Submit an article

Articles can be submitted to the editorial team either through the observatory's internal mailing list reserved for members and guests, or to the following email address: observatoiredecolonialisme@gmail.com either by directly contacting the section heads listed here.

Submitted articles will adhere to the following guidelines:

  • 4 to 8 characters, including notes
  • The article is written in French according to conventional spelling standards.
  • The article comes to us in Garamond 14 font, line spacing 1.3
  • The first line is the title, then “by” the author on the second line ((first name – LAST NAME (Quality))

Examples:

Decolonialism, this problem
by Jean SZLAMOWIC (University of Burgundy)

  • Notes and references are included in the body of the article for publication on the Web in the following manner: we place the note between:

The text of the note is formatted by the author. 

Examples:

Example of rendering the notes system

  • In general, the standard of grades in the system specific to one's discipline will be respected.
  • However, in the absence of preference, the standard Z 44-005 of December 1987, Documentation: Bibliographic references: Content, form and structure (ISO 690), and its extension Z 44-005-2 (ISO 690-2) of February 1998 will be respected.
  • The links included in reference are included via hypertext and not in a note or bibliography

Examples:

The excellent article by Yana Grinshpun

  • The text is sent in Pages or Docx format, accompanied by a PDF.
  • Quotes longer than one line are highlighted.
  • For publication, images must be accompanied by a caption specifying their source.