Jurnal Kajian Seni

Jurnal Kajian Seni (JKS) is a double blind peer-reviewed academic journal that highlights performing arts and visual arts research and scholarship. JKS, a refereed journal of the Graduate School, UGM, published by Performing Arts and Visual Arts Studies Program (Program Studi Pengkajian Seni Pertunjukan dan Seni Rupa), promotes the advancement of scholarly knowledge about performance art and visual art in Indonesia and the world. Established in November 2014 we have been recognized as one of the indexed arts journals, and from December 2024 to November 2025, Jurnal Kajian Seni accredited SINTA 3 (Based on the ARJUNA announcement letter, decision number 177/E/KPT/2024) by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Indonesian Ministry of Education, with a printed version of ISSN 2356-296X and the online version of ISSN: 2356-3001. JKS also indexed by DOAJ, Garuda, Google Scholar, Worldcat, Copernicus, OneSearch, Crossref, Dimensions, and Leiden Library University, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Scilit, EBSCO Essentials and ASCI.

Jurnal Kajian Seni is a space for art scholars to critically articulate and critically elaborate on issues related to performing arts and visual arts. The journal is based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. We invite submissions of original articles from a broad spectrum of research areas, inter alia: Performing Arts, Dance Ethnology, Dance Studies, Musicology, Music Studies, Ethnomusicology, Karawitan, Theatre Studies, Performance Studies, Television studies, film studies, Visual Arts, Plastic Art, Design, Installation, Performance art, Arts and Education, Arts and Technology, Arts and Psychology, Arts and Religion, Arts and Tourism, Arts and Management, etc. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research that includes performing arts and visual arts are also absolutely welcomed. The journal publishes scholarly articles, research papers, and findings, artist’s projects, conversational dialogues with prominent artists, as well as reviews of books, recordings, exhibitions, and performances.

Our journal is published twice a year, November and April. If you need a step-by-step tutorial for online submission and our journal template, you can download it on the right sidebar. If you still need assistance with further information, do not hesitate to contact us via email jurnalkajianseni@ugm.ac.id.