Image and Text

About the Journal

Welcome to Image & Text, an online journal for visual culture published by the School of the Arts, University of Pretoria.

Image & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as conference reports. It is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and indexed on Sabinet, DOAJ, and SciELO.

As of 2019, the journal publishes one issue each year on a continuous basis, i.e., articles are published online when ready for publication. Unless otherwise noted on the website, Image & Text welcomes article submissions at any time. 

Image & Text uses the OJS online submission system. Kindly register on the site to start the online submission process. Please carefully read the Author Guidelines on how to submit a manuscript.

Important notes:

In order to ensure blind review, you must remove the author’s name in Microsoft Word, found in the File menu.
If there are multiple authors, the lead author should create an account and submit the manuscript. 
Please submit a cover letter, your full manuscript, and the Publishing Agreement.
All submissions must adhere to the Author Guidelines.
Your submission will be returned without review if you do not follow the submission guidelines.

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