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  • Call for Papers #10: Visual forms and narratives of protest in the Spanish-speaking world (20th-21st centuries)

    2026-01-28

    Call for Papers #10: Visual forms and narratives of protest in the Spanish-speaking world (20th-21st centuries)

     

    Marcela P

    Imagen: Marcela Peńa Rojas { Isonauta } (2024) “Somos supervivientes, no delincuentes (5to Estallido Social). Octubre 2024”

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    Editors:

    Sabrina GRILLO (Université Paris-Est Créteil)
    sabrina.grillo@u-pec.fr

    Virginie N’DAH SEKOU (Université Paris-Est Créteil)

    virginie.ndah-sekou@u-pec.fr

    Deadline: 15/03/2027

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    Protest movements, as a reaction to political, economic, social or environmental injustices, are a constant feature of the contemporary history of the Spanish-speaking world. From the labour struggles of the early 20th century to recent social uprisings such as the 15-M movement in Spain, the student movement in Chile and feminist protests in Spain, Mexico and Argentina, the diversity of causes and actors has generated a visual archive that is as dense as it is diverse in its forms and uses. Protest movements generally arise as a reaction to injustices: political, economic, social, cultural or environmental. This repertoire of images, symbols and staging documents discontent while actively constructing narratives, forging collective identities and (re)constructing public space. How can these multiple dimensions be articulated in order to understand their scope and effectiveness? Do the visual forms and narratives of protest reflect this transversality? New technologies have expanded the repertoires of action, as well as their modes of dissemination, and have consequently multiplied the visual and narrative forms of protest. How do photographic, film and digital images interact with the narratives and discourses of protest? (Continue reading...)

    Keywords: social movements, visual culture, activism, photography, performance, muralism, cinema, documentary, cyberactivism, historical memory, Latin America, Spain

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  • ‘Umática. Revista sobre Creación y Análisis de la Imagen’ receives the FECYT Seal of Quality (9th edition)

    2025-12-20

    The Directorate General of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) has awarded 'Umática. Revista sobre Creación y Análisis de la Imagen' has been awarded the FECYT Seal of Quality (9th edition). This seal endorses and recognises the quality and work carried out by the entire Umática editorial team, the guest editors, the entire scientific committee, the indispensable team of reviewers who have collaborated on each issue, our design team, the support of the Publications Service of the University of Malaga and, above all, the contribution of the authors who have so generously collaborated on each issue.

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  • "Umática" signs the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

    2022-09-05

    Umática has signed, through the signature of its Editor in Chief, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). 

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    Recognizing the need to continuously improve the processes that evaluate scientific output, our journal adheres to the recommendations of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.

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  • CREATION PROJECTS - OPEN CALL

    2018-11-23

    PERMANENT RECEPTION OF ORIGINALS - SECTION PROJECTS OF ARTISTIC CREATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CREATION

     

    UMATICA is an annual magazine focused on the study and critical analysis of artistic creation and audiovisual production, proposing a transversal approach from an interdisciplinary perspective.

    UMATICA, for its Artistic Creation Projects section, accepts the presentation of artistic and interdisciplinary creation projects, where hybrid creation projects that make a contribution to research in the field of artistic production have a place.

    In this section, projects of creations in the project phase (eg in pre-production phase) and/or projects and produced (although they have not yet been exposed) can be presented continuously; In any case, it will be imperative to accurately detail its status.

     

    Open and Continuous Call.

    More information at: SECTION POLICIES (LINK to section policies)

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