Double Dialogues is a refereed journal dealing with the discourse and practice of the arts, encompassing the visual arts, film, multimedia, dance, music, creative writing and theatre.
The double dialogue is between:
The art maker & his/her reflection about that art
Art & Science
Art & politics
Art & psychologies
Art & Society
Art & its methodologies
Art & traditional humanities paradigms in the academies
The dialogue is socratic, multi-disciplinary and transformative. It is visual, theatrical and discursive.
Beginnings
Double Dialogues commenced in 1996. It was originally inspired by the need for debate in the universities concerning the status of the creative Arts. It was during that period when the visual and the performance arts had moved into the academy and practitioners were therefore expected to justify their work in terms of research paradigms more suitable in application to the humanities.
As the 1996 conference papers and essays that emerged from the first Double Dialogues conference and Issue 1 (Conference with a Difference) demonstrate, scientific models were being applied not only as a means of determining research points for practitioners in the academy but also as a means of applying for national and international grant monies.
Themes and current directions
The themes of the journal have found multiple pathways in the last twenty years with an emphasis on the role of the Arts in creating new knowledge, inclusive of Writing (creative, creative non-fiction), visual (painting, photography, film) and performance (including theatre, dance and music).
Double Dialogues is a multi-disciplinary journal dealing with modern and contemporary issues pertaining to politics, society and culture. The perspective is philosophical as writers and practitioners enact and reflect upon the ways in which the Arts represent, present and transform social, aesthetic, philosophical and political questions of this century.
Publishing model
The articles that are presented in the Double Dialogues journal (and its companion publication Instead Journal) find their source in international conferences hosted by Double Dialogues with universities worldwide.
To date there have been conferences in Australia (Melbourne), Fiji (Suva). New Zealand (Ortego), Canada (Toronto), UK (Cardiff) and co-productions of journal issues with Denmark (Aarhus).
Contributions also come to the journal from beyond the conference experience. Calls for papers are posted on the Double Dialogues website and sent to subscribers to our mailing list.
Information about making a submission to Double Dialogues is available here.
Double Dialogues is a non-profit open access journal that maintains its independence as a self-funded enterprise.
Editorial Board
Editors
Prof Ann McCulloch, Deakin University, Australia (Executive Editor)
Dr R.A. Goodrich, Melbourne University, Australia
Dr Paul Monaghan, University of Ottawa, Canada
Assoc Prof Dominique Hecq, Swinburne University, Australia
Dr Kathryn Keeble, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Tony Hood, Deakin University, Australia
Associate Editors
Prof Jennifer Rutherford, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Prof Kevin Brophy, University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof Anna Gibbs, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Assoc Prof Deborah Walker, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Pavlina Radia, Nipissing University, Canada
Dr Josephine Scicluna, Deakin University, Australia