Focus and Scope

Conceição | Conception, from the Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts at the Arts Institute of UNICAMP, is a periodical of continuous publication, online, covering the fields of theatre, dance, performance and social performance. It publishes articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English that propose interfaces, mergers, juxtapositions and tensions between these fields, aiming at the strengthening of specificities as well as convergences.

From the notions of conception/creation in the field of performing arts, it seeks to give visibility to the productions of researchers from different higher education institutions on artistic creation, critical reflections, performance and training of the dancer, actor/actress and performer. It also seeks to give a voice to artists through the publication of dramaturgical texts or performative writing. Reflections beyond the arts, on themes related to social or citizen performance, are welcome.

Peer Review Process

The publication follows the peer review system.

After a preliminary review, the editorial board forwards the work to the independent judgment of at least two evaluators ("double-blind" method), whose areas of competence and academic background are related to the topic of the text. If there is a disagreement between the referees, the work is sent to a third evaluator.

At the end of the process, authors receive communication regarding the opinions issued, ensuring the confidentiality of the opinions.

There are three options: 1. Acceptance of the article as sent; 2. Acceptance of the article after the reviews suggested by the opinions and; 3. Refusal. Specific problems and resources are examined and decided by the Editors.

As stated above, Conceição | Conception works with the "blind evaluation", in which evaluators do not identify authors of contributions and vice versa.

Periodicity

Conceição | Conception is a periodical of continuous publication.

Fees for submission and publication of texts

Conceição | Conception does not charge any fee for published texts, nor those submitted for evaluation, review, publication, distribution or download. The publication is completely free.

Integrity and Plagiarism Prevention

As part of actions to enhance academic integrity and prevent plagiarism and self-plagiarism in publications accredited on the Portal, Conceição | Conception magazine adopts the text-similarity identification service using the Turnitin platform implemented at the University since November 2016.

Code of Ethics and Best Practices

Conceição | Conception (Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts / Institute of Arts / UNICAMP), electronic ISSN 2317-5737, complies with good practices concerning moral conduct, consistent with the scientific publishing of periodicals. Negligence prevention is the responsibility of the editorial team. Unethical behaviour or plagiarism is not accepted. Authors who send articles to the journal declare that its content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published, nor is it in the process of review/evaluation in any other journal.

Support Sources

Graduate Program in Performing Arts, IA / UNICAMP.

PPG Artes da Cena website

Journal history

Conceição | Conception was created in 2012 and released its first issue in the second half of that year.

Its first editorial team had Professor Matteo Bonfitto as scientific editor and Professors Larissa S. Turtelli, Renato Ferracini and Cassiano S. Quilici as associate editors responsible for dance, theatre and performance respectively.

In 2015, Professor Mariana Baruco Machado Andraus joined the team as a scientific editor, sharing the role with Professor Larissa S. Turtelli. In the same year, Professor Ana Maria Rodriguez Costas (Ana Terra) joins as associate editor, along with Professors Cassiano S. Quilici and Matteo Bonfitto.

In 2016, Conceição | Conception went through a series of technical adjustments and became part of Unicamp's Scientific Journals Portal. From then on, the magazine started to count on external collaborators as associate editors - Professor Vilma Campos (UFU), in vol. 6 n. 1 (2017); Professor Fernando Mencarelli (UFMG), in vol. 6 n. 2.

In 2017, Professors Mariana Baruco Machado Andraus and Sílvia Maria Geraldi worked as scientific publishers.

In 2018, in addition to the two regular editions, the magazine published a special edition in October, entitled "Teaching Dance in Times of Resistance", dedicated to the relevance of the training of Dance Graduates in the context of public education policies in the sphere of the federal government, tensioned at the time.

In August 2019, Professor Sílvia Maria Geraldi was joined by Professor Eduardo Okamoto as scientific editors. In the same year, Conceição | Conception has the participation of its first international associate editor, Professor Vida Midgelow (Middlesex University, London), as part of the CAPES-Print Project of PPG Artes da Cena.

In 2020, periodicity changed to continuous flow, under the coordination of the scientific editors Professor Eduardo Okamoto and Professor Cassiano S. Quilici. The 2020 edition also has the associated editors Professor Ileana Diéguez Caballero, from the Department of Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM-Cuajimalpa, Mexico City), and Professor Juliana Moraes.

In 2021, Daniel Tércio, professor at the University of Lisbon, contributes as associate editor.

In 2022, Silvia Geraldi, a professor at the State University of Campinas, replaces Professor Juliana Moraes as associate editor. In the same year, the magazine launches the call for papers "Performing Arts: ancestry, cosmopolitics, spiritualities".

Qualis History

Qualis - 2019 (Sucupira)

• Arts / Music - A4

Qualis - 2013 (Sucupira)

• Arts / Music - B2
• Psychology - B5
• Literature / Linguistics - C

Qualis - 2014 (Sucupira)

• Arts / Music - B2
• Psychology - B5
• Literature / Linguistics - C

Qualis - 2015 (Sucupira)

• Art / Music - B1
• Literature / Linguistics - C

Cataloging in the publication prepared by Gildenir Carolino Santos - CRB-8ª/5447