The Ars mission is: (1) To qualify Brazilian cultural and artistic production in general; (2) To provide a privileged arena for the debate and exchange of knowledge, to both beginners and distinguished artists, art teachers and researchers, working in Brazil or abroad; (3) To bring about a locus of mutual criticism and strenghtening for both the academic and the artistic and cultural milieu, thus stimulating the University towards an assertive role in Brazilian society; (4) To pursue the level of academic excellence in the artistic, cultural and cientific areas of research; (5) To stimulate the dialogue between the visual arts and other cultural and scientific areas and (6). To build a public interested in the specific areas of art and culture, a task still to be consolidated in the Brazilian context.
ARTMargins publishes scholarly articles and essays about contemporary art, media, architecture, and critical theory. ARTMargins studies art practices and visual culture in the emerging global margins, from North Africa and the Middle East to the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and Australasia. The journal seeks a forum for scholars, theoreticians, and critics from a variety of disciplines who are interested in postmodernism and post-colonialism, and their critiques; art and politics in transitional countries and regions; post-socialism and neo-liberalism; and the problem of global art and global art history and its methodologies.
ASAIO Journal is the primary source for timely and authoritative updates in the field of bionic technologies research and development. In the forefront of the field, ASAIO Journal highlights state-of-the-art investigations in biological, tissue, and genetic engineering and other biometric substitutes, laboratory and clinical trials, as well as discussion and opinions from experts around the world. Cardiovascular surgeons, transplant physicians, nephrologists, and biomedical engineers look to the ASAIO Journal for the very latest research and upcoming developments in the field.Published BimonthlyWebsite: www.asaiojournal.com.