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Presentations Available: «Zugang zu Archiven – Recht oder Pflicht?»

Association of Swiss Archivists
Die Präsentationen unserer Fachtagung 2024 sind hier abrufbar.

«Access to archives – right or duty?»

The presentations from our 2024 conference are available here.

CFP: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability – 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association

The Memory Studies Association invites proposals for its ninth annual conference, to be held from 14 to 18 July 2025 at Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences in the historic city of Prague. This on-site conference aims to carry over from earlier conferences a transdisciplinary conversation on memory and its social, cultural and public relevance. It welcomes scholars, practitioners, and activists from diverse fields to contribute to this vibrant exchange of ideas.

In 2025, we will globally commemorate many significant anniversaries, such as the end of World War II (1945) and the end of the Vietnam War (1975). We will mourn the victims of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia (1995) and the massacres in Sudan (2005). Additionally, we will be half a decade removed from the onset of the COVID-19 lockdowns. With the theme Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability, the conference seeks to explore how the memory of these events and other critical turning points has led to new tensions but also generated new possibilities. What patterns of decisive change can we observe? What is the role of memory in these processes, and how have they been commemorated? How have such critical turning points and their actors been collectively remembered and commemorated? And what can memory teach us amid the ongoing polycrisis?

While we have identified several central thematic streams, the conference is open to all fields of interest of the members of the MSA:

  • Anniversaries and their societal importance: Examining the politics of memory and commemoration practices both top-down and bottom-up.
  • Digital Memories: Investigating the impact of digital technologies on memory formation, preservation, and dissemination.
  • Economic Memories: Exploring the impact of collective memory on economic behavior, policy-making, and the socio-economic identities of communities.
  • Environment: Examining how environmental changes and ecological memory shape collective and individual identities.
  • Gender, Belonging, Embodiment: Examining how memory intersects with issues of gender, identity, and embodied experiences.
  • Health, Welfare & Care: Reflecting on the memories associated with health, caregiving, and social welfare systems.
  • History, Theory, and Methods of Memory Studies: Critically examining the foundational aspects of memory studies, focusing on the theoretical frameworks, historical contexts, and methodological approaches that shape the field.
  • Human Rights & Civil Society: Analyzing memory’s role in promoting and defending human rights and civil society initiatives.
  • Humanitarianism & Philanthropy: Investigating the interplay between memory, humanitarian efforts, and philanthropic activities.
  • Materiality and Nostalgia: Exploring the material aspects of memory and the sentimentality associated with nostalgia.
  • Memory Education: Focusing on pedagogical approaches to teaching and transmitting memory.
  • Memory Politics and Populism: Looking at the deployment of historical memories by both progressive and reactionary movements.
  • Memoryscapes Shared and Divided: Studying the spatial and geographical dimensions of memory, including contested and shared spaces.
  • Migration and Displacement: Investigating the memories of migration, displacement, and the diasporic experience.
  • Notions of Crises: Exploring and interpreting the meaning of crisis within memory construction.
  • Public and Private Memory: Analyzing the interplay between public commemorations and private recollections.
  • Resilience, Reconciliation, Mourning: Discussing memory’s contribution to processes of healing, reconciliation, and mourning.
  • Transformation, Activism, Social Justice: Exploring the role of memory in social movements and transformative justice.
  • Violence, Justice, Trauma: Addressing the memories of violence, justice processes, and trauma recovery.
  • Voices of Memory: Highlighting underrepresented and marginalized narratives in the collective memory.


Proposals should include:

  1. Individual Papers: An abstract of up to 300 words, including the title, research question, methodology, keywords and key findings.
  2. Panels: A panel description (up to 300 words), abstracts for each paper (up to 300 words per paper), and keywords. Each panel should consist of 4 presenters and a chair.
  3. Roundtables: A summary of the roundtable topic (up to 300 words) and brief descriptions of each participant’s contribution.
  4. Special Events (Film Screenings, Performances, Exhibitions, Workshops): A detailed description (up to 300 words) of the proposed cultural activity, including its relevance to the conference themes, format, technical requirements, and any special considerations. Please also include a short bio of the creator(s) or performer(s). Please note that we have a limited number of slots for creative outputs and cannot cover conference participation costs, including travel, transportation of exhibits and copyrights. We encourage you to contact the organisers if you have organisational or technical questions about a possible special event.  

Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to participate in the conference, you must be a member of the MSA. You can become a member after your paper has been accepted.

We invite the submission of individual papers, panels, roundtable discussions, book launches, workshops and special events from members committed to attending the conference in person. The MSA especially encourages complete sessions, such as panels, round tables and workshops. 

Submit your paper at: https://msaprague2025.dryfta.com/72-call-for-papers

Information and dates regarding submissions:

  • All proposals should be submitted via our online submission portal by October 20, 2024. 
  • Notifications of acceptance will be sent out in December 2024. 
  • We will provide the supporting documentation for those needing to apply for visas in January 2025. Please follow the information on the conference website
  •  Please note that participants may appear as presenters only once in a panel but may act as chairs in more than one panel. 

Contact Email

pragueconference@memorystudiesassociation.org

URL

https://msaprague2025.dryfta.com/72-call-for-papers

Recent Issue: ESARBICA

ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives / Vol. 42 (2023) 
(open access)

Editorial
Nampombe Saurombe, Makutla Mojapelo

Digital records curation education in Zambia
Abel M’kulama, Akakandelwa Akakandela, Tuesday Bwalya, Sitali Wamundila, Chrispin Hamooya

Ingesting digital records into an archival system
conceptual framework within a South African perspective
Lorette Jacobs, Thulisile Lemekoana

Exploration of education and training of records and archives management staff in the public sector organisations of Lusaka, Zambia
Chembe Kaluba, Thelma Siame Kapapa

Internet of Things for archival ease of access to users in the Fifth Industrial Revolution
Mashilo Modiba, Ngoako Solomon Marutha

Safeguarding plantation records of Malawi
Innocent Mankhwala

Archives as evidence for land restitution process in South Africa
Lyborn Mabapa

Navigating the digital era: challenges and solutions for archival professional in education and training
Tolulope Balogun

Disaster preparedness for records management at the Workers’ Compensation Fund, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Praygod Ng’unda, Esther Ndenje-Sichalwe

Impact of COVID-19 on access to the National Archives of Zimbabwe
post-pandemic accessibility and future operations
Samuel Chabikwa, Patrick Ngulube

Digitisation of claims records at the Road Accident Fund in South Africa
Vanessa Neo Mathope

Moving with times
The inclusion of Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in the curriculum of Library and Information Science Schools in Botswana and South Africa
Olefhile Mosweu, Sidney Netshakhuma

Unearthing archival climate change baseline data in southern and eastern Africa
Graham Dominy

CFP: Contested/ing (Art) Histories: Memory Through Visual and Material Culture-Association for Art History

CFP: Contested/ing (Art) Histories: Memory Through Visual and Material Culture-Association for Art History, UK 

Online conference for PhD students

Keynote Speaker: 
Tanvi Mishra, Independent Photo Editor, Curator, and Writer 

Thematic Focus:
Traditional historical narratives often present a singular perspective, neglecting the multifaceted nature of the past. This approach overlooks the contested nature of history, where various experiences vie for recognition. “Contested/ing (Art) Histories: Memory Through Visual and Material Culture” delves into this complexity, exploring how visual art and material objects act as sites of memory, memorialisation, and remembrance.

This conference seeks to explore how visual and material culture shape our understanding of the past. This call encourages critical engagement with diverse perspectives, ethical considerations, and the potential of artistic interventions to challenge dominant historical narratives from post-colonial and de-colonial perspectives.

The key questions addressed by this conference include: 

● How do diverse perspectives and experiences influence historical narratives within the arts? 
● How can visual and material culture challenge or reinforce dominant historical accounts? 
● What are the ethical considerations in using and interpreting visual and material culture for historical research? 
● In what ways can artistic interventions act as sites for memory-making and contesting official narratives? 
● How do we tend to the silences and gaps in official narratives?

Who is this for? 

This year’s Global New Voices invites proposals from PhD students in any stage of their research, exploring the theme over any historical period or geographic region. We welcome submissions from international scholars and practice-researchers to open a dynamic discussion about the similarities, divergences and interconnectivity of contested histories taking place around the world. We particularly welcome talks which integrate digital technologies with the featured themes.

