The FORUM+ editorial board launches a call for contributions
This dossier features submissions in which artistic research invites alternative ways of collaborating, coexisting, and imagining – contributing to broader political and societal transformations. The dossier starts from the idea that collectivity is a practice of mutual support, shared responsibility, and generous trust.
Central questions:
How can collective forms of artistic research extend beyond individual knowledge production? How can we, in times of urgency, transform the slow temporality of research into a strength rather than view it as a limitation? How can collective artistic research practices transform institutional structures into spaces of shared responsibility and political imagination? How do we prevent institutional logic from undermining the urgency of societal engagement, and instead strengthen its social potential?
Possible themes in this dossier (non-exhaustive):
Ethics as a collective practice, Redistribution of solidarity, Activism and urgency, Undercommons,
Artistic research as testimony, Relational practices, Slowness as resistance, Political imagination, Radical pedagogy, Self-organization, Communal knowledge production, Regeneration and repair, Alternative futures.
The editorial board of FORUM+ welcomes contributions in Dutch or English (max. 6000 words, including a margin for review). Proposals are submitted by email to redactie@forum-online.be. They will subsequently be subject to peer review. Author guidelinesand an article template can be downloaded at https://forum-online.be/en/publiceer-in-forum.
The first deadline for submission to this dossier is 15 January 2027, but contributions toward this dossier can also be submitted afterwards for a future issue.
