About the Journal

Focus and Scope
The Journal of Arts, Music, Design, and Creative Industries (JAMDCI) is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing original research, critical analyses, and practice-based scholarship on the arts, music, design, and the creative economy. The journal's scope includes visual and performing arts, music theory and practice, design studies, media and digital arts, cultural heritage, and the business and policy dimensions of the creative industries, with particular attention to perspectives from and about Africa and the Global South.

Open Access Policy
JAMDCI provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles are freely available to read, download, and share without subscription or paywall barriers.

Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright of their work and grant JAMDCI the right of first publication. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, allowing others to share and adapt the work with appropriate credit to the original authors and source.

Sponsorship Disclosure
JAMDCI is published by Stratford Journal Publishers and operates independently of any external funding or sponsorship that could influence editorial decisions or peer review outcomes.

Journal History
JAMDCI was established to provide a dedicated, rigorously reviewed platform for scholarship on the arts, music, design, and creative industries, with a particular commitment to amplifying research and perspectives from underrepresented regions.

Privacy Statement
Names and email addresses entered on this journal's site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Archiving
This journal utilizes a LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries, permitting those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.