Research articles should present the findings of unpublished original research. Authors should make a substantial contribution to scholarship by identifying a research problem or question related to the journal’s focus, establishing exigency, and making a persuasive argument supported by relevant evidence.
Research articles should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words (including notes but not references).
Methods articles should present new techniques for research and scholarship and discuss the significance of and possible applications of these techniques. Articles that critique or propose changes to existing methodologies and approaches are welcome.
Methods articles should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words (including notes but not references).
Teaching reflections should discuss scholarly research and pedagogical principles informing curriculum design and instruction of academic courses related to the journal’s focus. Authors should establish why the course focus is important, what they hope students learn, and how the format of the course (e.g., method of instruction, types of assignments) relates to the content and encourages learning. Authors may also discuss what they have learned as instructors, what challenges they have faced, etc. Authors are encouraged to include teaching materials such as syllabi as part of their submission.
Teaching reflections should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words (including notes but not references).
Project reports should give a detailed overview of an ongoing or completed scholarly or community project whose purpose is the creation, dissemination, or preservation of knowledge, locally or globally. Reports may discuss the project’s origins, goals, partners, activities, successes, challenges, and plans for the future. These reports will ideally be supplemented by images, audio, and/or video content.
Project reports should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words (including notes but not references).
Invited submissions only.
Invited articles present original scholarly work. Similar to research articles in length and scope, they are invited by section editors for inclusion in thematic sections and undergo editorial review.
Invited submissions only.
Invited submissions only.
Invited submissions only.
KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies is published by the University of Victoria Libraries. We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
