CFP: Journal of Design History's Archives, Collections and Curatorship Feature
The Journal of Design History welcomes contributions that introduce and explore aspects of a design archive, collection, or exhibition as a resource for design historical research. These are published in our Archives, Collections, and Curatorship (AC&C) feature. Some authors may wish to take a critical perspective, i.e. not simply describing the strengths, but also analysing 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, and other organizations. The resources discussed may be accessed on site or via images on the Web. The feature also welcomes essays on the display of design collections within exhibitions. These might take the form of an exhibition review or reflection on the practice of design display and curatorship.
We welcome contributions from archivists, curators, designers, historians, museum professionals, and advanced graduate students. Submissions should be between 2500 and 4500 words in length, with up to eight images in colour or black-and-white, and provide information on how to access the archive, collection, or exhibition. Contributions are subject to a double-blind review process. Further guidance to authors can be found at the Journal’s online portal at http://jdh.oxfordjournals.org/ under Instructions to Authors. (Please disregard the length and abstract instructions for full-length articles.) Submissions should be uploaded through the portal at Submit Now!
Please send questions to Dr Regina Lee Blaszczyk (Reggie.Blaszczyk@gmail.com), editor of the Archives, Collections, and Curatorship feature, Journal of Design History, Oxford University Press.
