About the Journal

Focus and scope

The Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal is a publication of the Observatory of Cultural Diversity (ODC), a social organization and Culture Point that is part of a research group that develops projects and actions for training, research and the dissemination of knowledge. The aim of the publication, which is published annually from 2025 onwards, is to bring together academic articles, reflective texts, critical reports of experiences, interviews, reviews and artistic works focused on the interdisciplinary field of the protection and promotion of cultural diversity, in its interfaces with cultural policies, cultural management, mediation processes, memory and heritage, education, health and the environment, among other related themes.

The ODC began its activities in 2005, the year in which UNESCO's 33rd General Conference voted on the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Working in the areas of training, information and knowledge production and consultancy, its aim is to contribute to the realization of cultural rights and the full exercise of cultural citizenship. In 2007, it began publishing content through a website (www.observatoriodadiversidade.org.br) and a Bulletin (ISSN: 2358-9175). In 2015 and 2016, in addition to the Bulletin, three issues of the magazine Observatory of Cultural Diversity (ISSN: 2526-7442) were launched. As of 2022, the two publications have been integrated into a single initiative.

This publication is funded by the Belo Horizonte Municipal Culture Incentive Law.

Requirements for submissions

Papers submitted to the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal must be unpublished. Papers that have already been published and/or sent for evaluation to other journals will not be accepted. Articles published in conference proceedings may be accepted provided that changes are incorporated and explained in the text.

Papers must be written in Portuguese or Spanish, and all must contain a title, abstract and keywords in English.

Papers will be accepted from professionals and researchers. There is no limit to the number of authors of a text. In cases of co-authorship, each author's contribution to the research and writing of the paper must be indicated in the article itself, according to the CRediT taxonomy. The information must be sent in a separate file, according to the table below:

Contributor Roles	Definição
Conceptualization	Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
Data curation	Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use.
Formal analysis	Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesize study data.
Funding acquisition	Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
Investigation	Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
Methodology	Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
Project administration	Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
Resources	Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
Software	Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
Supervision	Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
Validation	Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
Visualization	Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
Writing – original draft	Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
Writing – review & editing	Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages.

For the formatting of texts, the aspects indicated in the Guidelines for Authors should be followed.

At the time of submission, the identification of authorship of the work must be removed from the file and from the “properties” option in Word, in order to ensure that the peer review is blind.

Authors must indicate their full names in the field provided in the submission system, as well as their level of education, ORCID number, institutional affiliation, CV link (Lattes is mandatory for Brazilian authors) and a summary of their biography.

Papers that do not meet the criteria of the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal will not be evaluated and will be returned to the author(s).

In order to contribute to the debate in the field of publishing, the editorial team of the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal can commission academic articles, reflective texts, critical reports of experiences, interviews and reviews. In this case, the work will only be evaluated by the Editorial Board.

 

Requirements for submitting artwork

The artwork submitted may have been presented in cultural spaces, exhibitions, among other media, whether physical or electronic, but it must be unpublished in terms of academic journals and books.

Artwork (illustrations, prints, photographs) must have up to five images, which must be sent in jpg, jpeg or png format, with a minimum resolution of 300dpi.

The artist(s) must expressly authorize, by means of a declaration, the use of the images to be published in the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal - the model declaration will be sent if the work(s) are approved. The same declaration states that the assignment of use is completely free of charge and does not imply any present or future payment for the use of the submitted work.

Artwork should be sent by e-mail to boletim.odc@gmail.com

 

Ethics and anti-plagiarism policy

Conflicts of interest that may influence the preparation or evaluation of works will be detected and rectified by the editors.

The ideas expressed in the texts and artwork, as well as the interpretation of the works referenced and the accuracy of the citations, are the sole responsibility of the authors. It is hoped that their work will contribute to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Ethics must be observed in all aspects of publication, and evaluators must report any perceived deviations (such as suspicions of plagiarism, for example) to the editors.

The articles received will be subjected to anti-plagiarism software.

Articles submitted to the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal must be analyzed strictly according to the evaluation criteria. The reasons for approval or rejection must be presented by the referees in a clear and respectful manner.

If an author notices an error or inaccuracy in a work already published in the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal, he or she must inform the editors so that the corrections can be made and indicated in the text.

 

Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence tools can be a resource for researchers and authors as long as they are used critically, thoughtfully and responsibly. Their use must be clearly indicated in the text, with a description of the tool used and a justification for the choice.

 

Article Submission Charges and Costs

The Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal does not charge any fees for the submission, evaluation and publication of texts.

 

Peer review policy

All the papers received go through a preliminary assessment by the editorial team to check that the submission is pertinent to the focus, scope and submission rules of the publication.

Accepted manuscripts are sent to two referees using a blind review system.

When there is disagreement as to approval or disapproval, the work is forwarded, also through a blind review system, to a third reviewer.

Papers that are approved by two referees are accepted.

Approval of the text for publication may also be subject to changes requested by the referees. In this case, the author(s) must make the changes within the time indicated by the editors and return the work for final evaluation.

The final decision on publication is the responsibility of the editorial team.

 

Evaluation criteria

Papers submitted to the Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal are evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Appropriateness of the work to the focus and scope of the publication;
• Ability to articulate the theme with the issue of Cultural Diversity and its various dimensions and facets;
• Analytical quality;
• Originality;
• Clarity, coherence, style and grammar (in the case of textual work).

 

Copyright and open access policy

Observatory of Cultural Diversity Journal is an open-access journal. All of its content is available free of charge to users, who can read, download, copy, distribute, print and create links to the full texts without requesting prior authorization from the author(s) or the editors, as long as the appropriate citation has been made.

The author(s) retain copyright over the published text.

The journal retains the right of first publication.

 

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