About the Journal

Focus and scope

Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contemporáneo is a web-based, peer-reviewed, annual publication associated to the Art,Globalization,Interculturality research group at the Department of Art History, Faculty of History and Geography, University of Barcelona. http://artglobalizationinterculturality.com/

Its main research objective is to analyze visuality, contemporary artistic practice and intercultural conflict through a global perspective, in the context of the cultural impact of globalization in the so-called late modern period. This approach implies an academic reformulation of critical frameworks and current methodologies in order to foster greater interdisciplinary exchange. The unit’s specific research objectives are: to establish a systematic study of the phenomena of conflict within visual cultures in the global era; and to analyze the contradictions inherent to globalizing processes of culture in the area of artistic practice. Specifically, the group aims to create a space to foster dialogue between the concepts of “visual studies” and “interculturality”, as well as the fields of art history and cultural studies.

 The magazine produces monographic issues, not special issues. Each monograph is directed by an editor and an Editorial Committee who supervise the first phase of acceptance of articles to be sent to the peer review process in a second phase.

Peer review process

The peer review process seeks to ensure an objective assessment of the quality of articles and other submissions to the journal in order to determine whether they meet the journal's objectives. All submitted articles shall be initially assessed by the Editorial Board; the Board shall reject any research that is not in line with Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contemporáneo's objectives.

 

If an article has been provisionally accepted, the Editorial Board will send the submission to at least two reviewers who will be asked to assess it using a double-blind review process. On the basis of the peer review and the opinion of the Editorial Board, Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contemporáneo's Executive Board will then decide whether the manuscript will be published, returned to the author for corrections, or rejected outright.

The Journal does not charge authors to publish.

Authors shall be informed of the Editorial Board's decision no more than four months from the date on which the article was provisionally accepted.

Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices

Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contemporáneo subscribe the Declaration of publishing ethics and best practices for scientific journals published by the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona promotes the open access publication of digital journals and endeavours to guarantee quality and conscientiousness in the transfer of scientific knowledge. The University is committed to ensuring that the articles it publishes and the publishing process itself observe the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is therefore essential that all of the stakeholders in this process—journal editors, reviewers, technical editors and authors—know and act according to the Code.

• Journal editors should :

- ensure that the decision to publish is not dependent on the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, country of origin, citizenship or political persuasion;

- publish regular updates on the responsibilities of authors, submission requirements, the arbitration system used to select the articles and the evaluation criteria to be applied by reviewers;

publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed and not make use of any article received for UB-specific research assignments without the author’s consent;

- guarantee confidentiality during the review process, meaning (a) the anonymity of reviewers and authors and the confidentiality of the content of the articles, the reports submitted by reviewers and any other type of correspondence with or between the editorial, consultant and scientific committees and (b) confidentiality in the correspondence between the author and the journal committees or reviewers when the author wishes to clarify, change or complain about some aspect of the article;

- make certain that the integrity of articles already published is respected;

- act swiftly to eliminate from the journal or refuse to publish any article that has been found to plagiarise information from other sources.

• Authors should

- understand that they are responsible for all submitted content;

- notify the journal editors of any errors in their published articles so that the appropriate corrections can be made;.

- guarantee that the article and associated materials are original and do not infringe on the rights of third-party authors and, when there are co-authors, guarantee that the consent of all the authors is obtained before the article goes to press.

• Reviewers and technical editors should

- apply revisions that are objective, informed, critical, constructive and unbiased, where acceptance or rejection is based only on the work’s relevance, originality, interest to the public in question and compliance with the style and content regulations in the evaluation criteria;

- meet deadlines when this is possible and promptly inform the journal editor when it is not;

- avoid sharing, spreading or reproducing any information from articles still under review without permission from the corresponding journal editors or authors.

History of the journal

The journal is associated to the research group initially established in 2010 under the working title “Atlas of contemporary art and visuality in a globalized world”. Very early one, its aim was to address the emergence of a particular type of discourse on otherness in contemporary arts practice as well as curatorial, theory and historiographic practices. Some of the main research questions included: Who has the authority to speak up for a particular group’s notion of identity or authenticity? How do self and other dialogue and clash in interethnic relations? What narratives are mobilized to explain the current spectrum of local movements? How can the “local” be integrated into the global?