PSYCHE EXTENDED: journal for psychoanalytic studies in architecture (jPSA)
jPSA-online aims to get itself published twice a year, in the form of collections of essays, clinical studies, reviews, response articles, and position papers about the relations of (Lacanian) psychoanalysis to architecture, the landscape, and places created in art, photography, fiction, and film. The journal aims to map the provocative spaces between the political pamphlet, the travel guide, and the novel.
jPSA encourages critical theory, speculative writing, exposition, and critical reviews. It requires direct engagement of the writings and ideas of Jacques Lacan, Sigmund Freud, and critical secondary sources in the study of architectural conditions in terms of therapy, enjoyment, fantasy, the public good, and technology in relation of psychoanalysis to architecture. Responses to published work, and replies from original authors, are encouraged.
Recommended length of a full essay is 6000 words, with economical use of legal illustrations, but longer works will be accepted. Special theme issues organized by theme editors are welcomed. Submissions sent to the editor, lacan.architecture.ipsa@gmail.com will be blind reviewed. Use a cover sheet displaying name, affiliation (if relevant), contact information, and a short (<100 words) bio. Author(s)’ names should not appear elsewhere. Follow Chicago Manual of Style for punctuation and style issues not covered in the jPSA stylesheet. See sample essay. Files may be in MS-Word or Apple’s Pages format (essays will be published in PDF). Authors must clear any uses of copyrighted images.
The jPSA aims for innovation in both writing and idea. Exceptionally creative or curiously provocative essays will be accorded liberties of style, appearance, and subject matter. The well–formed text will be treated with respect. No work of genius will be refused, and the editors will bend over backwards to make its publication possible.
Don Kunze, editor
Assistant editors: Angie Voela, Francesco Proto, Berrin Terim
submissions
Articles submitted for publication will be read by at least three reviewers; authors preferring blind review must state this at the time of application; the submission will then be sent to external reviewers. Otherwise, acceptance will be based on matters of fit, explained in reviewers comments. Review articles and comments are encouraged. Essays and opinion pieces, of shorter length, are welcomed and will be included wherever possible in relation to other submissions.
style sheet
[Submissions must be made using Pages or MS-Word; the working example of the style can be used as a template.]
The jPSA’s aim is for submissions to have the appearance of a final product. Authors who ignore style recommendations will be returned without review.
In general, writing follows the Chicago Manual of Style and its American style of punctuation, but both British and American spellings are acceptable. The main font is Minion Pro, 11-point, 1.2 line spacing. Right margins will be ragged, not justified, and hyphenation turned off, except for figure captions (9-point Minion Pro). Authors should pay particular attention to obvious matters: (1) the use of curly quotes, in the hierarchy of double quotes for every first–level quote, then single internal quotes; (2) correct use of spaced M-dashes (—) rather than N-dashes (–) to separate materials needing sudden — for whatever reason — emphasis, and appropriate use of hyphens only for names (Buck-Morss, Spencer-Brown), short word divisions (bi-polar), and similar micro-divisions. N-dashes (–, slightly longer than a hyphen) should be used to separate page numbers (346–351). Usually, N-dashes require the use of option keys on most word–processors. N-dashes are used whenever connections are made between longer words: multi–valent as opposed to uni-vocal.
Title: Helvetica Neue, 19-point bold. All Principal Title Words Capitalized
Indentation
First lines of first paragraphs after heads are flush-left; first lines of subsequent paragraphs of a section are indented 0.25 inches. Primary headings (13-point Helvetica Neue, bold) are non-Italic, with the first word capitalized, subsequent words not. Secondary headings (11-point Helvetica Neue) are non-Bold-faced, with only the first word capitalized.
Footnote numbers can be placed inside a sentence if absolutely necessary to clarify a reference, but generally are placed outside punctuation and the end of sentences. Footnotes, not endnotes, are required.
Footers contain a page number (11-point Minion Pro) on the right and an abbreviated title in italics, also 11-point Minion Pro. Block quotes are indented on the right only; text is the same as body text, 11-point Minion Pro.
Footnotes are separated by 6 points, no hanging indents. Font size is reduced to 9-point Minion Pro.
Illustrations place in-line with text (first–level head)
Illustrations must aim to appear sharp at 72-dpi resolution. Generally this means that the image pasted on to the text screen will be twice as large as required and sized to fit approximately one-third of the horizontal text area, side to side, say 3–4 inches. Exceptions, when warranted, are allowed.
Figure captions (9-point Minion Pro, non-justified) must be sequentially numbered, with credits given for sources and artists and dates, when relevant, in the first line. “Figure” is written out in the caption but abbreviated (“Fig.”) in the text. Illustrations and caption text blocks should be “grouped.”
Miscellaneous: accents, special characters (second–level head)
Foreign accents can usually be accessed by holding keys down until a range of numbered options appears, or by accessing special characters templates. It is especially important to accent capital letters, such as É, correctly, given that Lacan’s most famous work is Écrits. Most computers offer access to special characters, such as arrows, mathematical characters, and foreign letters: 𝜑, Φ are particularly important to distinguish between Lacan’s different uses of the phallus.
The aim is to receive articles that are virtually “publication–ready,” i. e. not in need of extensive re-formatting. If an article does not look right at first glance it will be sent back immediately unless the author(s) make a special plea for an exception to formatting rules. With the exception comes the expectation that authors will put in the extra effort to make their alternatively formatted work not just publishable but exceptionally attractive and communicative.