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— original researched articles, case studies, reports of projects in progress, particularly from practitioners and research students as well as, book reviews, conference reviews and reports

Journal of Arts & Communities

The Journal of Arts and Communities seeks to provide a critical examination of the practices known as community or participatory arts, encompassing work which incorporates active creative collaboration between artists and people in a range of communities of place and interest. The Journal will take a cross-artform and interdisciplinary approach, seeking to include work originating in performance, visual arts and media, writing, multimedia and collaboration involving digital technology and associated forms.

The Journal seeks original researched articles, case studies, reports of projects in progress, particularly from practitioners and research students as well as book reviews, conference reviews and reports. The work embraced by the scope of the Journal might include activity taking place within the context of regeneration, education, community development or social inclusion: equally it will debate artist-led projects and practice with less explicit social outcomes but with a commitment to cultural democracy, access, development of community voices or skills sharing. It will also aim to discuss experimental approaches that challenge the boundaries of the practice and connect with a wider range of contextual practices.

The Journal will offer a means of generating and disseminating research based on an international, inter-disciplinary range of practices rooted in local arts development, arts for development, community consultation, creative participation and collective authorship. The Journal will focus on practice, policy and research related to the particular issues raised when artists engage with people and places in a way which foregrounds the agendas of those people and their communities.

Articles for the Journal should be 5-6000 words long but can be longer in exceptional cases. Case studies and project reports from practitioners should be no more than 4000 words in length and do not have to be extensively referenced. Conference proceedings and other reports should be up to 1,000 words long and include both a description and a critical analysis. The Journal will encourage the publication of articles which not only describe practical research but which delineate the analysis which formed part of the research.

Contributions should include original work of a research or developmental nature and/or proposed new methods or ideas that are clearly and thoroughly presented and argued. Before submitting any article, review or feature, contributors are asked to refer to the guidelines available on the publisher's website:

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The Journal receives submissions on a continuous basis, however, authors who wish to have articles considered for Issue 1.2 should submit their work by the 29 th June 2009 .

All matters relating to the Review section of the Journal should be sent to the Reviews Editor, Jennie Hayes, University College Falmouth, Dartington Campus:
j.hayes@dartington.ac.uk