About the Journal

KITANDA Journal, affiliated with the Architecture and Urbanism Program of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) – Petrópolis campus – and the Graduate Program in Architecture and Heritage (PPGAP), emerges as a biannual editorial space dedicated to the circulation, exchange, and encounter of knowledge, inspired by the notion of open-air markets as popular spaces for the production and reproduction of collective life. Its name refers both to Lélia Gonzalez’s concept of Pretuguês, evoking practices of exchange and everyday forms of knowledge, and to the territorial context of Petrópolis, marked by the Quitandinha Palace and its colonial and slaveholding history, revisited in the exhibition Da Kutanda ao Quitandinha – 80 anos (2023). In this sense, KITANDA positions itself as a space that critically engages memories, territories, and cultural practices, proposing the opening of a fair of knowledge situated in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro.

The journal seeks to establish itself as a transdisciplinary field of production and reflection emerging from the tensions, contradictions, and potentials of the places we inhabit. Its purpose is to expand dialogues, weave other worlds, and foster critical, poetic, and political debates in dialogue with the multiple dimensions of architectural, urban, and socio-environmental space.

KITANDA’s editorial line promotes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches in Architecture and Urbanism, articulating fields such as Architectural Design, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture, Graphic Representation, Environmental Comfort, Structures, Construction Materials, Historic Heritage, Theory and History of Architecture and the City, Sustainability, among others. It also recognizes intersections with areas such as Arts, Design, History, Geography, Engineering, Anthropology, Sociology, and Philosophy, seeking to build a plural, ethical, and critical space for academic reflection.

KITANDA welcomes submissions in Portuguese and is open to the participation of researchers, artists, faculty members, and students at different stages of education and professional development. More than an academic repository, the journal affirms itself as a collective and formative space dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, critical inquiry, and the construction of new horizons for research and practice in Architecture and Urbanism.

Author Guidelines

General Conditions

  1. Contributions submitted to KITANDA Journal must be original and unpublished and may not be simultaneously under review by another journal. Otherwise, such circumstance must be informed in the “Comments for the Editor” field.
  2. Contributions previously presented at national or international events may be submitted to the journal, provided that they present a substantial revision of the content, comply with the journal’s editorial policy, and conform to the principles of academic ethics and integrity. In such cases, the previous presentation or publication must be indicated in a footnote, specifying the event and the form of dissemination of the work.
  3. Submissions may be presented in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.
  4. Statement of responsibility: in order to ensure evaluation under a double-blind peer review system, any authorship identification must be removed from the body of the text, images, notes, and file properties of the submitted document. Authorship information shall be provided exclusively through the registration fields of the submission platform. Each author’s name must be entered in full, without abbreviations.
  5. The use of artificial intelligence tools must comply with principles of academic ethics, transparency, and authorial responsibility. If such tools are used in the partial preparation of the text, they must be explicitly identified in a footnote, indicating the platform used, date of access, and description of the adopted procedure.

Article Structure

  1. Title, abstract (between 250 and 500 words), and keywords (minimum of 3 and maximum of 5, representative of the content of the work) must be presented in bilingual format, obligatorily in Portuguese and in English or Spanish.
  2. Formatting: the text must follow the graphic and editorial specifications established in the KITANDA Journal templates.
  3. References and citations: the text and bibliographic references must comply with current ABNT standards, especially NBR 6023/2018 – References and NBR 10520/2023 – Citations.
  4. Illustrations: figures, charts, photographs, drawings, maps, and other visual elements must be identified as FIGURES, presented in sequential numbering, and inserted into the body of the text in close proximity to their mention. Figures must be centered and accompanied by captions, credits, and indication of source/authorship.
  5. Contact: For any questions, please contact revistakitanda@esdi.uerj.br

Copyright

  1. Authors are fully responsible for the information, images, and data presented in the submitted work.
  2. Authors transfer the copyright of articles approved for publication to the journal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
  3. Authors are encouraged to freely distribute approved articles and create links to the articles on their personal webpages and institutional repositories for scientific dissemination, in accordance with Creative Commons criteria permitting the use and free citation of the work, provided that authorship and publication data are clearly identified.

Privacy Statement

  1. The names and addresses provided to this journal will be used exclusively for the services rendered by this publication and will not be made available for other purposes or to third parties.

Double-Blind Peer Review

  1. Authors, reviewers, and editors must take every precaution to ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer review process, avoiding any oversight that may reveal the identity of those involved in the different stages of the process.
  2. The author(s) of the document must remove only from the title page any names that may identify them. Wherever the author’s name appears (including citations or references), it must be replaced by AUTHOR.
  3. Example: (SILVA, 1997, p.32) → (AUTHOR, 1997, p.32).
  4. Example: SILVA, Carlos. The City in the Nineteenth Century. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1997 → AUTHOR. Title. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1997.
  5. In Microsoft Office documents, the author’s identification must be removed from the document properties.
  6. In PDF files, the authors’ names must also be removed from the Document Properties.