More of Us #3: Rebellion. Open Call

June 30, 2023

In the context of the forthcoming Rebellion issue, we are launching an open call to participate with visual and written content related to the issue’s concerns. More of Us will address the relationships woven by a variety of initiatives around self-organisation, collective action, social movements, activism and land struggles in the Global South from a practical approach.

Collective action, Rebellion, Social movements

As we witness a rapid global increase in militarism, autocracy, and illiberalism, we aim to elevate the local stories of collective action and solidarity-based collaboration that share tools and strategies in the fight for a better future. Our proposed theme for the next issue of More of Us is Rebellion. We are looking for stories from inside uprisings, territorial and cultural defense movements that should be more widely known, against oppression and the status quo. We seek accounts from within movements that have grown bigger than first imagined, that share some of the tools and practical actions that have been deployed against repression.

More Of Us is a publication that shares culture, critique and creativity from the global South to shift perspectives, deepen understanding, and inspire people towards collective action. More of Us emerged from a desire to connect the dots between diverse geographies with similar socio-political realities, introduce local voices to wider audiences, and build solidarity. More of Us is a collaborative project from members of Arts Collaboratory, a translocal network consisting of 25 arts and culture organizations across the globe.

In the context of the forthcoming Rebellion issue, we are launching an open call to participate with visual and written content related to the issue’s concerns. More of Us will address the relationships woven by a variety of initiatives around self-organisation, collective action, social movements, activism and land struggles in the Global South from a practical approach.

If you would like to be part of our third edition, we invite you to send a pitch where you tell us, briefly, what your publication proposal is (we’re looking for photo series, drawings, sci-fi, essays, etc.). Here you’ll find some specifications:

1. The common language of the editorial team is English, so if you can send your pitch in this language it would be wonderful; however, we will also take into account pitches that are submitted in other languages (More of Us is published in English, Spanish and French)
2.  We will receive proposals until July 17.
3. The editorial team of More Of Us will then send an email notifying you if your pitch was selected and share instructions for completing your submission (deadline, payment, etc.). 
4. If your proposal was selected, you will have one month to complete your submission and send it to the editorial team who will review it and, if necessary, will send edits 
5. Once ready, your work will be published on the platform: https://moreofus.art/ and you will receive a notification.
6. If you are interested in being a part of this publication, we invite you to click here and fill out this form with your information and proposal.

About payment

More Of Us will pay for content that has been approved by the editorial team to be published:

1. Payment will be agreed with the contributor once the pitch has been approved, depending on the word count / type of submission (minimum of €100) 
2. More Of Us will pay contributors once the content has been published
3. The payment method for international payments is typically PayPal but we can discuss alternatives if need be
4. Failure to meet deadlines may result in cancellation of the content publishing agreement
5. More of Us is not responsible for the cost of production of the content

We hope that you can share creative proposals of reported articles, considered essays, photo series, and illustrations. 

Thank you!

The More of Us Team