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Drawing as Thinking as Process as Sensing as Resonance
Thematic call for BBDS - Black Book Drawing and Sketching, an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.

Guest editors:
Ilga Leimanis - University of the Arts London (UK)
Michelle Salamon - University of the Arts London (UK)
Bart Geerts - LUCA School of Arts - KU Leuven (Belgium)
Nikolaus Gansterer - University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria) 

Abstract submission until the end of October 2026. 
Full paper submission until the end of January 2027. 
Acceptance communication until August 2027. 
Publication of the Issue until October 2027. 

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Staging the Public
Popular Culture and the Politics of Urban Space in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

for User Experience and Urban Creativity (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editors: Kata Murányi (University of Pécs), Gyula Maksa (University of Pécs)

Abstract until 15 of December 2026
Full paper until 15 of March 2027
Publication of the Issue: June 2027

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Aftershock
Catastrophe, Creative Practice and the Unstable City

for Graffiti and Street Art (GSA), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Lorenza Carannante, PhD in History and Transmission of Cultural Heritage at University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Naples)’s Department of Letters and Cultural Heritage (DiLBeC).

Abstract until the end of December 2026
Full paper until the end of March 2027
Publication of the Issue: July 2027

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Reclaiming Radical Imagination
Utopia and Speculation in Architectural Practice, Theory, and Pedagogy

Thematic call for VAS - Visionary Architecture Studies Journal, an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Jana Čulek, PhD, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Abstract until 15 of September 2026.
Full paper until the end of November 2026.
Publication of the Issue: February 2027.
Webinar March 2027 (to be announced).

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Writing and Pseudo-Scripts Architectural contexts and script-image phenomena
Webinar, 18 and 19 September, 2026

Program and Videos available: All info here

Associated Calls

Writing, place-making and architecture
for Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Philippa M. Steele, PhD, Research Professor, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Senior Research Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Full paper (publishing) until 15 October 2026 (NEW DATE).
Publication of the Issue: December 2026.



Pseudo-Scripts? Rethinking an Underexplored Script-Image Phenomenon
for Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Anna Elisabeth Krebs-Bendszus, Institute for Art History, University of Bonn, Germany
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Full paper (publishing) until 15 October 2026 (NEW DATE).
Publication of the Issue: December 2026.

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Graffiti, Street Art, and (Il)Legality: The role of (il)legality in graffiti and street art
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026
Special Issue Editor: Stefano Bloch, University of Arizona
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Space as Experiment – Experimenting with Space
Webinar (with Austrian Academy of Sciences) 17 and 18 June 2026
Report and Videos available: All info here

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Space as a Medium for Organizing Collective Realities & Transforming Social Environments
for UXUC - User Experience and Urban Creativity journal (Vol.8 N1) 
Co-editor: Philipp Schnell, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Submission of full papers until July 30, 2026.
Publication of UXUC Special Issue: November 2026.
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Cartographies of Practice: Drawing, Mapping, and Situated Knowledge
for Black Book Drawing and Sketching journal (Vol.7, N2) and Nature Drawing Nature, (online) 2nd Seminar
Co-editors: Sara Schneckloth (University of South Carolina, USA) and Kiera O'Toole (Loughborough University, UK).

Seminar: April 2 and 3
Full paper until the end of May 2026.
Publication of the Issue: September 2026.

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