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We acknowledge that writing, formatting, and revising your article is work, and that unpaid labor is often a barrier to publication and representation.
Therefore, supported by the generosity of Theatrical Intimacy Education, the JCBP offers a stipend for each article upon publication of the accepted work. This funding is determined per article, rather than per author or contributor. Please contact us if you have further questions.
Submissions to the Scholarly Article Section:
The JCBP publishes scholarly articles analyzing, proposing, or responding to approaches to, and theories of, consent-based practice in the performing arts and performance in public arenas. All articles are reviewed through a double-blind peer reviewing process. In order to facilitate double blind peer-review, only the article title should appear at the head of the article file; the author’s name and/or institution should not appear anywhere within the article.
Articles should articulate a clear and cohesive argument that is clearly supported and engages deeply with theoretical literature and methodological research to support a distinct conclusion. Typically 5,000–10,000 words
JCBP asks authors of Articles to:
- acknowledge those who have come before by properly citing written works, attributing practices used and taught, and acknowledging those who have been doing this work throughout history, whose efforts have or have not not been documented.
- clarify your theoretical frame by engaging with and acknowledging the training and research that have informed the development of this work.
- offer thoughts, practices, and reflections to continue moving us all forward by claiming your own contributions to the field of consent-based practices while remaining open to the contributions of others in our community, particularly those that may build upon your work.
- craft your writing with accessibility in mind by explaining jargon and acronyms in ways that embrace a broad audience while maintaining the rigorous ideas in your writing.
- present a clear and cohesive argument that is well supported by evidence grounded in analysis of artistic experience or research, along with bibliographic references
Our editors will support you in shaping your article for the JCBP.
Submissions to the Notes From the Field Section:
In alignment with our dedication to disrupting academic gatekeeping and facilitating dialogue, the JCBP publishes 'Notes from the Field' in addition to scholarly articles. Notes are shorter pieces written in more open formats that can include, for example:
- practitioner reflections and takeaways from specific experiences or projects
- discussion papers, roundtables, or interviews that present new perspectives or dialogues
- responses to earlier articles published in the JCBP
- the presentation of new data
- responses to emerging developments within the field
- recounting the author's experience with specific processes or projects
- reviewing specific creative or scholarly work, including sharing insights and key takeaways from the work and its message
Notes from the Field should articulate the author's insight, discoveries, or perspectives related to the performing arts, pedagogy, and/or consent. Typically less than 5,000 words. Unlike articles, the author need not include a detailed theoretical frame, literature review, or methodology.
The editorial board is specifically interested in notes that reflect upon current practices and that invite readers to consider the need for further development within the field of consent-based performance; the editorial board is open to notes that critique the current state of this field as well as notes that offer alternative paths forward.
We are also interested in receiving different types of formats to those that have been published previously, such as pieces of creative writing, interviews, artistic contributions and photo-essays.
JCBP asks authors of Notes from the Field to:
- acknowledge those who have come before by properly citing written works, attributing practices used and taught, and acknowledging those who have been doing this work throughout history, whose efforts have or have not not been documented.
- offer thoughts, practices, questions, and reflections to continue moving us all forward by claiming your own contributions to the field of consent-based practices while remaining open to the contributions others in our community that may build upon your work. We invite authors to ask questions for others to experiment with answering.
- craft your writing with accessibility in mind by explaining jargon and acronyms in ways that embrace a broad audience while maintaining the rigorous ideas in your writing.
Scope of this Journal
The JCBP has been established to maintain a record of the evolution of the emerging fields of intimacy specialization within performance. Our editorial team is willing to consider any writings which focus upon the use of consent-based and trauma-informed practices within any genre of performance, either in theory or in practice. We are especially interested in considering the intersections of performance practice, philosophy, consent, identity, creativity, and the human experience. We are open to considering writing focused on consent and equity in relation to performance.
We adopt Diana Taylor's broad definition of performance "as a process, praxis, an episteme, a mode of transmission, an accomplishment, and a means of intervening in the world" (2012, p 202), and therefore considers consent-based performance a concept that steps off the stage or set and into our own lives. We ask that authors considering consent in non-theatrical and non-cinematic performance clarify how their articles or contributions to the journal could inform consent-based performance practices within these disciplines.
We promote a definition of consent that extends beyond sexually charged content to include the uplifting of personal agency and the radical act of accepting without retaliation or questioning the personal, professional, physical, and cultural boundaries of others. We acknowledge that consent and intimacy infuse much of our lived experience, and we invite writing that makes this acknowledgement while reflecting on the ways that work for stage and screen can learn from the impacts of consent and intimacy outside of the working environment.
Open Access Publication
JCBP does not charge any authors' fees related to submission, processing, or publication. Similarly, readers do not pay to read or subscribe to the JCBP, as an open-access journal. In resistance to these academic gatekeeping practices, the JCBP is grant-funded and offers small stipends to authors upon publication. Authors retain copyright of submissions to and publications within the JCBP while granting JCBP a non-exclusive CC-BY-NC 4.0 license to share and distribute their work. Authors have full copyright and may share or archive drafts of their work as they wish. All drafts submitted to the JCBP will remain accessible to authors within the PKP JCBP workflow system.
