[spectre] CFP: Arts, Special Issue: Contemporary Visual Culture in Conflict Zones

[Andreas Broeckmann LEU]

From: Ronit Milano
Date: Sep 3, 2024
Subject: CFP: Arts, Special Issue: Contemporary Visual Culture in 
Conflict Zones

Deadline: Dec 31, 2024

Arts is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes cutting-edge 
research on all aspects of visual and performing arts. The journal 
provides a platform for interdisciplinary and cross-cultural 
perspectives, fostering a deeper understanding of art and visual culture 
in contemporary society.

Special Issue of Arts: Contemporary Visual Culture in Conflict Zones and 
Contested Territories.

Guest Editor: Ronit Milano, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

The intersections of art and conflict have garnered increasing scholarly 
attention in recent years. Visual culture in conflict zones and 
contested territories offers profound insights into the human condition, 
reflecting and shaping the socio-political landscapes in which it is 
embedded. From war-torn cities to disputed borders, artists and visual 
practitioners navigate fraught environments to produce works that 
resonate with themes of resistance, resilience, and remembrance. This 
special issue aims to foreground the critical role of visual culture in 
these settings, providing a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and 
diverse perspectives.
This special issue seeks to delve into the intricate dynamics of visual 
culture as it emerges and evolves in regions marked by conflict and 
territorial disputes. Our primary aim is to explore how visual culture 
in the past fifty years has manifested in and responded to the 
complexities of conflict and contested territories. We seek to 
understand how art and visual practices contribute to the discourse on 
conflict, identity, memory, and activism. By bringing together 
contributions from scholars, artists, and cultural practitioners, this 
issue will offer a comprehensive examination of the power and potential 
of visual culture in these challenging contexts.

We invite submissions that engage with, but are not limited to, the 
following themes:
1.    Artistic Responses to Conflict: Investigating how artists depict 
and interpret conflict, and the roles their works play in mediating 
experiences of violence and displacement.
2.    Visual Narratives and Memory: Examining the representation of 
historical and contemporary conflicts through visual media, and their 
impact on collective memory.
3.    Artistic Agency and Activism: Exploring the ways artists and 
cultural producers engage in activism, and how they navigate their roles 
within conflict zones and contested territories.
4.    The Politics of Representation: Analyzing issues of power, 
identity, and ideology in visual representations of conflict, and the 
ethical considerations involved.
5.    Cultural Institutions and Curatorial Practices: Investigating how 
museums, galleries, and cultural institutions approach the exhibition of 
works from or about conflict zones and contested territories.
6.    Technological Interventions: Assessing the influence of digital 
technologies and new media on the representation and dissemination of 
visual culture in these regions.

Submission Process:

Visit the special issue’s website for more information and the 
submission link: 
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/arts/special_issues/26NX00K38B.

Manuscript Submission Information:

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering 
and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to 
go to the submission form: 
https://login.mdpi.com/login?_target_path=https%3A%2F%2Fsusy.mdpi.com%2Fuser%2Flogin%3FauthAll%3Dtrue.

Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that 
pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published 
continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed 
together on the special issue website. Research articles, review 
articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned 
papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the 
Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be 
under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference 
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a 
double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant 
information for submission of manuscripts is available on the 
Instructions for Authors page: 
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/arts/instructions.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a 
manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this 
open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should 
be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English 
editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Submission of full manuscript deadline: April 30th, 2025 via the Arts 
online submission system.  Please note that sending an abstract (article 
proposal, up to 500 words) before the full manuscript submission, 
enables the guest editor to waive the journal publication fee. The 
deadline for abstract submission is December 31st, 2024.

For any queries regarding the special issue, please contact the guest 
editor at milanor at bgu.ac.il.

We look forward to receiving your contributions and to advancing the 
discourse on contemporary visual culture in conflict zones and contested 
territories.

Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: Arts, Special Issue: Contemporary Visual Culture in Conflict Zones. 
In: ArtHist.net, Sep 3, 2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/42464>.