Critical Arts (CA)

From its inception, Critical Arts examined the relationship between texts and contexts, cultural formations and popular forms of expression, mainly within Africa, but after the 1994 transition in South Africa Critical Arts repositioned itself as a cultural and media studies journal. It extended its remit to include the South-North and East-West nexus, focusing on developing transdisciplinary epistemologies. Cutting edge theorisation (supported by empirical evidence) rather than the reporting of formulaic case studies are the preferred submissions. Submissions are sought from both established and new researchers, and recent topics have included political economy of the media, political communication, aboriginal indigeneity, the ethnographic turn in art, and of course cultural media studies. Submissions must, perhaps, aim to restore and develop the vision of earlier theorists and historians, for whom ‘culture’ was a kind of synthesis arising from the contradictions and complexities between and within human societies and the politics of nations. Under the pressures of globalization, this kind of understanding and meaning making becomes more relevant at every turn.

Critical Arts (CA) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, political economy of the media, political communication, aboriginal indigeneity, the ethnographic turn in art, the pressures of globalization, cultural media studies , Online or Print , Bi-Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0256-0046, E-ISSN: 1992-6049, Established: 1980, Impact Factor: 1.1
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE