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Intellect is exhibiting at the SPE 2024 Conference

The Society for Photographic Education conference will take place 21-23 March in St. Louis, Missouri. More information about the conference can be found here.

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We publish a range of photography related journals, including Philosophy of Photography, Journal of Curatorial Studies and many more.

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Spotlight Journals

 

Philosophy of Photography is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the scholarly understanding of photography. It is not committed to any one notion of photography nor, indeed, to any particular philosophical approach. The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for debate on theoretical issues arising from the historical, political, cultural, scientific and critical matrix of ideas, practices and techniques that may be said to constitute photography as a multifaceted form. In a contemporary context remarkable for its diversity and rate of change, the conjunction of the terms 'philosophy' and 'photography' in the journal’s title is intended to act as a provocation to serious reflection on the ways in which existing and emergent photographic discourses might engage with and inform each other. This title is indexed with the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

PUBLIC has provided a forum combining critical thinking with visual art for 30 years, producing an aesthetically engaging journal which explores themes in-depth in each issue. PUBLIC is committed to critical work and reflection, and provides a unique perspective as a journal coming from Canada. This title is indexed with the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

The Journal of Curatorial Studies is an international, peer-reviewed publication that explores the cultural functioning of curating and its relation to exhibitions, institutions, audiences, aesthetics and display culture. As a critical and responsive forum for debate in the emerging field of curatorial studies, the journal fosters scholarship in the theory, practice and history of curating, as well as that of exhibitions and display culture in general. Link to free issue of Journal of Curatorial Studies.  This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

Moving Image Review & Art Journal is the first international peer-reviewed scholarly publication devoted to artists' film and video, and their contexts. It offers a forum for debates surrounding all forms of artists' moving image and media artworks: films, video installations, expanded cinema, video performance, experimental documentaries, animations and other screen-based works made by artists. This title is indexed with Scopus. For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

The International Journal of Food Design is the first academic, peer-reviewed journal entirely dedicated to food design research and practice. This journal is a platform for researchers and practitioners operating in the various disciplines that contribute to the understanding of food design. The editors are particularly interested in pushing the boundaries of research that connect aspects from culinary arts, hospitality, food science and culture from across various disciplines, such as design theory, design education, design history and industrial design. From the 2019 volume International Journal of Food Design is Diamond Open Access. The journal does not charge APCs or submission fees. Articles are published under a Creative Commons license which allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. To purchase print copies or earlier volumes please contact our journal subscription team: journalsubscriptions@intellectbooks.com. Intellect is thrilled to announce that the International Journal of Food Design has been accepted onto Scopus.  The journal received excellent feedback from the reviewer, calling it a 'thriving journal', 'publishing material that is very highly cited'. For more information or to access the journal visit the Discover platform here.

Animation Practice, Process & Production is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal presenting, analysing and exploring how animation is created and shown. Animation encompasses a huge variety of practices, many of them unacknowledged or underexplored. This journal attempts to bring all types of animation to the fore and to present insight and analysis about the practice, process and production of such work. For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

Technoetic Arts focuses upon the juncture between art, technology and the mind, drawing from academic research and often unorthodox approaches. Technoetic Arts is a peer-reviewed journal that explores the juncture of art practice, technology and the human mind, opening up a forum for trans-disciplinary speculative research. This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art seeks to explore the relationship between contemporary art and Chinese cultural identity in its broadest sense. This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for critical debate into Zhongguo dangdai yishu, the ‘avant-garde', experimental and museum-based visual art produced as part of the liberalization of culture that has taken place within mainland China since 1978. It also explores works produced by artists of non-Chinese ethnicity who live and work within Chinese contexts or whose work has a strong relationship to Chinese culture, society and history. This journal was established in 2014 by Founding Editor Paul Gladston. The journal operates on the basis of thematic CFPs only, please consult the current CFPs before submission. This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

The International Journal of Education Through Art is an English language journal that promotes relationships between art and education. The term 'art education' should be taken to include art, craft and design education. Each issue, published three times a year within a single volume, consists of peer-reviewed articles mainly in the form of research reports and critical essays, but may also include exhibition reviews and image-text features. The International Journal of Education Through Art is published in partnership with the International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA). This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe visit the Discover platform here.

Spotlight Books

Untangling Another Dimension

A critical survey of art practices by 25 artists, whose work involves the use of 3-D from 1900 to present. Addresses themes such as networked VR, the stereoscope as a spectacle in art practices ranging from painting to installation art, film, video, virtual reality art and the metaverse. 3-D glasses included with print editions. 89 colour illus.

Photography in Alter Space
By Eric Lesdema Series edited by Alfredo Cramerotti

An extended edit of Eric Lesdema’s photographic series of the same name, with 83 colour photographs and essays from leading academics which analyse how his work provides an alternative approach to documentary photography. Twenty-first-century interpretations and applications of photography are questioned, as are warfare and its cultural framework.

Design for Social Change in Fascist Italy

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the influential architect Giuseppe Pagano and his contribution to the development of modern architecture. With chapters by Tim Benton, Noa Steimatsky, Cesare de Seta, Caterina Franchini and Claudia Cagneschi.

New exploration of how the moving image mediates our relationship to and understanding of landscapes. The focus is on artists’ film and video and draws on work from the 1970s to the present day. An informed, personal view from a high profile author considering if appreciation of nature’s aesthetics undermines commitment to ecology. 30b/w illus.

Notes on Otherness
By David Bate Afterword by Liz Wells Series edited by Alfredo Cramerotti

A collection that combines visual works with critical essays around the theme of everyday life to explore the concept of otherness and highlight photography as a form of critical practice. Put together in this way, the book images and text work in dialogue with one another to construct a new perspective on questions of otherness and alterity.

This book compares two conceptual models for theorizing about photography: the Turin Shroud and the universal Turing machine. It explores new propositions about the theory of photography; the concept of quasi-photography; a unique model for photography as algorithmic art; and an interface between philosophies of photography and media.

Photographers and American Jazz, 1900-1960

Discussion of jazz as a visual subject and analysis of how photographers approached their subject. Includes work often overlooked – from African American photojournalists, studio photographers, early twentieth-century émigrés, Jewish exiles of the 1930s and vernacular snapshots.  135 halftones   Chapter 1: Jazz photography and photographers 1900-1960 is now available for free here.   New Books Network (New Books in Music) interview with Alan John Ainsworth

A Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s

Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace focuses on the music, the individual and the creativity of a worldwide community, a subject not often covered by academic books. Whether you were part of the scene or are just fascinated by different modes of expression, this book will transport you to another time and place.

Through an interplay of words and images, this book documents the life of Palestinian communities of shepherds and farmers under Israeli occupation that threatens their very survival. Years of human rights activism in Palestine have guided the authors in crafting this unique visual and verbal record. 172 colour illus.

Essays on Contemporary Art, Performance and Photography

Collection of short, critical writings on contemporary art, performance, and photography written over the course of two decades. These include essays and interviews, profiles and reviews. They were originally published in a variety of settings, including art magazines and exhibition catalogues, online journals and websites. 49 b&w illus.