CIPPM’s Claudy Op den Kamp participated in a critical conversation on scholarly publishing at the Atlantis journal’s 50th anniversary conference ‘Revolution and Resurgence: Celebrating Feminist Publishing’ held at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, on 28-29 November 2025.

The panel, titled ‘Scholarly Publishing, Beyond Peer-Review, and Public-Facing Research,’ brought together Op den Kamp with Claudia Mitchell (McGill University), Ann Smith (Girlhood Studies), and Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri to examine how academic publishing intersects with feminist approaches and concerns about accessibility.

Op den Kamp discussed her shift away from journal articles toward videographic scholarship. Working across theory and practice, she explained how teaching on a practical film programme prompted her to ask: ‘How can I tell my students about the origins of the thing they’re studying?’ Rather than writing papers for a handful of specialists, she began visualising her research through video essays – work that proved both intellectually and creatively fulfilling while reaching audiences beyond academia.

When asked about changes needed in academic publishing, Op den Kamp advocated for transparency in peer review. Currently anonymous and one-directional, she argued the process should become ‘an actual two-way, transparent conversation with the goal of genuinely making the work better’ rather than functioning primarily as gatekeeping.

The panel addressed broader equity concerns in feminist publishing, including how language standards and review processes can reinforce colonial practices, and the challenges of open-access funding models that privilege certain publication formats over others.

The conference marked Atlantis journal’s five decades of publishing critical feminist research and creative work.