Papers for volume 15, n° 1(29)/ 2022

ESSACHESS – Journal for Communication Studies

http://www.essachess.com <http://www.essachess.com/>

*Information and Communication Technologies’ Role in the Preservation of 
Cultural Heritage*

Call available here: 
https://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/announcement/view/35 
<https://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/announcement/view/35>

Guest editors

Ana MELRO, PhD, University of Aveiro, PORTUGAL

e-mail: (anamelro /at/ ua.pt) <mailto:(anamelro /at/ ua.pt)>

Lídia OLIVEIRA, Professor, DigiMedia, University of Aveiro, PORTUGAL

e-mail: (lidia /at/ ua.pt) <mailto:(lidia /at/ ua.pt)>

Ana Carla AMARO, Professor, DigiMedia, University of Aveiro, PORTUGAL

e-mail: (aamaro /at/ ua.pt) <mailto:(aamaro /at/ ua.pt)>

Cultural heritage, as well as its relevance for maintaining and 
preserving societies’, communities’, and peoples’ identity, have been 
topics of discussion over the past few years (Gomez-Ullate et al., 2020; 
Gottlieb, 2020). Cultural heritage is defined by UNESCO as using an 
inspirational tone, encouraging its preservation. Thus, the organization 
states that “Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with 
today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and 
natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and 
inspiration.” Furthermore, cultural heritage is what keeps entire 
populations unified, it is the key element that makes individuals feel 
part of a community.

The widespread knowledge of cultural heritage should allow its 
maintenance, sustainability and preservation of main material and 
immaterial cultural artifacts. What is the relevance and the role of 
information and communication technologies in those practices 
(maintenance, sustainability, and preservation)? Which technological 
tools are available to individuals for them to access material and 
immaterial cultural heritage? What are the best practices already in use 
for this purpose?

What is intended with this special issue is not only to contribute to 
the understanding of cultural heritage, to reflect on the potential that 
communication systems can have for its dissemination and preservation. 
Assuming, here, a logic of looking to the past. But, equally, to 
contribute so that present and future generations understand the 
importance of what, later on, will also be cultural heritage, be aware 
of it and perceive it as a space where they can find ways to combine 
communication systems and cultural heritage preservation. Assuming, 
here, a logic of looking to the future.

By assigning a central role to communication systems in the 
sustainability of cultural heritage, one intends to receive proposals 
that focus on the possible ways in which these dimensions are already 
connected, but also on how it is still possible to do more (considering 
what has been the technological evolution of the last few years) and how 
objects, people and memories can be connected.

The innovation of the special issue will be in the contributions 
received that will combine communication systems and technologies and 
cultural heritage, aiming to promote its preservation. But also 
innovative in the analysis that will be made of cultural heritage, 
looking at the past, but also looking at the future. As well as having 
in consideration the cultural heritage that is already under 
construction and to which it is important to ensure that its 
sustainability is a concern. And, in this dialectic between systems and 
cultural heritage, highlight the role of individuals, both as creators 
of cultural heritage and as their guardians.

This special edition is seeking contributions in English or French, 
either empirical or theoretical, considering the role, function and 
purpose of the information and communication technologies in 
contributing for the preservation of cultural heritage.

In doing so, contributors are invited to consider (but not limited to) 
the following goals:

1) contribute to the reflection around cultural heritage;

2) contribute to the reflection on the interaction between communication 
systems and cultural heritage;

3) analyze the role of individuals in preserving cultural heritage;

4) understand how individuals, as guarantors of the communication 
systems development, relate to cultural heritage.

The importance of a special issue in this topic is perceived as the way 
in which the various possible perspectives (cultural, technological, 
sociological, psychological, political, among others) can be found in 
the same and only document. This will be a space where several relevant 
authors from the fields, with common interests, will be able to 
contribute to something as important for Humanity, as is the cultural 
heritage.

Important Deadlines

-May 30, 2021: submission of the proposal in the form of an extended 
abstract of maximum 2 pages. The proposal must include a list of recent 
references and 5 keywords.

-June 20, 2021: acceptance of the proposal.

-November 1^st , 2021: full paper submission.

-February 10, 2022: reviewer’s comments to be communicated to authors.

-April 30, 2022: submission of paper with final revisions (after revisions).

-July 2022: journal publication.

Full papers should be between 6,000-8,000 words in length. Papers can be 
submitted in English or French. The abstracts should be in English and 
French (150-200 words) followed by 5 keywords. Please provide the full 
names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of all authors, indicating the 
contact author. Papers, and any queries, should be sent to:

(essachess /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(essachess /at/ gmail.com)>

Authors of the accepted papers will be notified by e-mail.

Special issue proposed within the framework of the LOCUS project. LOCUS 
is co-funded by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, through 
National Funds (PTDC/COM-CSS/29228/2017), and by the European Regional 
Development Fund, framed in the Operational Programme for 
Competitiveness and Internationalisation - COMPETE 2020, under the new 
partnership agreement PT2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029228).


Note: Essachess – Journal for Communication Studies is an open access 
journal, which is published in both online and print versions. No APCs 
and subscription are charged. No payment from the authors will be required.
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