Journal for Artistic Research (JAR): Call for support

The international Journal for Artistic Research (JAR) is in the making! After an initial development phase funded by Y (Institute for Transdisciplinarity), Bern University of the Arts, we are now looking for individuals and institutions to get involved and to share our idea of a dedicated journal for artistic research. Already, JAR has widespread support. However, by making this call public do we hope to widen the journal’s support basis before we consolidate the journal and start working on issue 0. Now is the time to get involved!

We have set up a webpage where you can find additional information and a link to the JAR draft proposal. There is also a form with which you can sign up to our mailing list.

Financial support from member institutions is required for the funding of the journal; please indicate if your institution is interested in becoming a supporting member. Deadline for expressions of interest is January 31, 2010. A meeting to discuss quality criteria and peer-reviewing processes and to finalize the organizational structure will be held on March 5/6, 2010; a more detailed invitation will be emailed later in January. We explicitly encourage participation from a variety of practices, disciplines and sectors.

The link is: http://www.jar-online.net/call/call.html

Michael Schwab, Royal College of Art, London: michael.schwab@jar-online.net
Florian Dombois, Bern University of the Arts: florian.dombois@jar-online.net
Henk Borgdorff, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Design, Music and Dance, The Hague: henk.borgdorff@jar-online.net

Y (Institute for Transdisciplinarity)
Bern University of the Arts
Fellerstrasse 11
CH-3027 Bern

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