Punctum Books, stylized as punctum books, is an open-access and print-on-demand independent, scholar-led publisher based in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

History

The imprint was co-founded in 2011 by Eileen A. Joy (a medievalist and advocate of open access[1]) and Nicola Masciandaro (Brooklyn College, CUNY), who left the project in 2012. The imprint was conceived partly as an offshoot of the BABEL Working Group,[2] a "non-hierarchical scholarly collective"[3] with an emphasis on medieval studies. Punctum Books was joined in 2016 by co-director Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei. Since its inception, Punctum Books has sought to bring scholarly works, often with a transdisciplinary or unconventional nature, to a broader public. It publishes print editions through Kindle Direct Publishing, but buyers can get a PDF version of the book for free through the publisher's website.[4]

In the past, Punctum Books published issues of the journals Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies,[5] Badiou Studies,[6] Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest,[7] Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory,[8] Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media and Culture,[9] Networks and Neighbours,[10] O-Zone: A Journal of Object Oriented Studies,[11] Radical Criminology,[12] and Speculations: A Journal of Speculative Realism.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rio Fernandes (22 January 2016). "Prominent Medieval Scholar's Blog on 'Feminist Fog' Sparks an Uproar". Chronicle of Higher Education.
  2. ^ "In The Para-Academic Playground: An interview with Eileen Joy, co-director of punctum books". Glasgow Review of Books. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ "BABELcredo". BABEL working group. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Vision Statement". punctum books. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "About the Journal". Anarchist-developments.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Badiou Studies homepage". Badioustudies.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Home". Contentionjournal.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Helvete". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Itineration - Cross Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture". Itineration.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Networks and Neighbours". Networksandneighbours.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  11. ^ "O-Zone". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Radical Criminology". Journal.radicalcriminology.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Speculations - Homepage". Speculations-journal.org. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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