About the Journal

KATARUPA is an electronic journal that elaborates issues related to verbal and visual in aesthetic, anthropological, sociological, psychological, political, communication, and cultural contexts. This journal is academic, open access, and peer reviewed, which was founded in 2023 by the Faculty of Art and Design, ITB. The wide reach of this journal makes it possible to publish research results based on studies and works based on interdisciplinary nature. The KATARUPA journal is published twice a year in June and November.

Focus and Scope

The KATARUPA journal accepts articles based on studies, works, and figures' perspectives. The major themes in this journal relate to literacy, arts, design, and visual culture that are cross-disciplinary including:

  • Linguistics, semiotics, discourse analysis
  • Visual language, visual semiotics, visual discourse
  • Media, new media, multimedia, social media
  • Communication, cross-cultural communication
  • Psychology, psychoanalysis, cognitive science
  • Cultural studies, digital culture, popular culture, traditions
  • Anthropology, ethnography, netnography
  • Politics, ideology, hegemony, power, netizens, netocracy
  • Sociology, digital society, gender issues, ethnicity

This journal does not accept monodisciplinary based articles such as pure linguistics and pure psychology.

Peer Review Process

All articles submitted to the Katarupa Journal must comply with the criteria for the Katarupa Journal (See the Author Guidelines). These articles will be reviewed by two or more reviewers in a double blind review. Reviewers will recommend articles for publication without revision, published with major/minor revisions, or rejected. The decision to publish or reject articles is based on reports and recommendations from reviewers. Under certain conditions, the editor may conduct an initial assessment before a decision is taken.

Assessment by reviewers can take 2 to 5 months. Please check the progress of the manuscript via the email used for author registration or through an account on our Open Journal System (OJS) website. All correspondence processes are carried out via email.

Publication Frequency

The Katarupa journal is published twice a year, namely in June and November.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Sponsors

Faculty of Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Katarupa Volume 1 no 1 2023
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KATARUPA is an electronic journal that elaborates issues related to verbal and visual in aesthetic, anthropological, sociological, psychological, political, communication, and cultural contexts. This journal is academic, open access, and peer reviewed, which was founded in 2023 by the Faculty of Art and Design, ITB. The wide reach of this journal makes it possible to publish research results based on studies and works based on interdisciplinary nature. The KATARUPA journal is published twice a year in June and November.

Published: 2023-09-27

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