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Tate Papers is a peer-reviewed online journal and research platform focusing on art, its history and museum practice. Published twice a year, the journal reflects the breadth of Tate’s collection, exhibition programme and activities, but submissions to Tate Papers do not need to refer to Tate or to works in its collection.
Tate Papers aims to showcase a range of disciplinary approaches to the study of art and museums, and welcomes new and experimental ways of participating in research. Peer-reviewed formats include text-based articles, practice-based research, video essays and interactive digital experiences.
We are seeking contributions for a special issue exploring transgenerational connections and ancestral knowledge in art. Submissions may explore themes of matrilineage, rematriation and interconnected transnational histories. Reflecting the museum’s wider programme, the issue will focus on artists who are centring modes of embodied and ancestral knowledge primarily passed on through women. Artists often turn to these connections as a way of resisting cultural, spiritual and ecological erasure and to restore relationships with our environment or histories.
Rematriation starts where repatriation does not reach. It addresses the failure to bring history out of gendered perspectives and it acknowledges women’s history and value, also paving the way for non-binary and queer stories … Because of colonialism and the assimilation of Indigenous peoples into dominant cultures, many things have been lost and need to be relearned and strengthened. Without direct connection to belongings, such as the ládjogahpir, we are without history, and every nation has the right to their own history. Re-remembering processes is crucial for our cultures to survive and go on.1
Outi Pieski
This tent is like a breathing library whereby, I write and co-write and collect stories of women, and people in their struggles, against patriarchal narratives and violent acts, whether in real life or in history, such as Islamic history, told from a feminist perspective, or a history from the Arab world and around it. The narratives are proof of strength and resistance.2
Mounira Al Solh
Many of the themes … my work continues to explore began with my grandmother. Through her, I began to understand the consequences of the establishment of the Soviet Union: the disappearance of local values, sensitivities, and knowledge … The Central Asian female world is more connected to local forms of knowledge that have survived religious and political transformations in the region; a space where beliefs, rituals, and traditions about being deeply bound to and dependent on our environment, on animal and vegetative worlds, are guarded by women.3
Saodat Ismailova
This special issue is supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.
Eligibility
We invite the submission of research articles as well as practice-based outputs including artworks and films. All submissions must demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge of art and its history or to museum practice. Text-based submissions should be no longer than 5,000 words in length, excluding endnotes. Exceptions are made on a case-by-case basis.
Submission Requirements
- Text should be submitted as a Word (.doc or .docx) document.
- Images should be submitted as .jpg (or .jpeg) files with a minimum resolution of 72 dpi and 1200 px on the longest side. They should be no larger than 4 MB.
- Videos should be submitted as .mp4 files at the highest possible resolution. Video files will be hosted on the Tate YouTube account.
- Sound files should be submitted as WAV files.
- Images, videos and sound files should be sent as a download link using Dropbox, WeTransfer or Google Drive.
How to Apply
Please send submissions to tatepapers@tate.org.uk, including your full name and affiliation, as well as those of any co-authors or contributors.
Program Benefits & Awards
Publication opportunity
Entry Fee
None
Location
London, United Kingdom
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 12 May 2025
Website Link: https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/calls-for-papers
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