ScreenWork is a new DVD for the publication of practice based research in screen media. Edited by Jon Dovey, with Charlotte Crofts as Associate Editor. ScreenWork will be peer reviewed and published in association with the Journal of Media Practice by Intellect Books. It will be distributed free to subscribers to the Journal of Media Practice and also available for purchase by libraries and individuals. The initial aim is for ScreenWork to become an annual publication.
ScreenWork will publish practice based work that produces new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. We are seeking moving image work on film, video and new media platforms. Where submissions are documentation of interactive or installation work we encourage producers to consider the problems of documentation as part of the research process. We welcome work from doctoral students as well as post doctoral researchers.
Submissions will be subject to a process of open peer review. Reviewers will be selected from the ScreenWork editorial board representing scholar practitioners working across the field of screen media both in the UK and internationally.
The review process for ScreenWork is that screen media authors should submit work together with a 1000 word statement which should include the criteria by which their work should be assessed. In many cases these criteria could be derived quite simply from the research questions – does the work answer the research questions that it sets out to investigate ? The work is then to be subject to open but anonymous peer review which will be published online. Reviewers will have the choice of recommending publication of both work and research statement, acceptance of work with rewrites of statement required, invitation to resubmit both in reworked form or of rejecting; in all cases with a 500 word review responding to the work and to the research statement, also to be published online. The aim is that through this process criteria for research will be generated by the community over a period of time – that we will use a dialogic model of criteria generation and research. The process of open reviewing is intended to promote an active, concrete dialogue within the community of screen media scholar practitioners as to how our research is constituted, defined and disseminated.
Guidelines for ContributorsThere are many different kinds of screen media practice as research. Our aim is to generate ‘new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields.
Supporting StatementsSupporting statements of up to a 1000 words can take many forms. Many of us are familiar with the experience of filling in forms for support of practice based research which are modeled on standard scientific methods of research. We welcome the development of alternative ways of writing about practice which can identify new knowledge, research contexts and rigour. What follows is a non prescriptive list of headings that might help you to structure what it is you need to say to identify the research in your submission.
Research QuestionBe as specific as you can in articulating what were trying to achieve.
What were your starting points ?
How do these questions relate to the field as a whole ?
ContextWhat work already exists in the relevant fields of practice ? How do you expect to be able to advance on work that already exists ?
How does this work fit into your own personal research trajectory ? Is it part of a body of work ?
MethodsWhich disciplinary fields do your methods derive from ( eg Fine Art, Graphics, Industrial TV production , Video art etc etc)
OutcomesWhat might other practitioners in the field learn from the work ?
QualityWas the work funded ? Was this in competition ?
Where has the work been shown ?
Has it been recognised through curatorial selection, distribution, festival exhibition, prizes or awards ?
What other dissemination has there been ? (eg conference presentations, website documentation etc)
Are there any reviews ?
What criteria would you suggest that reviewers use in order to assess the research ? (These might most easily be derived from the initial research questions.)
Review ResponsesReview responses are likely to fall into the following categories :-
1 Accept work and statement for DVD and web publication.
2 Accept work but require revsion of statement.
3 Invite resubmission with re edit of work and/or statement.
4 Reject both work and statement.
Formative and Summative ResponsesClearly the question of re editing finished work for many researchers will not be possible – eg where film prints have been struck or online edits locked off. However in some cases researchers may want formative peer review at ‘rough cut stage’. In the case of eg smaller scale digital productions it may be possible to re edit the work in order to resubmit. Please indicate in your covering letter / email if you want formative or summative responses.
Viewing Conditions
Please indicate if there are any specific viewing conditions you would like the work to be seen in ie screen resolution, size of image etc etc.
Call for SubmissionsFollowing the launch of ScreenWork Vol.1 with the Journal of Media Practice (8.2) last year we are pleased to announce the call for submissions to the second volume. This edition of Screenwork will be dedicated to publishing the work of practice based PhD students in screen media in association with the AvPhD network. Submissions can come from recently completed doctorates, or post Mphil upgrade students, from anywhere in the world.
ScreenWork publishes practice based work that produces new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. We are seeking moving image work on film, video and new media platforms. Where submissions are documentation of interactive or installation work we encourage producers to consider the problems of documentation as part of the research process. We want to showcase as many pieces of high quality doctorial research as we can so it approx. 30 minutes will probably be our maximum run time for each piece of work. We will consider extracting if the research case is made by the producer.
Submissions will be subject to a process of open peer review. Reviewers will be selected from the ScreenWork editorial board representing scholar practitioners working across the field of screen media both in the UK and internationally. All submissions should include a research statement (1500 word max) – statements, peer reviews and video extracts will all be published on the ScreenWork website.
Edited by Jon Dovey, with Charlotte Crofts as Associate Editor, ScreenWork will be peer reviewed and published in association with the Journal of Media Practice by Intellect Books. It will be distributed free to subscribers to the Journal of Media Practice and also available for purchase by libraries and individuals. We are aiming to produce the DVD for early December 2008 to coincide with the Journal of Media Practice and the exhibition of AVPhD work at the P3 Gallery at the University of Westminster.
SubmissionWorks should be submitted on DVD. Support statements should be submitted by email in Word or PDF. Deadline for consideration for Vol 2 will be Friday Sep 26th 2008. Submissions should be sent to Professor Jon Dovey Editor ScreenWork Dept of Culture Media and Drama, University of the West of England, St Matthias Campus, Oldbury Court Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2JP. FFI Jon Dovey jonathan.dovey ‘at’uwe.ac.uk.
Work should be accompanied by a statement up to 1500 words which states the research questions, methods and outcomes of the project. This statement should also explain the criteria by which the piece should be assessed as research. Statements and reviews will all be published on the ScreenWork website (with authors’ permission.) The process of open reviewing is intended to promote an active, concrete dialogue within the community of screen media scholar practitioners as to how our research is constituted, defined and disseminated.
Further Guidelines for Contributors available on request.
ScreenWork does not offer fees for the publication of work. All work published should be copyright cleared and will have to indemnify the editors and publishers against third party claims etc
SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
Three copies of the DVD : (if the work is selected we will also need a data disc or miniDV master)
Your Name
Your Postal address
Your Email address
Your Phone numbers
Your Research Statement in hard copy and e copy to the editor.
Please mark all emails ‘ScreenWork2’ in your subject line.
Charlotte Crofts LSBU
John Adams Bristol University
Michael Uwedimo Royal Holloway
Alisa Lebow Brunel University
Cahal McLaughlin Ulster University
Tony Dowmunt Goldsmiths College
Des Bell Queens Belfast
Joram Ten Brink Westminster University
Lizzie Thynne Sussex University
Amy Hardie
Andrew Dewdney LSBU
Michael Wayne Brunel University
Erik Knudsen Salford University
Nick Cope Sunderland University
David Chapman University of East London
Annie Goldson University of Auckland