Section policy
1 Sections with open submissions
1.1 In defense of research
It is a section dedicated to socializing research, essays and free articles that, in critical key, contribute to the construction of reflections and proposals related to the theme of rights and social movements. The free articles section of the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to the writer and militant Patrícia Galvão (Pagu), rescuing in its name the title of an essay written for the edition of October 26, 1945 of the weekly Vanguarda Socialista.
- Continuous flow submission
- Indexed submission
- Original and/or unpublished submission
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
1.2 Return Notebook
It is a section dedicated to critical interpretations, through reviews, recent or classic publications of texts and books of interest within the theme rights and social movements. The review section of the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to the Martinican writer and politician Aimé Césaire who, as a poet of negritude, wrote Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, a poem of redemption of black identity and criticism of colonialism.
- Continuous flow submission
- Indexed submission
- Original and/or unpublished submission
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
1.3 Ahead of Print
The Ahead of Print is a tool adopted by InSURgence Journal since May 2022, allowing the rapid scientific dissemination of the works already approved until its final publication in one of the following semesters.
The final publication of preprints will follow these criteria, which may be applied cumulatively or not: a) Preference based on the chronological order of the preprint submissions; b) Thematic alignment of the preprints with the thematic dossiers; c) The number of preprints in the "In Defense of Research" section must be lower than the number of articles in the thematic dossiers of each issue/number.
- Submissions not indexed
- Submission may be original and/or unpublished
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
2. Sections with closed submissions
2.1 Insurgent Dialogs
This is a section dedicated to publishing interviews with researchers and activists who have relevance to the relationship between rights and social movements. The interview section of the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to the popular lawyer Miguel Pressburger, rescuing, in its name, the proposal of an insurgent praxis for law.
- Submission not indexed
- Process of editorial evaluation or by the Organizing Committee of the dossiers (peer review)
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
2.2 Dossier
It is a section dedicated to organizing, from a theme chosen for a particular edition of the magazine, a debate related to specific areas of the general theme rights and social movements.
- Indexed submissions
- Original and/or unpublished submission
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors/ers
2.3. Walking words
It is a section dedicated to disseminate pressing debates of critical thinking, legal or not, at the international level, with a special focus on the theoretical production of Latin America and giving opportunity for dialogues with researchers in the field of law and social movements. The section of debates based on international articles in the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, recovering, in his name, the title of his book Walking Words, which expresses the oppressions and the magic of the Latin American continent.
- Indexed submissions
- Original and/or unpublished submission
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
2.4 Generating themes
It is a section dedicated to encourage the elaboration of texts that, without losing their rigor with research, allow the dissemination of syntheses about expressions, concepts or institutes, which have multiple interpretations or meaning, concerning the general theme that relates rights and social movements. The articles section of the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to popular educator Paulo Freire who included, in his pedagogical proposal, generating themes to be worked together with the consciousness of the popular classes.
- Indexed submissions
- Original and/or unpublished submission
- Peer review process: double-blind peer review
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
2.5 Political poetics
It is a section dedicated to disseminating artistic and literary productions that express the commitment of appreciation of popular culture and militant artistic construction, typical of actors involved with and in social movements. The text and artistic manifestations section of the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to Augusto Boal, creator of the theater of the oppressed, ensejando in dramaturgia a "poetic politics" (subtitle of his best known book - Theater of the oppressed and other political poetics).
- Submission not indexed
- Process of editorial evaluation or by the Organizing Committee of the dossiers (peer review)
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
2.6 Praxis of liberation
This is a section dedicated to making visible texts and documents produced by popular organizations or social movements, conveying their own intellectual productions that cannot be overshadowed by formal knowledge. Also published in this section are documents selected by the organizing committees of dossiers that have correlation with the respective theme. The section of texts and documents from social movements in the IPDMS magazine is a tribute to the Argentinean-Mexican philosopher Enrique Dussel, one among many intellectuals and militants committed to a praxis of liberation of peoples.
- Submission not indexed
- Process of editorial evaluation or by the Organizing Committee of the dossiers (peer review)
- Free access
- Responsibility of the authors
*Editorial policy of 09 April 2025.
