CARIBBEAN AND OR SOUTH AMERICAN CULTURE

Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis, explores Caribbean and/or South American Culture.

We are committed to developing an understanding of how festive, ritual, celebratory, etc. culture impact aspects of Caribbean /South American life, and vice versa?

Submission Guidelines

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We view education, be it formal, informal, or non-formal as a meaningful vehicle for the transmission of culture. For this reason, it is crucial to investigate and gain a deeper knowledge of Caribbean/South American cultural practices, traditions, heritage, and how these have changed or sustained themselves, and ultimately how these threads influence festivals, rituals, celebrations, etc. 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.), learning and teaching, craft, archives, and museums.

In this ongoing project, we are also open to media formats such as film, audio recordings, as well as written articles.

We believe that this promises to provide an invaluable and vital contribution not only to the scholarly inquiry but also to envisioning and inspiring different ways of thinking, making, re-making, and becoming. Because of the wide range of explorative topics the series will be of interest to scholars, students, enthusiasts, practitioners, etc. seeking to learn more or enhance their knowledge of Caribbean/South American culture more generally, or focused on precise aspects and elements. We appreciate that there is a symbiotic relationship between culture and education, and our exploration of this relationship benefits both of these concepts.

We welcome personal narratives and autoethnographic work, original research papers and reviews, theoretically informed and empirically grounded.

With regard to learning and teaching, we recognise that students and teachers bring a variety of valuable cultural experiences and knowledge into the classroom and this can enhance pedagogy and learning. While we must acknowledge that formal education does not take place in a vacuum, we must also recognise that the majority of learning takes place outside of the classroom.

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

Craft and community crafting
Diaspora (life, carnival, celebrations, religion, networks, etc.)
Lifestyle and celebrations
Literature
Music, networks, and communities
State and/or Cultural Politics
Religion and the community (church, choirs, gatherings, etc.)
Cultural archives and museums
Education (learning and teaching methods and methodologies)
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

Practitioners are welcome to submit articles in their particular areas of interest within Caribbean and/or South American culture. All serious and strong submissions considered for inclusion will go through a peer-reviewed process.

Submission: Open, Ongoing

All media (article, film, photography, illustration) should provide an abstract (500 words)

and author bios (100 words).

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

Submit Journal Abstract 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 Proposal Submission: 21st January 2026

Completed Paper Submission Deadline: 15th March 2026

Written Submission:

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

Alternative Submission: