E-Book organizers:
Teresa Mendes Flores
Sílvio Marcus Correa
Soraya Vasconcelos
Publisher:
ICNOVA Editions
ICNOVA book collection prepares an electronic book that gathers some of the texts presented at the Images & Archives seminar in 2019. The proposal intends to deepen the relationships between historical, artistic, anthropological and cultural research on photographs and films preserved in archives, both public and private. The documentary quality of these images, their contexts and forms of re-contextualization, exhibition and display, the multiple histories with which they relate and the power relationships that produced and are reproduced by them are among the themes we wish to address, in the context of the “material turn” in the social sciences and the arts. The importance of materiality comes at a time when archives are expanding through digitization and accessibility programs that pose new challenges and opportunities, for both research and artistic practices. The ontological issues of the image in these “duplicate” archives are also noteworthy for this edition.
A variety of photographic and filmic materials are to be considered, spanning the different periods of these media, as well as interactions with other types of images. We also welcome conceptualizations about the archive as a discourse, in itself a kind of medium. Also relevant are topics concerning conservation, circulation and the accessibility of these images.
We accept proposals for chapters and visual essays on these topics, in Portuguese or English, by September 30 October 30. Texts must be sent to the organizers through the emails teresaflores@fcsh.unl.pt and silvio.correa@ufsc.br
All chapters will be subject to double-blind peer review.
The book will be published in an e-book format, accessible and free of charge, in the ICNOVA collection (https://www.icnova.fcsh.unl.pt/livros-icnova/) on the ICNOVA website.
This proposal is promoted within the scope of the Photo Impulse research project.
Editorial board
Charles Tshimanga-Kashama (University of Nevada); Didier Nativel (Université Paris-Diderot); Jeanne Mercier (Independent Curator); José Bragança de Miranda (Universidade Nova de Lisboa); Marina de Mello e Souza (Universidade de São Paulo); Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University); Margarida Medeiros (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Provisional index
Introduction
Researching Visual Archives
Archival Art: Archive Images in the Arts
Exhibiting Archive Images
Conservation and Restoration of Archive Images
Visual essays
Text format
Up to 10,000 words (recommended), with APA 6ª edition reference system.
Texts can be in Portuguese or English, as we will do a bilingual edition.
The images are placed in the text with the respective captions.
Visual essay guidelines
Up to 12 pages, the essay can be entirely visual or combine image and text (Portuguese or English), the visual element of the essay must be an integral part of the argument or ideas expressed and not serve as an example or illustration. Submissions must include a PDF file with suggested layout for 17×24,5cm 300ppi and be accompanied by an introductory text (150-300 words – can be a separate document) that helps to understand the visual essay and its relevance to the theme; particular attention should be given to the layout of images/texts.
(useful information: https://catoolkit.herts.ac.uk/toolkit/the-visual-essay/)
Publication date
Winter 2020
Contacts:
Editorial support: patriciacontreiras@fcsh.unl.pt
Coordination of visual essays: sorayavasconcelos@fcsh.unl.pt
Coordinators of the e-book: teresaflores@fcsh.unl.pt ; silvio.correa@ufsc.br