About the Journal

Indonesian Journal of Language, Space, and Visual Arts focuses on publishing scholarly works that examine the interrelations between language, spatial practices, and visual expression as fundamental dimensions of meaning-making in social, cultural, artistic, and mediated contexts. The journal particularly prioritizes original research and critical studies that explore how language operates in relation to space and visuality through rigorous linguistic, semiotic, communicative, and interdisciplinary frameworks supported by empirically grounded or theoretically informed methodologies.

The scope of Indonesian Journal of Language, Space, and Visual Arts includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Language, Space, and Meaning-Making

  • Language and spatial discourse
  • Place-making and linguistic landscapes
  • Narratives of space and spatial representation
  • Language, territory, and social space
  • Discourse and semiotics of place

2. Visual Communication and Multimodality

  • Visual discourse analysis
  • Multimodal communication and meaning
  • Image–text relations in visual media
  • Semiotics of visual culture
  • Visual rhetoric and representation

3. Language, Art, and Aesthetic Practices

  • Language in visual and performing arts
  • Art-based research and creative methodologies
  • Discourse in artistic production and curation
  • Language, symbolism, and aesthetic expression
  • Narrative and semiotics in art practices

4. Spatial and Visual Dimensions of Media and Digital Culture

  • Language, space, and visuality in digital media
  • Multimodal narratives in online and virtual spaces
  • Visual communication in social media and platforms
  • Digital spatiality and mediated interaction

5. Cultural, Social, and Critical Approaches

  • Language, space, and identity
  • Power, ideology, and representation in spatial and visual discourse
  • Cultural landscapes and visual narratives
  • Critical discourse approaches to space and visuality

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