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Welcome to The Image Community

This knowledge community is brought together around a common shared interest in the role of The Image. The community interacts through an innovative, annual face-to-face conference, as well as year-round virtual relationships in a weblog, peer reviewed journal and book imprint – exploring the affordances of the new digital media.

Conference

Members of The Image Community meet at the The International Conference on the Image, held annually in different locations around the world. The 2010 conference was held at the University of California, Los Angles, USA; in 2011 the conference was held at the Kursaal Congress Palace, San Sebastian, Spain; and in 2012 the conference will be held at the Higher School of Humanities and Journalism, Poznań, Poland.

Publishing

The Image Community enables members to publish through three media. First by participating in The Image Conference, community members can enter a world of journal publication unlike the traditional academic publishing forums – a result of the responsive, non-hierarchical and constructive nature of the peer review process. The International Journal of the Image provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish into an academic journal of the highest standard.

The second publication medium is through the book series The Image, publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.

The third major publishing medium is our news blog, constantly publishing short news updates from The Image Community, as well as major developments in the various disciplines of the image. You can also join this conversation at Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to our email Newsletter.