[acc-cca-l] Call for Papers: Creative Co-Resilience and Black Flourishing, Special Issue of RUBIX Journal: Abstracts due June 30, 2026

[Miranda Campbell]

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Call for Papers: Creative Co-Resilience and Black Flourishing, Special Issue of RUBIX Journal: Abstracts due June 30, 2026

Guest Editors:

Dr. Adesoji Babalola, Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Miranda Campbell, Toronto Metropolitan University

Invocation by Dr. Katherine McKittrick, Queen’s University

Summation by Ashley Jane Lewis, Toronto Metropolitan University

What ways of knowing, living, and transforming emerge through creative practices in Black contexts, particularly those influenced by Black ways of being and scholarships across the arts, creative industries, health sciences, communication, education, and related fields?  How do these practices invoke creative (co-)resilience, sustain collective life, and open up opportunities for Black flourishing?

“Creative Co-Resilience and Black Flourishing” is a special issue of  RUBIX Journal <https://www.torontomu.ca/rubix/> that welcomes broad-range of submissions which examine how artistic and imaginative work across Black contexts in the health sciences, literary studies, education, communication, creative industries, and associated disciplines cultivate innovative practices of care, knowledge-making, and collective transformation.

Importantly, we invite contributions that engage Black scholarship through health, creative writings, music, personal narratives, dance, and other creative practices, and highlight how these practices foster shared strength, promote relational infrastructure, and imagine and enact pathways toward Black flourishing. Artistic interventions (e.g. poems, creative non-fiction, photo essays, textiles, visual art works, music, and so on), alongside academic articles, are very welcome.

This special issue stems from “Black Scholars in Dialogue” organised by the Black Scholarship Institute and the Creative School at TMU on the theme of “Creative Co-resilience and Black Flourishing”, but our call for papers to the special issue of RUBIX Journal is open to all as we encourage submissions from all disciplines and regions. We invite papers that explore the dynamics, capacities, and potentialities of co-resilience across fields through critical and interdisciplinary engagements.

RUBIX is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to fostering dynamic, multidirectional dialogue that extends beyond conventional boundaries of academic publishing. It provides a platform for diverse forms of creative and emerging scholarship, including academic articles, poetry, experimental writing combining text and image, sound-based works, photography, photo essays, visual art, and video. All submissions, irrespective of medium or format, undergo a rigorous peer-review process. We particularly encourage creative and critical explorations in arts, creative industries, health sciences, education, communication and related areas, including both theoretical and practice-led work. Emerging scholars and graduate students are especially invited to contribute to this special issue.

General Submission Guidelines

·       Title

·       Abstract (250-300 words), Keywords (5-10)

·       Papers should be between 4,000-6,000 words excluding citations; alternative format submissions welcome

·       MLA style guidelines

For inquiries, contact Dr. Adesoji Babalola (adesoji.babalola at torontomu.ca<mailto:adesoji.babalola at torontomu.ca>) and Dr. Miranda Campbell (miranda.campbell at torontomu.ca<mailto:miranda.campbell at torontomu.ca>).

Timeline

Abstracts due: June 30, 2026

Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2026

Full paper due: September 30, 2026

Editorial review and feedback from Special Issue Journal Editors: Fall 2026

Revised Article due by November 1, 2026

External Peer Review: Winter 2027

Anticipated publication date: Spring 2027





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Dr. Miranda Campbell
she/her
Interim Associate Dean of Scholarly, Research, and Creative (SRC) Activities and Partnerships, The Creative School
Associate Professor, School of Creative Industries
Toronto Metropolitan University
(416) 979-5000 x553519
KHS 349G
PI and Project Co-Director, Mapping the Music Industries
createcollab.ca<http://createcollab.ca>
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