The International Journal of the Image is a cross-disciplinary forum for interrogating the nature of the image and the processes of image-making in all their empirical, normative, and imaginative dimensions. Reflecting on our status as the “symbolic species,” this journal explores how images represent, reframe, and potentially transform the world we inhabit. From architecture to cognitive science, media studies to religious studies, contributors investigate how images are fashioned, interpreted, and deployed within diverse cultural, technological, and political contexts. The journal fosters critical scholarship that examines the power of images to reflect real-world perspectives and evoke imaginative possibilities, shaping agendas for practice, education, and civic life.
In this era of multimodality—where text, sound, and image are ever more intertwined—The International Journal of the Image stands as a convergent space for dialogue, pushing the boundaries of how we perceive, produce, critique, and understand the visual in all its complexity.
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