We invite proposals in any of the following three formats: 

● 15-minute paper presentations: Papers focusing on the idea of contested histories through material or visual thinking in a wide variety of contexts. 
● Pecha Kucha presentations: 20 images with a limited time (20 seconds) commentary on each slide. The aim is a swift, visually-led presentation that is succinct and powerful. 
● Curatorial and artist showcase: Artists, curators, and image-makers to share their practice – this consists of approximately 5-10 minutes of viewing the work (shared online) followed by discussion and constructive feedback. We welcome submission from artists and curators working in any medium which contains a strong visual element. 

Potential themes are outlined below, but we encourage experimental and novel approaches: 

● Colonial and postcolonial experiences in visual art and museum collections 
● Gender and sexuality in Orientalist representations 
● Gender-based violence in Colonial or post-Colonial settings 
● Indigenous perspectives and histories 
● The role of digital technologies in shaping historical narratives 
● The ethics of collecting and exhibiting objects with contested histories 
● The use of visual and material culture in memory activism 
● Legacy of Empire in all its forms 
● Colonialism and civil wars in visual culture 
● Experiences of incarceration or/and silencing 
● Visual renditions related to the question: who owns the past? 
● Objects as carriers of memory 
● Silenced and unsilenced narratives

When and where will this conference take place? 

Online, ensuring an international platform for inclusive, enriching, and creative discussion.  This year, the conference will take place over a day, Thursday 7 November 2024, with coffee and lunch breaks for down-time. 

How to apply and when is the deadline? 

Proposals and abstracts of no more than 250 words, along with a 100-word biography, should be sent to globalnewvoices2024@gmail.com by 11:59 pm GMT on Sunday 1 September 2024. Notifications of acceptance and rejection will be sent out by Monday 16 September. 

Please let us know in the email subject if you are proposing a paper, a Pecha Kucha, or curatorial and artist showcase. 

Please state which country / time zones you will be participating from to facilitate our programming. 

Finally, please indicate whether you agree for your session to be recorded. We will be uploading the conference (or as much as is feasible), to the AAH YouTube channel. 

For more information, contact the organisers: Dr. Alia Soliman, Sean Cham, and Olivia Garro at globalnewvoices2024@gmail.com
https://forarthistory.org.uk/events/cfp-global-new-voices-2024-contested-ing-art-histories-memory-through-visual-and-material-culture/

Contact Information

Online conference for PhD students

Conference Date: Thursday 7 November, 2024

Deadline: Sunday 1 September 2024

Contact Email

globalnewvoices2024@gmail.com

URL

https://forarthistory.org.uk/events/cfp-global-new-voices-2024-contested-ing-ar…

CFP: Avec Attention: Archives, Archivistes, et Sociétés/ “With Attention: Archives, Archivists, and Societies”

French

Nous vous invi­tons à pren­dre connais­sance de l’appel dans sa glo­ba­lité et des moda­li­tés de réponse en le télé­char­geant.

Les axes de com­mu­ni­ca­tion

1) Quelle place pour les archi­ves dans une économie de l’atten­tion ?
Axe 1.1 : La pro­duc­tion des don­nées et les stra­té­gies qui s’y atta­chent : com­ment assu­rer nos mis­sions afin de docu­men­ter les déci­sions publi­ques et poli­ti­ques qui tou­chent les popu­la­tions ?
Axe 1.2 : Les poli­ti­ques de numé­ri­sa­tion mas­sive et la sura­bon­dance des res­sour­ces acces­si­bles en ligne : quels effets sur l’accès, la recher­che, et sur les pra­ti­ques pro­fes­sion­nel­les ?
Axe 1.3 : Quels modè­les à venir pour l’accès aux don­nées et aux docu­ments numé­ri­sés ?

