Sophia Journal is an academic, open access, peer-reviewed journal, published by the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU) - Research group Architecture, Art, and Image (AAI) at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Portugal (FAUP), in collaboration with the association Cityscopio and their publishing imprint scopio Editions.
Announcements
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Online release [Open Access] | Volume 7, No. 1 Landscapes of Care: the emergence of landscapes of care in extreme territories
Volume 7 of the Sophia Journal publication 'Landscapes of Care: the emergence of landscapes of care in extreme territories' is available online with free access at www.up.pt/revistas/index.php/sophia.
Created in 2016, Sophia Journal publishes theoretical articles and visual essays that investigate and think critically the intersections between the image and architecture. An open access, peer-reviewed and indexed journal, published by the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU) - Research group Architecture, Art, and Image (AAI) at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto, Portugal (FAUP), in collaboration with the publishing imprint scopio Editions.
The current third Sophia Journal thematic cycle "Landscapes of Care" aims to discuss and publish works by several photographers and researchers whose projects use image, with a special focus on photography, as a form of artistic expression and as a significant tool for research on architecture and how this practice and discipline can help a broken planet.
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8th SOPHIA JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
LANDSCAPES OF CARE: PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
Organised by: Pedro Leão Neto, Hugh Campbell, Mark Durden, Teresa Ferreira, João Leal, Rikke Munck Petersen and Igea Troiani
The 8th Sophia Journal International Conference will present a live and videoconference program organised by CEAU / FAUP and the event will be broadcasted live online, encompassing a rich and diverse program around: (i) roundtables for each panel concerning a focused topic coming from Sophia´s comprehensive call; (ii) presentation of articles and visual essays submitted; (iii) Photography exhibition: The Idea of Álvaro Siza.
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15 and 16 September 2023PLACE
The Conference will be held in person at FAUP (Auditorium Fernando Távora) on the 15th and 16th of September and online. -
OPEN CALL IS NOW CLOSED | THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS: Landscapes of care: photography, film, modern architecture and landscape heritage
Sophia Journal Vol. 8 | Abstract deadline (Conference): 1 December 2022 | Landscapes of care: photography, film, modern architecture and landscape heritage.
Editors: Hugh Campbell, Mark Durden, Teresa Ferreira, João Leal, Rikke Munck Petersen and Igea Troiani
Volume 7, No. 1Landscapes of Care: the emergency of landscapes of care in extreme territories

Issue description
Sophia’s third cycle main theme is “Landscapes of Care” with an overall interest around contemporary photography on how architecture can help a broken planet. It intends to understand how the photographic/imagery universe can be explored as a meaningful instrument of research about the multifaceted complex socioeconomic, political, historical, technical and ecological ... See the full issue