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Call for papers open for the 3rd International Conference on Creative Processes

CIAC – Research Centre in Arts and Communication invites artists and researchers to submit proposals for the 3rd International Conference on Creative Processes, which will take place from 2 to 4 December 2026 at the University of Algarve (Gambelas Campus, Faro), in a hybrid format.

Organised in partnership with the Research Group on Creative Processes of PUC-SP, this edition focuses on the theme “Research Methodologies in Creative Processes”, promoting reflection on theoretical and practical approaches to the study of creative processes.

The conference provides an interdisciplinary space for dialogue between artists and researchers, dedicated to the analysis of creative processes in their multiple dimensions, encompassing practices, materialities, methods, and languages.

Since 2019, the collaboration between CIAC and PUC-SP has resulted in several initiatives, including the CIAC Creative Processes Collection, the international conference, and academic training programmes in the field.

Drawing on theoretical contributions such as those of Cecilia Salles, who proposed a transversal approach to the study of creative processes, the conference seeks to embrace different methodologies and perspectives, encouraging the sharing of experiences, challenges, and research outcomes.

Submission of Proposals

Abstracts are invited on the conference theme, as well as on related topics, including, but not limited to:

  • Theories of artistic creation and their poetics
  • Materialities and procedures of creation
  • Reception, co-creation, and participatory practices
  • Contemporary experimentation
  • Transdisciplinarity and creative processes
  • Culture, memory, and archives of creation
  • Research poetics
  • Ethics and politics of creation
  • Accounts of creative processes
  • Decolonial and anti-racist creative and research practices
  • Sustainability and ecologies of creation
  • Literacy, educational practices, and creative processes
  • Creative processes and AI tools
  • Digital and generative poetics, and hacker practices
  • Artivism and digital artivism practices
  • Feminism, gender, and intersectionality in creative processes

Abstracts should be between 200 and 300 words and must be submitted via the Submission Form by 30 July 2026* through the Conference website (coming soon).

(*Researchers who require a letter of acceptance before the final submission deadline due to funding application deadlines at their institutions should contact: conferenciaprocessosdecriacao@gmail.com).

Submissions are also welcome for:

  • Thematic Panels (up to five speakers)
  • Creative Process Archive Exhibitions (associated with a paper or panel)
  • Workshop Proposals

Following acceptance notifications, speakers must confirm their participation through the Speaker Registration Form.

  • Speaker registration: €25
  • Speaker registration with publication: €50

Speakers are invited to submit a full paper, prepared in accordance with the CIAC Editions guidelines, for publication in a special volume of the Creative Processes Collection.