O CITAR anuncia a abertura da call for chapters para o volume Creative Crossroads: Convergences between Communication, Arts, and Design in the Creative Industries Ecosystem, integrado na Science and Technology of the Arts Collection, publicada em parceria com a UCP Press.

Editado por Luís Teixeira (CITAR/UCP) e Cristiano Max Pereira Pinheiro (PPGCOM/PUCRS), o volume propõe uma reflexão interdisciplinar sobre as relações entre comunicação, artes e design no contexto das indústrias criativas contemporâneas, acolhendo contributos teóricos, empíricos e practice-based.

A publicação integra a coleção open access desenvolvida pelo CITAR em colaboração com a UCP Press.

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Call for Chapters
Creative Crossroads: Convergences between Communication, Arts, and Design in the Creative Industries Ecosystem
Edited by Luís Teixeira (CITAR/UCP) and Cristiano Max Pereira Pinheiro (PPGCOM/PUCRS)

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit chapter proposals for the forthcoming edited volume Creative Crossroads: Convergences between Communication, Arts, and Design in the Creative Industries Ecosystem. This volume will integrate CITAR’s Open-Access Science and Technology of the Arts Books Collection. This e-book collection is published by UCP Press and aims to present and foster the research conducted at the Centre. This collection publishes manuscripts that form CITAR’s academic, artistic and practice-based research output. All the e-books in this collection have DOI and ISBN and are available at the site of UCP Press and indexed in the DOAB Database (Directory of Open Access Books). 

Scope
This volume aims to critically examine the intersections between communication, arts, and design within contemporary creative industries ecosystems. It seeks to advance interdisciplinary debate on howtechnological mediation, cultural production, institutional frameworks, and the political economy of the creative industries reshape creative practice, authorship, circulation, and cultural value.

The editor’s welcome contributions that are theoretical, historical, empirical, or practice-based, provided they engage critically with the thematic scope of the volume. Comparative and internationally orientedsubmissions are particularly encouraged, especially those addressing Ibero- American and European contexts, South–North and South–South dialogues, and questions of sustainability, ethics, and epistemic diversity in the creative sector.

Suggested Themes
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Convergences and boundary zones between communication, arts, and design in the creative ecosystem.
• Technological reconfigurations of creative labour, including AI, datafication, platformization, immersive media, and XR.
• Creative authorship, mediation, and the circulation of works in digitally networked environments.
• Institutional, political, and market dynamics affecting experimentation, innovation, and artistic sustainability.
• Cultural policy, governance, and the role of higher education and research in the creative industries.
• Practice-based and artistic research methodologies in communication, arts, and design.
• Case studies foregrounding Ibero-American, European, South–North, or South–South dialogues.
• Ethical and ecological challenges in contemporary cultural production.
• Sustainable and equitable models of production, participation, and value creation in the creative industries.

 

Types of Contributions
The volume welcomes the following types of submissions:

• Theoretical chapters developing conceptual or critical arguments.
• Empirical research articles based on qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods.
• Case studies examining projects, institutions, communities, or creative sectors.
• Practice-based research chapters reflecting on artistic processes, design experimentation, or research-creation methodologies.

 

Submission Process
The submission process will take place in two stages:

1. Stage 1 – Abstract submission: authors should submit an abstract of up to 300 words.
2. Stage 2 – Full chapter submission: authors whose proposals are accepted will be invited to submit a full chapter of 6,000 to 8,000 words.

Abstract submissions should include:

• Chapter title.
• Abstract (maximum 300 words).
• Three to five keywords.
• Author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and email address(es).
• A short biographical note of up to 100 words for each author.

Submissions should be sent in .docx format to Luís Teixeira (lteixeira@ucp.pt) and Cristiano Max PereiraPinheiro (cristiano.max@pucrs.br) with the subject line: Creative Crossroads – Chapter Proposal.

 

Style and Editorial Policies

• All submissions must be written in English and must strictly follow APA 7th edition guidelines. Chapters must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
• Authors must include a brief Declaration of Generative AI Use, specifying whether AI tools were usedand, if so, in what capacity. Such tools should be employed transparently and responsibly, only as support for the research, writing, editing, or creative process, in accordance with ethical academic standards.
• All accepted chapters will undergo a double-blind peer review process, in line with the editorial model described for the collection and UCP Press publishing procedures. Proposals and full chapters will beassessed based on originality, methodological rigor, theoretical or practice-based contribution, relevance to the volume’s scope, and clarity of argumentation.

 

Publication Context

The volume is planned for publication by UCP Press within the Science and Technology of the Arts collection. This collection is dedicated to open-access scholarly publishing and is designed to disseminate research in the fields of cinema, visual arts, sound, and new media art, while fostering interdisciplinarydialogue on contemporary artistic creation. Existing volumes in the series are openly accessible through the UCP Open Books platform and indexed in DOAB, enhancing visibility and international dissemination.

The final publication will follow UCP Press editorial procedures. Any information regarding copyright andlicensing should be confirmed in accordance with the publisher’s current open-access policies and author guidelines.

 

Important Dates

• Call launch: 16 May 2026
• Abstract submission deadline: 28 June 2026
• Notification of acceptance: 10 July 2026
• Full chapter submission: 30 September 2026
• Peer review period: October 2026
• Submission of revised final versions: 30 November 2026
• Expected publication: February 2027

 

Contact
For abstract submission and all editorial correspondence, please contact:

• Luís Teixeira (lteixeira@ucp.pt)
• Cristiano Max Pereira Pinheiro (cristiano.max@pucrs.br)

This volume seeks to create a rigorous interdisciplinary forum for discussing how communication, arts, and design are being transformed by technological, institutional, and cultural shifts across contemporary creative industries. Contributions that combine conceptual depth, methodological consistency, and international relevance are especially encouraged.