Preface

favourable comments on this policy from menIntentions and accomplishmentsand women. The representation of women is

Throughout our editorship of JADE we have improving, but it still lags behind that of men.stressed that we wish to produce more papers In any editorial period of four years thereper issue, more short photo-essays, and a better should be a roughly equal balance based bothbalance between papers by male and female on opportunity and quality, but to achieve thatauthors. Table I shows that more papers are I need your help. Table II shows there is roombeing published despite the decrease in number for improvement.of pages. This is partly due to the change of I can claim comparatively little success informat in 1994, and an increase in shorter pap- submissions from authors from ethnic min-ers. We still find occasional problems in orities, and I once again take this opportunityobtaining a sufficient number of well-illustrated to reiterate the invitation for papers. As outlinedpapers. Photo-essays have been remarkable by above, I have yet to receive a phototext sub-their absence, but the policy over the last three mission for a ‘normal’ issue. The idea behindyears has had the effect of increasing the num- the phototext is to offer to those who areber of papers, and moving towards balancing unfamiliar with academic writing an opport-the gender of their authors. I am pleased to unity to submit evidence of particularly interest-report that the number of papers continues to ing art, craft, design, and multi-media projectsincrease, as the following data reveals. The with a minimal text outlining, the institution,intention is to publish 30 papers a year within age group, purpose, and any other relevantthe current page limitations. information. The black and white photographs

We have worked hard to encourage more should ‘tell the story’. If there is to some eyes,women’s papers, and I have tried to create a an over-academic flavour to JADE, the solutionfeeling of welcome, support, and ownership of is in the hands of readers. We do not wish tothe Journal. I am receiving a slight increase in reduce JADE to something like an illustratedpapers as a result, including more joint auth- how-to-do-it magazine, it is after all one of theored papers from women. I continue to receive very few places where you can find articles of

TABLE 1 Number of papers published

Editorial Issues per Papers per Papers per Editorperiods period period number

5 years 1981–1985 12 81 6.75 Stuart MacDonald

4 years 1986–1989 12 75 6.25 David

Thistlewood

4 years 1990–1993 12 78 6.50 David

Thistlewood

1 year 1994 3 22 7.30 John Swift

1 year 1995 3 26 8.70 John Swift

1 year 1996 3 27 9.00 John Swift

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TABLE 2 Published authors by gender

Editorial Papers per Percent Male Percent Femaleperiods period authors authors

1986–1989 75 75 25

1990–1993 78 72 28

1994 22 64 36

1995 26 54 46

1996 27 60 40

substance and depth about art and design edu- The current issue is the second to be plannedcation, that question and analyse rather than on a theme within the present editorship. JADEreiterate received opinion or merely proselytise. 16.1 owes its contents, coherence, and qualityWe wish to maintain this standard which gives to the work of Stuart MacDonald who has actedJADE its national and international reputation as contents editor, and linked the papers toand readership, but this certainly does not pre- Scottish issues with a particular emphasis onclude good examples of art and design peda- Glasgow. The issue is very well illustrated. Thegogic practice. papers have been invited from a variety of

Neither should this indicate that there is a authors to offer a panoptic view of the vitalitystandard length for papers. Although academic and vigour that characterises much Scottishpractice has tended to institutionalise ‘c. 5000 thought and practice while retaining a sharpwords’ in order to develop, argue and resolve and critical flavour. The Glasgow emphasisthe contents of a paper, this is not to suggest refers to her nomination as UK City of Visualthat shorter papers with a very specific topic are Arts (1996) and anticipates her year as UK Citynot welcome. Indeed, to publish our intended of Design and Architecture in 1999. The Edi-average of ten papers per issue, we require torial Board has monitored the selection ofshorter papers. authors and their proposed papers, and I have

Volume 15, and its three numbers, beganworked closely with Stuart in terms of layout,

with a thematic Photography in Education issuespace and order. For the second time in JADE’s

with the first ever colour plates in JADE’s his-history, we are able to offer a selection of col-

tory. That edition also appealed to a wider read-our plates in this specially themed issue.

ership than usual and was heavily illustrated.The JADE editorial team hope you enjoy the

We would like to maintain a dynamic relation-issue and look forward to any correspondence

ship between text and image wherever poss-or papers it may occasion.ible, and encourage authors to consider this in

John Swifttheir submissions.

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