2) Comment favo­ri­ser l’atten­tion aux archi­ves, quel­les curio­si­tés encou­ra­ger et de la part de qui ?
Axe 2.1 : Les nou­veaux espa­ces de l’atten­tion aux publics
Axe 2.2 : Les nou­veaux dis­po­si­tifs d’atten­tion aux publics
Axe 2.3 : Quelle atten­tion conjointe aux archi­ves ? Quel rôle des archi­vis­tes : média­teur ou pres­crip­teur ?
Axe 2.4 : Archives, droits humains et enjeux de société
Axe 2.5 : Archives et curio­si­tés
Axe 2.6 : Archives et expé­rien­ces esthé­ti­ques

3) Comment l’atten­tion rené­go­cie-t-elle les mis­sions des archi­vis­tes ?
Axe 3.1 : Dans les poli­ti­ques de col­lecte
Axe 3.2 : Dans les poli­ti­ques de clas­se­ment
Axe 3.3 : Dans le déve­lop­pe­ment de poli­ti­ques de conser­va­tion pré­ven­tive conver­gen­tes avec les enjeux envi­ron­ne­men­taux

4) Quels archi­vis­tes pour quel­les atten­tions ?
Axe 4.1 : Quelle(s) iden­tité(s) pro­fes­sion­nel­les(s) pour les archi­vis­tes ?
Axe 4.2 : Quelle éthique et déon­to­lo­gie pour les archi­vis­tes ?
Axe 4.3 : Quelles for­ma­tions et par­cours pro­fes­sion­nels ?
Axe 4.4 : Quel envi­ron­ne­ment pour les archi­vis­tes
Axe 4.5 : Quelle capa­cité avons-nous à col­la­bo­rer, à coo­pé­rer au niveau local, natio­nal et inter­na­tio­nal ?
Axe 4.6 : Comment main­te­nir une dis­po­ni­bi­lité au monde ambiant, com­ment lais­ser œuvre émotions et sen­sa­tions. Existe-t-il un archi­viste flâ­neur ?

Cet appel à communication est ouvert jusqu’au 30 septembre 2024 inclus.

English

We invite you to read the call in its entirety and the response procedures by downloading it .

The communication axes

1) What place for archives in an attention economy?
Axis 1.1: Data production and the strategies associated with it: how can we carry out our missions in order to document public and political decisions that affect populations?
Axis 1.2: Mass digitization policies and the overabundance of resources accessible online: what effects on access, research, and professional practices?
Axis 1.3: What future models for access to digitized data and documents?

2) How to encourage attention to archives, what curiosities to encourage and from whom?
Axis 2.1: New spaces for attention to the public
Axis 2.2: New systems for attention to the public
Axis 2.3: What joint attention to archives? What role for archivists: mediator or prescriber?
Axis 2.4: Archives, human rights and societal issues
Axis 2.5: Archives and curiosities Axis
2.6: Archives and aesthetic experiences

3) How does attention renegotiate the missions of archivists?
Axis 3.1: In collection policies
Axis 3.2: In classification policies Axis
3.3 : In the development of preventive conservation policies convergent with environmental issues

4) Which archivists for which attentions?
Axis 4.1: What professional identity(ies) for archivists?
Axis 4.2: What ethics and professional conduct for archivists?
Axis 4.3: What training and professional paths?
Axis 4.4: What environment for archivists? Axis
4.5: What capacity do we have to collaborate, to cooperate at the local, national and international level? Axis
4.6: How to maintain an availability to the surrounding world, how to let emotions and sensations work. Is there a strolling archivist?

This call for papers is open until September 30, 2024 inclusive.

CF: La Gazette de archives (France)

French

La Gazette des archives est une revue professionnelle scientifique éditée par l’Association des archivistes français (AAF). Découvrez la refonte de la revue à notre webinaire du 25 juin 2024 !

La Gazette des archi­ves est une revue à comité de lec­ture à ambi­tion pro­fes­sion­nelle et aca­dé­mi­que qui pro­meut et contri­bue au déve­lop­pe­ment de la recher­che et de la réflexion en archi­vis­ti­que. Elle s’adresse prio­ri­tai­re­ment aux archi­vis­tes fran­çais et fran­co­pho­nes ainsi qu’à la com­mu­nauté aca­dé­mi­que inter­na­tio­nale des cher­cheurs en archi­vis­ti­que ou qui mènent une réflexion sur des aspects tou­chant à la ges­tion des archi­ves et à leur contexte de pro­duc­tion, à leurs usages ou à leur place dans la société (cher­cheurs en his­toire, scien­ces de l’infor­ma­tion, socio­lo­gie, psy­cho­lo­gie, etc.). Elle a pour objec­tif de publier des tra­vaux ori­gi­naux rela­tifs à la théo­rie et à la pra­ti­que archi­vis­ti­que, de favo­ri­ser le dia­lo­gue entre les dis­ci­pli­nes, entre les champs pro­fes­sion­nels et de contri­buer à la cir­cu­la­tion des connais­san­ces sur les archi­ves à tra­vers le monde.

