SPECIAL ISSUE
Conetl| The face and heart of childhood:
Critical intersections between biological-cognitive development, the constitution of attachment, and symbolic-cultural mediations.
- Call status: Open
- Submission deadline: September 1, 2026
This special issue of MORPHEÚS, Conetl, emerges from a question that cuts across disciplines and experiences: how are human beings formed from their earliest years? Drawing its name from the Nahuatl word for a being in formation, this edition conceptualizes childhood and adolescence not as fragmented stages, but as an uninterrupted continuum of human development, spanning from birth to 18 years of age.
Our object of study centers on the multidimensional structuring of childhoods, approaching development from an ecological co-responsibility that integrates biology, relational bonds, and symbolic-cultural mediation. To represent these dimensions, the journal's sections adopt names from Mexica cosmogony in this edition, recognizing indigenous knowledge traditions within academic dialogue.
We invite submissions in the following categories:
Amapolas y Alas Call for Papers — Focused on research and academic analysis.
- Structural axis and empirical grounding (Amapolas | Huitzilopochtli): Formal research works examining cognitive, biological, and social development through methodologies with high epistemological precision.
- Clinical, subjectivating, and relational axis (Alas | Coatlicue): Studies and interventions centered on the constitution of attachment, clinical practice, and processes of subjectivation during childhood and adolescence.
Ébano Call for Submissions — Focused on original creative work.
- Symbolic production and cultural mediation (Ébano | Coyolxauhqui): Original creative works functioning as symbolic mediators: literary narratives about complex childhoods, stories for children, and preventive graphic material.
To begin the submission process please visit: https://editorial.umq.edu.mx/MORPHEUS/es/DIRECTRICES