CARIBBEAN AND OR SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURE

Our goal is to gain a deeper understanding of Caribbean/South American cultural practices, traditions, and heritage, and how they have changed or sustained themselves and how they influence festivals, rituals, celebrations, etc.

 

Among the topics we aim to publish interdisciplinary work that draws on music, rituals, and events (such as but not limited to harvest, night-life, public holiday celebrations, religious and non-religious ceremonies, fetes, carnivals, christenings, funerals, etc.), crafts, archives, museums, and learning and teaching. 

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Education, whether formal, informal, or non-formal, is a valuable tool for the transmission of culture. We value learning and teaching, and the wide range of cultural experiences and knowledge students and teachers bring to the classroom can enhance pedagogy. In addition to acknowledging that formal education does not occur in a vacuum, we must also acknowledge that the majority of learning occurs outside of the classroom. 

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This ongoing project aims to gain a deeper understanding of Caribbean and South American cultural practices, traditions, and heritage. This is so we can understand how they inform festivals, rituals, celebrations, etc. As well as written articles, we are also open to film and audio recordings. 

The results of this project have the potential to provide an invaluable and vital contribution to scholarly inquiry. In addition, it might inspire different ways of thinking, making, re-making, and becoming. With a wide array of explorative topics, the series will be of interest to scholars, students, enthusiasts, practitioners, etc. interested in Caribbean/South American culture more generally or specific aspects.

 

A wide range of works are welcome, for example, personal narratives, historical pieces and ethnographic essays, original research papers and reviews, theoretically informed and empirically grounded.

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We focus on the following topics, including but not limited to:

• Art

• Costume and costume making

• Cultural archives and museums

• Culture, people and society

• Culture and its impact on education systems, curriculum, and education policy

• Culture and other elements of society (i.e. media, music, events, and activities), and how these channels form educational tools for society

• Culture and succession planning

• Class to community

• Crafts and community crafting

• Cultivating bottom-up standards for culture

• Dance and choreography

• Diaspora (life, carnival, celebrations, religion, networks, etc.)

• Lifestyle and celebrations

• Literature

• Language and culture

• Music, networks, communities, learning and teaching

• State and/or Cultural Politics 

• Religion and the community (church, choirs, gatherings, etc.)

• Relics and sites in South America

• Education (learning and teaching methods and methodologies)

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All serious and strong submissions considered for inclusion will go through a peer-reviewed process.

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Submission: Open, Ongoing

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All submissions must include an abstract (500 words) and author bios (100 words).

 

This is an ongoing call for papers and dates for publishing in 2026:

Submission Proposal here: https://tinyurl.com/zpar62y4.

Submit full Paper: https://tinyurl.com/4hkcuvj8.

If you wish to be published in the 2026 journal, please submit:​

500-word Abstract/ Submission Proposal: 30th March 2026

3,000 to 5,000-word Completed Paper Submission Deadline: 30th May 2026

Written Submission:

Completed Papers no longer than 5,000 words including reports.

 

Alternative Submission:

Interviews, discussions, or comments are 10 minutes.

A short film (between 10 and 25 minutes(s)).​

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Abstracts/full papers and short films previously published or under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this Journal will not be accepted. 

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All submissions are peer-reviewed. A peer-reviewed submission that is suitable for publication will be published.

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Contact us for details.

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