Submissions

Approaches

Thinking about the Social through Sociology

This section is intended for articles and essays that develop a sociological reading, problematization, or interpretation of social phenomena, processes, and issues.

Submissions may include theoretical and conceptual discussions, critical analyses, reviews of scholarly debates, sociological essays, and research grounded in empirical evidence.

Manuscripts should clearly identify a sociological problem or research question, develop an original argument, and engage critically with specialized literature. Theoretical contributions should not be limited to a literature review, but should demonstrate the relevance and originality of the proposed discussion.

Recommended Structure

• Introduction
• Statement of the Problem
• Theoretical/Conceptual Discussion
• Development of the Argument
• Analysis or Discussion
• Conclusions
• References

Length: 4,000–8,000 words.

Praxis

Doing Sociology in Contact with Social Reality

This section is devoted to texts that reflect on the practice of sociology and on the production of knowledge through concrete experiences of research, fieldwork, intervention, community engagement, action research, teaching, professional practice, or methodological development.

Authors are expected to make explicit the decisions, tensions, difficulties, lessons learned, and possibilities that emerge from the encounter between theory, method, and social reality.

The section prioritizes critical reflection on sociological experience, rather than the mere presentation of results.

Suggested Structure

• Presentation of the experience or problem
• Contextualization
• Sociological Perspective
• Methodology or Description of the Practice
• Critical Reflection on the Experience
• Results
• Conclusions
• References

Suggested Length: 4,000–8,000 words.

Intersections

Bringing Knowledge Together to Understand the Social

This section is dedicated to works that establish a substantive dialogue between sociology and other fields of knowledge. It may include contributions that connect sociology with anthropology, philosophy, history, literature, communication, political science, economics, urban studies, art, technology, environmental studies, and other fields.

The section may include case studies and methodological reflections arising from interdisciplinary research experiences. Submissions are expected to critically examine the use, adaptation, or combination of concepts, methods, techniques, or tools drawn from different disciplines, showing how this interdisciplinary encounter contributed to addressing a specific social problem or phenomenon.

Interdisciplinarity should be an integral part of the construction of the argument, rather than merely an accumulation of references from different disciplines. The text should demonstrate what emerges from the encounter between different perspectives, what tensions or possibilities it generates, and what new questions, concepts, methods, or interpretations arise from such intersections.

Suggested Length: 4,000–8,000 words.

Drifts

Exploring Other Ways of Doing and Communicating Sociology

This section is intended for experimental and hybrid proposals that expand conventional forms of producing and communicating sociological knowledge.

Submissions may include photo narratives, social cartographies, digital ethnographies, data visualizations, visual essays, field narratives, interviews, archives, sociological chronicles, illustrations, audiovisual pieces, hybrid writing, methodological experiments, and other formats.

Formal experimentation does not imply a lower degree of rigor. Proposals should have a clearly identifiable sociological purpose, provide a rationale for their methodological or formal choices when appropriate, and adhere to principles of rigor, ethics, and academic integrity.

Suggested Length: Flexible, depending on the format. For predominantly text-based submissions, a length of 1,500–6,000 words is recommended.