About the Journal
Culture Crossroads is an international peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies of the Latvian Academy of Culture. The goal of Culture Crossroads is to develop and expand theoretical and methodological approaches to the research of art and creativity with emphasis on the potential of a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinarity. The main focus of the publication is on the interaction of cultural, artistic and creative processes as well as the synergy between them and other domains of national economy, politics and social life. It is targeted on the most topical issues and discussion points in culture studies and arts. The publication is open to research in the fields of ethnology, theory of culture, semiotics, cultural anthropology, museology, cultural heritage, management of culture, sociology of culture and art, cultural economics (including creative industries), cultural politics, audio-visual art, performing arts, dance, theory of literature, musicology, law, linguistics, or other domains of culture studies and arts.
Culture Crossroads is indexed in: SCOPUS; EBSCO (Humanities Source Ultimate); ERIH PLUS; ULRICH'S; Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL).
According to the latest data from Scimago, Culture Crossroads was in the second quartile in the thematic area “Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)” in 2023.
Current Issue
Volume 33 of the scientific journal Culture Crossroads is structured into four sections: Audiovisual Practices; AI, Creativity and Design; Language, Literature and Translation; Cultural Heritage. The phenomomena that the authors analyse range from video games and transculturality to the various roles of AI, to binominals in translations, to traditional craftsmanship and place identity. Authors represent research institutions from Latvia and abroad (in this issue – Malaysia). The reader may notice that all the articles explore various linkages – between cultures, countries, literatures, languages, and place-defining practices. All articles are available in open access.
