About the Journal
Welcome to Image & Text (ISSN online: 2617-3255), an online and open-access journal for the study of 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.
As of 2019, the journal publishes one issue each year on a continuous basis, i.e. articles are published online when ready for publication.
Aim and scope:
Image & Text has been positioned as a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture, unlike journals that might focus on cultural studies or fine arts or art history. The aim of the journal is to draw perspectives from a broad field of interests and subjects: visual anthropology, material culture, visual arts, design culture, visualising sciences and technologies, art history, philosophy, fashion, media and film studies, architecture, literary studies, tourism studies, new media and cyber theory.
The emphasis of the journal is on the Global South and also on encouraging emerging scholars and emerging fields. Visual culture is a dynamic field and Image & Text addresses this both in its content and design format.
Indexed Sources:
- African Journal Archive
- Social Sciences and Humanities (excl. T&F)
- The Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) SA
No article processing charges (APCs) are levied.
Preservation and archiving provided by SciELO (Portico).
Open access statement:
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.
Copyright:
All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0); copyright is retained by the authors. Thus, the author(s) retain full copyright and full publishing rights on articles published by Image & Text.
Repository policy:
The author has the right to deposit all versions of an article in an institutional or other repository of the author’s choice without embargo.
