The call for papers for publication in issue no. 8 of the 2nd series of the journal PSIAX: Studies and Reflections on Drawing, which will have the theme “Drawing and Ecology”, is open.

 

We invite researchers, artists and thinkers to contribute to the next edition of PSIAX, which aims to explore the interconnection between drawing and image with ecology.
Drawing and image can be a reflection of human thought or concerns, representations of the natural, of our ideas about the world in a contemporary context marked by troubling ecological and sustainability issues.
Does the drawing reveal the way we relate to our planet, to the natural, to our integrated consciousness, or away from what we understand as natural and of which we are or are not a part? Do the images reveal our growing(?) awareness of our actions on our planet, and the need to act differently?
Ecology, as a science of the interdependence of organisms and their environment, offers a valuable understanding of the interaction between humans and non-humans, between humans and more-than-humans, between sentient beings and their environment. Today it plays a fundamental role in understanding and resolving environmental issues: overconsumption, climate change, loss of biodiversity, habitat degradation, pollution or the depletion of our planet.
We want to understand how images, or how drawing, can critically question these themes, how it explores these ideas, how it can show and represent our connections between species, possibly proposing alternatives or pointing out current concerns. How can drawing, as the materialization of thought, the formalization of ideas, the construction of solutions, inspire, mobilize and educate? How does drawing bear witness to our actions, our solutions, the changes in our ecological culture?

 

In this edition, we are interested in showing drawings, art projects, images, articles, essays, contextualizing or critical texts that account for, problematize or address representations of Nature and Landscape, Environmental Narratives, links between the human and the non-human and the more-than-human, our anthropocentric culture or other possible cosmovisions.

 

Any format submitted (text or project) for evaluation must be sent to psiaxmag@gmail.com by October 20, 2024 (deadline postponed from October 1st to October 20th), in any of the following languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, Italian.
For contributions such as articles, essays, texts, these must have between 11,000 and 21,000 characters, including spaces, and must include an abstract of no more than 300 words in Portuguese and English, 4 keywords and a 50-word biographical note.
Text contributions should be sent in a single word file, with the text in Times New Roman, body 12 and 1.5 spacing, justified. Footnotes and references should be formatted in 10 point font, single line, APA 6 style. Bibliographical references should be integrated into the text. Quotations of up to 3 lines must be inserted in the text between quotation marks and followed by the appropriate references. Quotations longer than 3 lines must be highlighted in the body of the text using Times New Roman font, size 10, single-spaced, justified, with a 4 cm indentation from the left margin.
Each artistic project contribution (drawings, artistic projects, images) will have a limit of 10 images. The images, in .jpg or .tiff format, with a minimum size of 7.5 x 10 cm, 300 dpi, must be identified in the body of the text and in the file, accompanied by a technical file and referenced, and must include an abstract with a maximum of 500 words in Portuguese and English; 4 keywords and a 50-word biographical note.
Articles and projects are selected by the editorial board.They are then subjected to a double-blind peer review process.The committee reserves the right not to publish articles that do not follow the review recommendations. Applicants will be informed by January 10, 2025 whether their proposal has been accepted for publication.

 

More information: https://i2ads.up.pt; http://www.eaad.uminho.pt; http://www.facebook.com/EAUMinho

 

 

* PSIAX is a periodical active since 2002, publishing studies and reflections on drawing and images. It is jointly directed by the Faculties of Architecture and Fine Arts of the University of Porto and the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho, being edited by the research units i2ADS and Lab2PT.