OPEN CALL: SOPHIA JOURNAL ISSUE 6
”Visual Spaces Of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations"
ISSN: 2183-8976
Sophia peer-review journal is currently accepting the submission of articles for consideration, following the external Peer Review processes as per described on the Editorial Policies section.
All articles submitted should address the topic for the upcoming issueand be written in accord to the Author Guidelines.
Issue #6: "Visual Spaces Of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations"
Call deadline: February 2021
Expected publication date: December 2021
IIn the upcoming 6th number of Sophia, which will be called Visual Spaces Of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations, we are interested in original articles that may address the following issues: How do we all become aware of the gradual, but inescapable changes in the environment? How does photography raise public awareness of the pressing environmental changes implicit in our anthropocentric epoch? How can photography contribute to these complex debates? These issues can be addressed from several perspectives: from confronting our memories and understandings of a place to reactivating ‘what is no longer there’ or proposing ‘what could be there’.
This volume of Sophia will bring together photographers and researchers who make significant contributions to these discussions, including the material processes of creating, managing and interpreting sets of documents. We are interested in material processes where photography is explored as a significant research tool for critical and innovative views on architecture and urban transformation in their expanded fields and contextualized by larger systems: cultural, political, artistic, technical, and historical dimensions. We will be publishing long-term photographic work of environmental changes, innovative documentation or archival projects exploring discursive forms of presentation and visual constructs, articles and research papers discussing the rich spectrum of techniques and visual strategies employed in environmental discussions. The spectrum of transformational processes is broad: deforestation, soil erosion, suburban sprawl, wastelands, decaying shopping malls, neglected social housing, post-industrial ruins, gentrification and privatization of public space, or demonstration movements from “Occupy” to “Fridays for Future”. In this context, we will be especially interested in proposals that are able to question how the different dimensions of architecture and urban transformation may be meaningfully understood or reframed through the different lenses and perspectives of visual processes.The journal is now accepting photographic work and critical papers within the above framework that will allow the interested public to reflect on the diverse transformational processes affecting our present cities and territories.
Editorial Team
Carolina Leite (FAUP, CEAU)
Carlos Machado e Moura (FAUP, CEAU)
Jorge Marum (CIAUD-UBI)
Leonor Matos Silva (Dinâmia’CET, ISCTE-IUL)
Maria Neto (CEAU / UBI)
Pedro Leão Neto (FAUP, CEAU)
Wilfried Wang (UTSoA)
Submit all paper proposals to: info@cityscopio.com
International Conference for this 6th number of Sophia Journal: Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations
The International Conference for this 6th number of Sophia Journal, will take place in the Faculty of Architecture of University of Porto (FAUP), enduring the cycle of international forums held annually around the theme and topics on focus in Sophia for each year.
Sophia Journal´s International Conference will present a live and videoconference program organized by CEAU / FAUP in partnership with …. and …. and the event will be broadcasted live online, encompassing a rich and diverse program around: (i) a series of videoconferences; (ii) the launch and presentation of the 6th number of the Peer Review journal Sophia: Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations; (iii) roundtables for each panel concerning a focused topic coming from Sophia´s comprehensive call; (iv) presentation of articles submitted; (v) the opening of Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations exhibition, developed for this conference and for the spaces of FAUP, where diverse visual essays will be displayed in which photography is explored as a significant research instrument for building critical and innovative views on architecture as an extended field of knowledge that operates within larger systems, with cultural, artistic, technical, and historical dimensions.
The objective of these international forums is to promote the reflection and debate on the universes of Architecture, Art and Image, addressing various issues transversal to the worlds of Photography and Architecture, exploring how the image can be a means to cross borders and shift boundaries between different disciplinary areas.
All queries should be forwarded directly to: info@cityscopio.com