Warm greetings to all,
Authors and designers are invited to submit works for possible publication in the SIXTH issue of Dialectic, a biannual journal devoted to the critical and creative examination of issues that affect design education, research, and inquiry, particularly in and around the area of visual communication design. Michigan Publishing, the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan, is and has been publishing Dialectic on behalf of the AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) since early 2017.
Dialectic is a fully open-access, online accessible, peer-reviewed, scholarly publication. Print versions of each issue are also available through Amazon.
The sixth issue will be published between July 15 and September 15, 2019. The deadline for full versions of papers and visual narratives written and/or designed that meet Dialectic Issue 06’s categorical descriptions (see below) is: 5:00 pm CDT, January 4, 2019.
Dialectic’s sixth issue will publish pieces that articulate research, scholarly inquiry, surveys, case studies, reviews, opinion/position papers, visual narratives/visual storytelling and criticism that addresses diverse topics located across the increasingly broad and variably contoured landscape that affects and is affected by visual and interactive communications. Authors and designers of visual narratives planning to contribute to our sixth issue are reminded that each submission to Dialectic MUST meet the categorical parameters articulated for ONE of the following submission types, which are described in more detail later in this text:
· original visual essays/visually based narratives/visual storytelling
· research papers
· long-form case study reports/case series reports
· position papers
· criticism of designed artifacts, systems, and processes
· reviews of books, exhibitions, and conferences
· survey papers
· theoretical speculations
Each piece that Dialectic will publish must be based on fundamentally sound scholarship and inquiry, written or designed so that is broadly accessible, and focused on topics relevant to Dialectic’s audiences.
Submission Guidelines (Part One):
Authors and visual narrative creators planning to contribute to our sixth issue are reminded that each submission to Dialectic should be framed in one of the following submission types, which are described in more detail at https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/what-we-publish:
· original visual essays/visually based narratives/visual storytelling
· research papers
· long-form case study reports/case series reports
· position papers
· criticism of designed artifacts, systems, and processes
· reviews of books, exhibitions, and conferences
· survey papers
· theoretical speculations
· editorial responses from Dialectic readers
Each piece that Dialectic will publish must be based on fundamentally sound scholarship and inquiry, written or designed so that is broadly accessible, and focused on topics relevant to its audiences. All submissions to Dialectic, regardless of category, MUST BE AUTHORED ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES SPECIFIED IN THE 16TH EDITION OF THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE (CMS). Submissions that are NOT authored to the CMS are subject to immediate rejection WITHOUT any form of review. It is STRONGLY suggested that ALL potential authors, regardless of experience level, employ/utilize the services of an editor with significant, accrued experience editing scholarly prose to edit their writing PRIOR to submitting a manuscript for our review.
Submission Guidelines (Part Two):
Thorough instructions re: how manuscripts should be formatted prior to submission are located at:
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/submit
The instructions found at the web address listed above provide detailed information about what each submission to Dialectic Issue 06 MUST include, including 1) the manuscript or visual narrative itself, formatted according to our specifications (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/docs/dialectic-properly-formatted-manuscript-pages.pdf) 2) a cover letter that contains the author’s e-mail address, 3) a biographical statement for each author of between 75 and 125 words, 4) a separate document that contains all of the captions necessary to accompany each of the figures, tables and/or other images that appear within the piece, 5) how images, tables, maps, diagrams, etc. MUST be formatted and submitted as individual files, and how they MUST be identified and placed within the manuscript or visual narrative they accompany, 6) how footnotes, citations and references MUST be handled (according to the Chicago Manual of Style; sample citations can be found at: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/docs/dialectic-required-citation-structure-style.pdf.
Manuscripts and visual narratives may be REJECTED OUTRIGHT if their authors/designers do not follow the instructions described above, or if prescribed wordcounts are exceeded or not met.
A thorough description of our editorial review process may be found at: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/review-process.
A description of Dialectic’s editorial policies and ethical guidelines may be found at: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/policies-guidelines.
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Dialectic’s web address for submissions:
https://dialectic.submittable.com/submit
Submitters are hereby advised to peruse the contents of the entire Dialectic website to ensure that their submissions meet ALL of Dialectic’s criteria for publication BEFORE they submit work for consideration. Working with at least one editor who has accrued significant experience in writing and editing for peer-reviewed, scholarly publication is also heartily encouraged.
Past issues of Dialectic
Thank you for your time and consideration of this communiqué.
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Michael R. Gibson
Professor, Communication Design
Graduate Programs Coordinator, Interaction Design and Design Research
The University of North Texas
College of Visual Arts and Design
https://unt-ixd.com/
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