Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) is a Diamond Open Access, peer-reviewed, rigorous and community-responsive academic journal that publishes research on contemporary as well as historical issues and debates surrounding hip hop music and culture around the world, twice annually. GHHS is Open Access through a Subscribe to Open (S2O) model and does not charge APCs or submission fees. Articles are published under a Creative Commons licence which allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. Facebook: Global Hip Hop StudiesTwitter: @GHHSJournal GHHS is supported by the European Research Council and University College Cork, Ireland. For more information or to access the journal visit the Discover platform here.

Intellect is honoured to be publishing its first-ever Diamond Open Access journal, Artifact: Journal of Design Practice. The journal is funded by The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation. It does not charge APCs or submission fees.  Since its first publication in 2007, Artifact has focused on practice-based, constructive, and artistic design research of the highest international level aimed at strengthening knowledge production and sharing in the international design research community. Artifact promotes discourse and ideas in support of the creation of new knowledge related to contextual, foundational, conceptual, empirical as well as methodological issues and advancements that contribute to the proliferation of rigorous practices of artistic, practice-based, and constructive design research – see below for aims and scope of the journal.   The journal only welcomes submissions that answer to posted calls for papers. All original research papers are subject to double-blind peer-review, but the journal also welcomes research commentaries and essays (not subject to double-blind peer-review) – please inquire with the editorial team to learn more about these (non-peer reviewed formats). This title is indexed with Scopus. For more information or to access the journal visit the Discover platform here. The journal is not currently accepting submissions. Please sign up to our mailing lists to find out when submissions are re-opened. 

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.

Design for the New World: From Human Design to Planet Design offers an innovative combination of design and design thinking, systemic leadership, and indigenous thinking, that can reshape the way we think about and work with sustainable transformation. 81 colour illustrations. A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Design for the New World. It has been made available under a Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.

Digital Platforms and the Press argues that there is a growing risk of a platform-dependent press, which threatens democracies across the world. The book provides the first comprehensive account of how platform dependence manifests across the news media sector. 7 b/w illus. A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/61c9d395-19af-4c75-a9c1-b61b494e155b. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.  

This edited volume demonstrates and interprets contemporary migrant musics as sonic signatures constitutive of the city at night. The distinct contribution is the articulation of migrancy and emplacement practices to the scholarship on urban musicology and the burgeoning field of night studies. 49 b/w illus.   A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.   Online book launch - June 9th. Details here

Explores cities of exile from different perspectives and presents different methods and sources for exile and urban studies. Internationally recognized scholars writing on themes including mapping, oral history, queerness, photography. A significant contribution to the theory and methodology of research on historical exile. 90 b/w, 18 col. illus. A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Urban Exile. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.   

The first comparative historical study of the six Disneyland theme parks around the world in five distinct cultures: the USA, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Sets the parks in the historic contexts at their opening, discusses cross- and trans-cultural understandings of the parks and the part that class plays.   A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.   New Books Network (New Books in Critical Theory) interview with Sabrina Mittermeier   Book Launch

This volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts. Through fourteen essays divided into three segments – how dress creates, disrupts and transcends gender – the chapters investigate gender issues through the lens of fashion. A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Crossing Gender Boundaries. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

A combination of practical and theoretical writing, this book chronicles the realization of #TransActing: A Market of Values, an international non-commercial popup market held at Chelsea College of Arts, coordinated by Critical Practice Research Cluster, a London-based network of artists, designers, curators and academics. 96 col. plates.   Online Launch - March 16th, 7pm GMT. More details here   A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Transacting as Art, Design and Architecture. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

Interdisciplinary collection exploring cities and urban spaces in the context of technological and digital innovation. An approachable discussion of the issues surrounding smart digital futures and the disruptive potential of smart technologies in our cities; issues of change, design, austerity, ownership, citizenship and equality. 29col and 3b&w.A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Equality in the City. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

The edited collection Drawing Processes of Life is the product of artists, biologists and philosophers working together to formulate new ways of representing a new approach to life.  It shows how better to represent biological process through drawing and to demonstrate the scientific value of drawing as a method. 78 b/w and 36 colour illustrations.   A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License.