About the journal
A journal that approaches questions arising from art, design and creative technology through research.
From practice to research
JamContest Journal (Turkish title: JamContest Dergisi) is being prepared to open the thinking behind artworks, design decisions and creative processes to scholarly discussion. We aim to bring academic research and practice-based knowledge onto common ground.
Its intended readers are researchers, artists, designers, educators and students in creative disciplines. A contribution is assessed by the clarity of its question, the consistency of its method and its contribution to the field.
Fields
- Art and visual culture: visual arts, photography, cinema, animation, art history and criticism.
- Design and interaction: communication design, experience design, game studies and practice-based research.
- Sound and creative technology: music, sound design, digital production and the methodological study of creative tools.
Texts that only promote a work or a product are not considered research articles. Practice-based studies must also present their question, method, context and findings clearly.
Planned article types
| Research article | An original question, an explained method, findings and discussion. |
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| Review | A critical evaluation of the literature that explains its selection of sources. |
| Practice-based research | A study that documents a production process and discusses the knowledge it produces. |
Peer review is planned for all three types. If editorials or book reviews are published in the future, their type of evaluation will be stated separately.
Preparation and publication details
| Title | JamContest Dergisi (English: JamContest Journal) |
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| Publisher | JamContest LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA |
| Medium | Online (journal.jamcontest.com) |
| Languages | Turkish and English |
| Submissions | Not yet open |
| Frequency | Two issues per year (June and December), with special issues when appropriate |
| Contact | journal@jamcontest.com |
| ISSN / e-ISSN | No number has been announced yet |
| Indexing and DOI | No index membership or DOI assignment is claimed |
Editors and their institutional affiliations will be finalised before the first call for papers. At this stage no editorial roles are announced on behalf of any person or institution.