Sophia Journal is an academic, open access, peer-reviewed journal, published by the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU) - Research group Architecture, Art, and Image (AAI) at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Portugal (FAUP), in collaboration with the association Cityscopio and their publishing imprint scopio Editions.
Announcements
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OPEN CALL | LANDSCAPES OF REPAIR: THE ROLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM IN DOCUMENTING THE LEGACY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AND PUBLIC SPACES
Call for Submissions – The Role of Photography and Film in Documenting the Legacy of Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Public Spaces
In this call for papers and visual essays of Sophia Journal Vol.10 No. 1 “Landscapes of Repair: The Role of Photography and Film in Documenting the Legacy of Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Public Spaces”, – we invite theoretical and field work using photographic and visual practices to explore and document both Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Public Space infrastructure. The call aims to understand and document architecture, building, city and territory as living and inclusive organisms, focused on recent past and present positive experiences that have shaped the quality of urban space, as well as on heritage resources for global sustainability.
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9th Sophia Journal International Conference | 22 November | University of Navarra - School of Architecture - E.T.S.A.
On the 22nd of November 2024, at the Universidad de Navarra, E.T.S.A., another edition of our Sophia Journal International conference will take place, continuing the successful annual cycle of international forums dedicated to the critical exploration of the intersections between image and architecture.
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OPEN CALL IS NOW CLOSED | THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS | Landscapes of Care. Public housing across multiple geographies: crossing theories and practices
Sophia Journal is no longer accepting submissions for its 1st Manuscript concerning its third thematic cycle, “Landscapes of Care,” addressing research, projects, experiences, and contemporary photographic and visual practices that focus on how architecture, understood in a broad sense, can help to heal the relationships between man and habitat, as well as the socio-environmental crisis that the planet is experiencing.
Editors: Maria Neto (UBI-FAUP), Paz Nuñez Martí (UAH-ETSAM)
Guest Editors: Igea Troiani (LSBU), Joan Mac Donald (U. Chile), Jorge Tárrago Mingo (ETSAUN)
Volume 8, No. 1Landscapes of care: photography, film, modern architecture and landscape heritage
Issue description
Sophia’s third cycle main theme is “Landscapes of Care” with an overall interest around contemporary photography on how architecture can help a broken planet. It intends to understand how the photographic/imagery universe can be explored as a meaningful instrument of research about the multifaceted complex socioeconomic, political, historical, technic ... See the full issue
