CALL FOR PAPERS
Colour : Couleur
The Journal of the Colour Research Society of Canada
Colour : Couleur is the new Journal of the Colour Research Society
of Canada. The mission of the Journal is to create an open-source,
common space for discussion and dissemination of scholarly research and
professional practice focused on Colour in Industry, Art and Design, Scientific
disciplines, and Academia. The
Journal will take advantage of the capabilities of current Web technologies,
permitting contributors to embed visual and auditory elements into their
submissions as necessary, even allowing multi-media submissions such as film
and video, visual artworks or audio submissions.
Inaugural issue:
CROSSING
SENSORY BOUNDARIES: Synesthesia
Hearing
the colour of a flute; tasting the sharpness of a banana; feeling the months of
the year wrapped around your body. To some of us, the crossing of sensory
boundaries occurs only in realms of imagination, guided by poets, artists and
musicians. To those of us with Synaesthesia, however, one mode of stimulus
actually triggers perceptions in another.
Appearing in a growing body
of research from diverse fields, synaesthesia
is a complex of neurological processes that results in a blurring of perceptual
boundaries. With the advent of neuroscientific imaging, this uncommon, even
quasi-mystical ability has become a focus of study that intriguingly bridges
disciplinary studies in Developmental Psychology, the Neurosciences, Art,
Design, and Music, and Poetics.
For the inaugural edition
of “Colour : Couleur,” the CRSC would like to complete a series of special
events on synesthesia, called ‘Crossing Sensory Boundaries’ that we initiated
in 2013, by calling for papers, research
studies, and examples of creative practice that can illuminate or describe some
aspect of this phenomenon of human cognition and creativity. Seeking to provide
a generous overview of technical and non-technical examinations of the synesthetic
experience, the journal will provide a context for diverse contributions to the
growing knowledge base centred upon understanding this extraordinary human capacity.
We are aiming for researchers, practitioners and synaesthetes themselves to
contribute to the project, to reflect the range of interests, and to share and
discuss knowledge across disciplines.
Topics of
interest include but are not limited to:
Foundational concepts
Education-related studies: learning/language development, cognitive
studies
Research methodologies
Analytical methods
Creativity studies
Creative methods: practice-based
Experiential projects
Paper Submissions
While
media-based submissions are encouraged, we are also soliciting three types of
papers: long papers (up to 10 pages); position papers for new ideas (up to 6
pages); presentations/examples of creative practice (images, sound, writing,
etc.)
Documents
should clearly describe original research, describe novel and promising ideas
that might not have been fully validated, or present creative practices with/for
interpretation and discussion. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least
three Advisory Committee members. Papers must be formatted according to Harvard
standards, and if previously published, this should be stated and referenced
clearly.
Papers may be submitted at huutaArt.com:
Submit online
Important dates
Paper or Presentation Submission
Deadline: April 30, 2014
Notification: May 30, 2014
Publication:
August 2014
Editorial board:
Prof. Doreen Balabanoff
Dr. Robin Kingsburgh
Dr. David Griffin
Advisory
Committee tba
