An open-access, non-canonical platform for the discussion of visual culture through an expansive lens and across diverse histories and geographies.

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Joined November 2017
We are excited to share our Vol. 6 CFP on Collectivities! Deadline is November 15, 2026. Read the full call: escholarship.org/uc/refract/…
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We are extending the deadline for submissions: now due March 14th
Our current call for content for vol. 5! Submissions due 2/28 refractjournal.com/current-c…
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Refract Journal retweeted
A visionary teacher, mentor & leader, #ANUExpert Katerina Teaiwa has been named the 2021 Australian University Teacher of the Year for her outstanding contribution to Pacific studies in Australia & globally. Congratulations @KTeaiwa. 👏🥳 📖 anu.edu.au/news/all-news/vis… #AAUT
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'Document/ary', our fourth volume, is live! Check it out here: escholarship.org/uc/refract/…
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Paula Muhr's work examine the construction of the father figure in the public and private sphere in communist Yugoslavia. See it here: escholarship.org/uc/item/73x…
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“The Somatic and Textural Language of Patricia Belli: Recrafting Social and Political Bodies in 1990s Nicaragua” looks at early textile assemblages by the contemporary Nicaraguan artist Patricia Belli. Read the article by Lesdi C. Goussen Robleto here: escholarship.org/uc/item/3d7…
Big up @taoleighgoffe + Tatiana Esh on the publication of | I’m New Here: Black and Indigenous Media Ecologies: Curatorial Statement | escholarship.org/uc/item/5r7…… | + to Melia Delsol & Dóra Papp for their incredible contribution to the exhibition | darklaboratory.com/virtualex……
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Submissions due at the end of the month!
Our current call for content for vol. 5! Submissions due 2/28 refractjournal.com/current-c…
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We are delighted to share our new CFP for IVC #35, “Accessing/Assessing Fashion,” for which we invite contributors to engage with a range of ethical concerns in the history of fashion. ivc.lib.rochester.edu/call-f…
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Our current call for content for vol. 5! Submissions due 2/28 refractjournal.com/current-c…
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Dark Lab 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬is proud to present *I’M NEW HERE: Black and Indigenous Media Ecologies* in the new issue of @RefractJournal which just went live! 7 artists on Black and Indigenous Ecologies from the US, Caribbean, + South America 📷 Read open-access here: escholarship.org/uc/item/5r7…
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Check out this new edited volume from one of the brilliant scholars on our Advisory Board, @kyletparry
A critical anthology on the widespread use and influence of photography. 📚 🔓'Ubiquity. Photography's Multitudes', ed. by Jacob W. Lewis and Kyle Parry @kyletparry > bit.ly/LGS_Ubiquity #photography #mediastudies #visualstudies #digitalmedia #openaccess #KULeuvenFundFairOA
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