CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS

DECODING CULTURAL HERITAGE: a critical dissection and taxonomy of human creativity through digital tools


Important dates:

- Chapter proposals submission deadline: June 17th, 2023.
- Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2023.
- Full chapters due: September 30th, 2023.
- Final submission due: January 29th, 2024.
- Book publication: (expected) 2024.


Editors:

- Dr. Fernando Moral-Andrés, Universidad Nebrija (Spain).
- Dra. Elena Merino-Gómez, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain).
- Dr. Pedro Reviriego, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain).


Scientific Committee:

- Fabrizio Lombardi (Northeastern University, US)
- Shanshan Liu (New Mexico State University, US)
- Priscilla Munzi (Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France)
- Laura Ricci (Sapienza - Università di Roma, Italy)
- Paolo Desideri (Università Roma Tre, Italy)
- Narciso García (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
- Eduardo Prieto (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
- Jorge Martínez (Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus, Spain)
- Nieves Cubo (Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain)
- Pere Rovira (Centre de Restauració de Béns Mobles de Catalunya (CRBMC), Spain)
- Xavier Rossel (Museu d'art contemporani de Barcelona, Spain)


Potential topics related to cultural heritage include (but are not limited to):

- Artificial Intelligence.
- Devices, monitoring and preventive systems.
- Image and computer vision.
- Geomatics.
- Internet of Things (IoT).
- Data processing.
- Mapping, cartography, data visualization.
- Predictive analytics.
- Stylistics, attribution, and authorship.
- Conservation, reconstruction, and replicas.
- Industry and new materials
- Digital networks and cultural heritage.
- Virtual and augmented reality and digital Twins.
- Natural language processing.
- Digital training for heritage.
- Mediation and dissemination.
- Analysis of case studies and good practices.


Publisher

An agreement to publish this book has been signed with Springer Nature, a highly reputable academic publisher. For detailed information on Springer Nature, please visit: https://www.springernature.com/la

Target audience:

This book aims at being useful to researchers and other members of the academic community and students in the fields of Architecture, Conservation and Restoration, Visual Arts, Urban Studies, Historians, Design, Computer Science, Building, Engineering, Economics, Sociology, Linguists, practitioners in these fields are also expected to benefit from this book.


Language:

Chapters could be in English/Spanish.


Submission Guidelines:

- Chapter proposals (350-500 words) are due before June 17th, 2023.
- Proposals should include a brief background, objective, contribution and potential
implications.
- There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book.
- All manuscripts go through a double-blind peer review by a scientific committee.
- Final chapters will contain between 8,000 and 10,000 words each.


Submit your chapter proposal by email to fmoral@nebrija.es.
If you have any question, please use the same email to contact Fernando Moral.