In Transit 2021
Art by Rosie Waniak
In Transit 2021 Call for Submissions
Crossing borders, emigrating, immigrating,
Electing, impeaching, deposing,
Evolving.
We are always in transit. In a constant state of transition. All moving together yet disparately, in our own unique ways. Can we embrace the in between, while also striving for a future? What would that look like in our rapidly polarizing world?
Cultural spaces are transitory. People, objects, ideas are constantly rotating in and out. Yet museums often feel frozen - in their content, hiring practices, physical architecture. How are museums in transit? Or not? How can this process of transition, of cultural exchange and production, exist within and extend beyond the physical space of the museum?
We encourage any type of submission that explores this theme of “in transit.” Potential topics include:
Deadline: January 5, 2021 by 11:59 (CT)
Email us: fwd.museums@gmail.com (Submission form is on home page)
Fwd: Museums invites academic articles, artwork, essays, exhibition/book reviews, creative writing, interviews, poetry, love letters, and experimental forms to analyze, critique, and make space for new thinking about museums and exhibitions.
All submissions should follow the guidelines and relate to the journal’s mission statement (see above). We strongly encourage book and exhibition reviews on multiple topics, but require all other submissions to connect to the sixth issue’s theme, “In Transit.”
Guidelines
Written submissions should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words (if longer contact us) and submitted as DOCX files, using Chicago Manual of Style formatting and citations.
All images should be sent as separate files (not embedded in text) at 300+ dpi in tiff format. Note in text where images should be inserted and include credit, caption, date of execution, materials used, and dimensions, as appropriate.
A Note on Reviews
Reviews need not directly engage the issue’s theme but should relate to the journal’s mission statement (see below). We welcome long-form museum, exhibition, film, and book reviews with a point of view and connections to social, historical, political and other contexts. Questions? Email us at fwd.museums@gmail.com.
Who Should Submit?
Students, scholars, professionals, artists, adjuncts, volunteers, part-timers, philanthropists, activists, and other people with something to say about museums, exhibits, and cultural work are welcome to submit.
Electing, impeaching, deposing,
Evolving.
We are always in transit. In a constant state of transition. All moving together yet disparately, in our own unique ways. Can we embrace the in between, while also striving for a future? What would that look like in our rapidly polarizing world?
Cultural spaces are transitory. People, objects, ideas are constantly rotating in and out. Yet museums often feel frozen - in their content, hiring practices, physical architecture. How are museums in transit? Or not? How can this process of transition, of cultural exchange and production, exist within and extend beyond the physical space of the museum?
We encourage any type of submission that explores this theme of “in transit.” Potential topics include:
- Navigation and wayfinding
- Tours
- Immigration | Emigration
- Displacement
- Movement and care of objects
- Mobile museums
- Traveling exhibitions
- Repatriation
- Breaking down trauma, barriers, binaries
- Carework
- Reflective spaces
- Admission prices
- Language - its evolution, translation, how it is used in cultural spaces
- Accessibility
- Social movements
- Alternative spaces
- Graffiti/Public art/Murals
- Art-washing
- Funding/Reputation-washing*
- Cleaning house - #MeToo in museums
- Wage issues/unions
- Social Distancing
- Museums at home
- Virtual tours
- Remote Access
Deadline: January 5, 2021 by 11:59 (CT)
Email us: fwd.museums@gmail.com (Submission form is on home page)
Fwd: Museums invites academic articles, artwork, essays, exhibition/book reviews, creative writing, interviews, poetry, love letters, and experimental forms to analyze, critique, and make space for new thinking about museums and exhibitions.
All submissions should follow the guidelines and relate to the journal’s mission statement (see above). We strongly encourage book and exhibition reviews on multiple topics, but require all other submissions to connect to the sixth issue’s theme, “In Transit.”
Guidelines
Written submissions should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words (if longer contact us) and submitted as DOCX files, using Chicago Manual of Style formatting and citations.
All images should be sent as separate files (not embedded in text) at 300+ dpi in tiff format. Note in text where images should be inserted and include credit, caption, date of execution, materials used, and dimensions, as appropriate.
A Note on Reviews
Reviews need not directly engage the issue’s theme but should relate to the journal’s mission statement (see below). We welcome long-form museum, exhibition, film, and book reviews with a point of view and connections to social, historical, political and other contexts. Questions? Email us at fwd.museums@gmail.com.
Who Should Submit?
Students, scholars, professionals, artists, adjuncts, volunteers, part-timers, philanthropists, activists, and other people with something to say about museums, exhibits, and cultural work are welcome to submit.
