Jornal, if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck it’s a duck is a periodical with nine editions, from Jornal #0 to Jornal #8, published every six months since May 2021. The editorial project is the result of a collaboration between artists/teachers and researchers Ana João Romana, Catarina Leitão, Isabel Baraona and Susana Gaudêncio, members of LIDA, the Art and Design Research Laboratory at the Caldas da Rainha School of Art and Design, ESAD.CR.
The Journal’s nine issues were dedicated to critical reflection on independent publishing and artist’s books, fostering collaboration between artists, publishers and researchers, students and teachers who produce and study these objects. The origin of the Journal, If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck it’s a duck was based on two editorial projects developed by leading schools, such as the Journal of Artists’ Books (ed. Columbia College Chicago) and Sans Niveau Ni Mètre (Cabinet du Livre d’Artiste/Université Rennes 2).
The Journal’s usual format of 8 A4 pages consists of an article by invitation of the editorial board, two articles chosen blindly by the editorial board (peer review) and a visual essay in a call to the community of ESAD.CR Master’s students.
With the publication of issues seven and eight, we celebrated the Jornal project by creating a format that was different from the previous ones. For issue seven, we invited Ricardo Castro to take on the role of editor. In the case of Jornal 8, each of the editors invited a student and an artist to participate with visual, written or mixed essays, thus contributing to a vibrant publication that strengthens the dialogue between the artistic community and academia.
For the next issue, to be published in spring 2025, we are starting a new partnership between LIDA/ ESAD.CR and the Doctorate in Contemporary Art of the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra, DAC-UC. We invite PhD students from the College of Arts and Masters students from ESAD.CR to submit proposals that fit in with their individual research, broadening the themes to contemporary artistic practices within the so-called Artist Based Research.
Visual and mixed essays: must be on two A4 pages (one A3 sheet folded in half) and available in pdf or TIFF format with a print resolution of 300dpi.
Texts: Original texts in Portuguese, English and French are accepted as long as they are produced by native speakers of these languages.
Organisation of the document: title in bold; brief summary of no more than 350 characters; 5 keywords highlighted from the text block. These 3 elements must be written in Portuguese and English. All citations and bibliographical references must follow the APA standard.
Formal aspects: Texts must be written using a text editor (word or RTF, for example) in docx or doc format, on an A4 page, and be no longer than 1,800 words.
Mention of authorship: when submitting, the name of the author must be omitted. Later, when accepted articles are published, the name will be included as well as a presentation of -at most- 3 lines to be included on the journal’s website. These 3 lines should mention the institution to which you are linked, the address of your personal website and/or ORCID page.
Copyright:
The articles published by the Journal are freely accessible and non-commercial. All copyright is attributed to the Journal and the authors of the articles. The author undertakes to refer to the Journal when and if he/she publishes the text in another journal or book, mentioning that it was originally published in the Journal, If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, it’s a duck (number and year).
Final note: Plagiarism constitutes unethical behaviour and is inadmissible. Any article submitted that includes passages from other authors without referring to them will be automatically excluded.
15 March 2025 – Deadline for submission of articles.
April 2025 – Communication of selected articles
May 2025 – Launch of the journal.
E-mail for submission of proposals:
jornal.itsaduck@gmail.com
