RELACult opens article submissions for the thematic dossiers of the second semester of 2026

RELACult, Latin American Journal of Studies in Culture and Society, announces the thematic dossiers that will compose Volume 12, no. 02, corresponding to the second semester of 2026, and informs the opening of the article submission period.

The issue brings together five thematic dossiers addressing contemporary debates in the fields of Humanities, Linguistics, Languages and Literature, Arts, Education, Communication and Social Sciences, with emphasis on democracy, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, body, affects, vulnerabilities, literature, ecologies, afrofigurations, identity, history of education and educational heritage.

Article submission period: June 1 to October 31, 2026
Expected publication date: December 31, 2026

Submissions must be made exclusively through the RELACult system, in accordance with the Author Guidelines.

Dossiers - Vol. 12, no. 02 (2026) Democracy, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence in Latin American Contexts

Coordination:
Dr. Everton Rodrigo Santos (FEEVALE)
Me. Fábio Hoffmann (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS)
Dr. Hemerson Luiz Pase (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS)

Abstract of the proposal:
This dossier aims to gather studies on the impacts of digital social media and artificial intelligence on political communication, the circulation of information, the formation of public opinion and democratic disputes in Latin America. Contributions are welcome on disinformation, polarization, information bubbles, fake news, deepfakes, bots, algorithms, digital campaigns, content moderation, artificial intelligence regulation, digital citizenship, networked activism, journalism, fact-checking, digital rights, informational sovereignty and democratic governance of technologies.

Insurgent lives: affects, vulnerabilities and pedagogies of the body

Coordination:
Dr. José Rodolfo Lopes da Silva (Federal University of Pelotas - UFPel)
Dr. Júlia Pessôa Varges (Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJF)
Me. Lana de Araújo Gomides (University of Aveiro)

Abstract of the proposal:
This dossier proposes to reflect on the policies that define insurgent lives in contemporary times, considering the body, affects and vulnerabilities as central dimensions of dispute, resistance and production of meanings. Studies are welcome that address the body as a symbolic and material field, a place for the production of subjectivities and insurgent pedagogies, as well as research on vulnerability, social suffering, precarity, race, gender, sexuality, disability, health, education, care, resistance and cultural practices of affect in different territories and sociocultural contexts.

Leaves and Papers: interactions between social sciences and literature, formed by books, plants, minerals, ecologies and cosmologies

Coordination:
Dr. Natalia Negretti (State University of Campinas - UNICAMP)
Dr. Maria Candida Vargas Frederico (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio)
Dr. Nathanael Araujo da Silva (Nucleus for Development and Democracy / Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning - NDD/CEBRAP)

Abstract of the proposal:
This dossier aims to gather reflections on the encounters between literature and the social sciences, taking “leaves” and “papers” as images and materialities that traverse books, plant life, mineralities, ecologies and cosmologies. Contributions are welcome that bring together writing, research and imagination, considering relations between humans and non-humans, territories, landscapes, archives and materialities. The dossier welcomes works in dialogue with anthropology, sociology, history, literary criticism and environmental studies, including cosmopolitical, ecocritical and non-hegemonic epistemological perspectives.

Culturality, territoriality and identity: afrofigurations in Languages

Coordination:
Dr. Robson José Custódio (Federal University of Paraná - UFPR)
Dr. Ana Josefina Ferrari (Federal University of Paraná - UFPR)

Abstract of the proposal:
This dossier aims to gather research that analyzes afrofigurations in languages as forms of cultural, political and symbolic production, articulating identity, territoriality and historical experiences marked by colonialism, racism and inequalities. Works are welcome that engage with decolonial perspectives and critical approaches to language, culture and identity, including artistic, literary, media and educational expressions shaped by African and Afro-diasporic matrices. Contributions are expected on territorialities, memory, resistance, representations and disputes over meaning, with attention to decolonial and anti-racist debates.

Digital History of Education and Educational Heritage: interconnections, potentialities and research challenges

Coordination:
Dr. Alessandro Carvalho Bica (Federal University of Pampa - Unipampa)
Dr. Simôni Costa Monteiro Gervasio (Federal University of Pampa - Unipampa)

Abstract of the proposal:
This dossier aims to gather investigations on the interconnections between digital culture, history of education and educational heritage, considering the new possibilities opened by digital collections, virtualized sources and methodologies linked to the digital environment. Contributions are welcome that discuss platforms, repositories, databases, digitized collections, multimodal narratives and digital methodologies applied to historical research. The dossier also welcomes studies that problematize the technical, epistemological and ethical challenges of curation, digitization, preservation, access, circulation and public use of educational heritage.

Further information and submissions:
https://periodicos.claec.org/index.php/relacult/about/submissions

Contact:
relacult@claec.org