Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the launch of:
The Archives, Collections and Curatorship section,
_Journal of Design History_, Oxford University Press.
Guidance notes:
AC&C pieces provide a snapshot (history/overview/summary) of a design (defined in its
broadest sense) archive or collection (or section within an archive or collection) that
would be of design historical interest. The author should evaluate the
usefulness/relevance of the archive or collection as a resource for design historical
research. Some authors may wish to take a more critical perspective, i.e. not simply
describing the strengths, but analyzing weaknesses of an archive or collection or
uncovering institutional biases and historical gaps and suggesting ways of resolving these
issues. Others may wish to reflect on the practice of collecting, archiving and doing
research in archives or collections. Archives and collections can include those held by
museums, libraries, businesses, educational institutions, etc. They might be accessed
digitally or physically.
This section also welcomes writing on the display of design collections within exhibitions.
These might take the form of an exhibition review or reflection/commentary on the
practice of design display/curatorship.
Contributors might include historians, archivists, museum professionals, curators,
designers, students, etc.
Requirements:
-overview/summary of the archive, collection or exhibition
-evaluation of its relevance, usefulness, strengths and weaknesses
-length = 2500-5000 words
-up to eight images
-information on how to access the archive, collection or exhibition
-further guidance can be found at http://jdh.oxfordjournals.org/ under ‘Instructions for
Authors’ (disregard the length and abstract instruction in ‘IfA’)
-completed submissions can be uploaded via http://jdh.oxfordjournals.org/ at ‘Submit
Now’
-questions/comments can be sent to: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Nicolas P. Maffei
Editor: Archives, Collections and Curatorship
_Journal of Design History_, Oxford University Press
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