Participez à notre webi­naire le 25 juin 2024 pour en savoir plus !

Comment écrire dans La Gazette des archi­ves ?

La Gazette des archi­ves publie des numé­ros thé­ma­ti­ques et des varias. Pour les numé­ros thé­ma­ti­ques, un appel à contri­bu­tions est dif­fusé sur la page Internet de la revue et sur les réseaux. Les contri­bu­tions non thé­ma­ti­ques sont accep­tées au fil de l’eau.

La revue com­prend plu­sieurs rubri­ques :
–  Article ori­gi­nal : publi­ca­tion ori­gi­nale pré­sen­tant un propos argu­menté, démon­tré et étayé par une ana­lyse de la lit­té­ra­ture et des sour­ces (archi­ves, enquête…), sus­cep­ti­ble de faire avan­cer la recher­che ou la réflexion sur les archi­ves
–  Pistes et pers­pec­ti­ves : arti­cle qui peut adop­ter un ton plus spé­cu­la­tif et expri­mer une réflexion nova­trice sur la théo­rie ou la pra­ti­que archi­vis­ti­que. Il est recom­mandé de pren­dre contact avec le comité de rédac­tion
au préa­la­ble
–  Entretien : entre­tien inédit avec une per­son­na­lité, pré­sen­tant un apport pour la théo­rie ou la pra­ti­que archi­vis­ti­que
–  Étude de cas : retour d’expé­rience ana­ly­ti­que sur un projet ou une acti­vité qui pré­sente un carac­tère ori­gi­nal et apporte une réflexion sur la pra­ti­que archi­vis­ti­que
–  Compte rendu : compte rendu pro­blé­ma­tisé d’un ouvrage ou d’un événement scien­ti­fi­que qui pré­sente des réflexions archi­vis­ti­ques

La revue accepte des contri­bu­tions en langue fran­çaise. Pour une contri­bu­tion en langue étrangère, il convient de contac­ter au préa­la­ble le comité de rédac­tion.

Les arti­cles ne sont pas rému­né­rés. Les auteurs signent une auto­ri­sa­tion de publi­ca­tion et sont tenus de res­pec­ter le format d’édition : uti­li­sa­tion d’une charte éditoriale et d’un modèle de texte com­mu­ni­qués par la rédac­tion et dis­po­ni­bles ci-des­sous. De même, vous y trou­ve­rez un manuel d’écriture inclu­sive à consul­ter libre­ment.

English

La Gazette des archives is a professional scientific journal published by the Association of French Archivists (AAF). Discover the redesign of the journal at our webinar on June 25, 2024!

La Gazette des archives is a peer-reviewed journal with professional and academic ambitions that promotes and contributes to the development of research and reflection in archives. It is primarily aimed at French and French-speaking archivists as well as the international academic community of researchers in archives or who are thinking about aspects relating to the management of archives and their production context, their uses or their place in society (researchers in history, information sciences, sociology, psychology, etc.). Its objective is to publish original work relating to archival theory and practice, to foster dialogue between disciplines, between professional fields and to contribute to the circulation of knowledge on archives throughout the world.

Join our webinar on June 25, 2024 to learn more!

How to write in the Archives Gazette  ?

The Gazette des archives publishes thematic issues and miscellaneous issues. For thematic issues, a call for contributions is published on the journal’s website and on social networks. Non-thematic contributions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The magazine includes several sections:
–  Original article : original publication presenting a reasoned argument, demonstrated and supported by an analysis of literature and sources (archives, survey, etc.), likely to advance research or reflection on archives
–  Tracks and perspectives : an article that may adopt a more speculative tone and express innovative thinking on archival theory or practice. It is recommended to contact the editorial board in
advance
–  Interview : unpublished interview with a personality, presenting a contribution to archival theory or practice
–  Case study : analytical feedback on a project or activity which presents an original character and provides a reflection on archival practice
–  Report : problematized report of a work or a scientific event which presents archival reflections

The journal accepts contributions in French. For a contribution in a foreign language, please contact the editorial board in advance.

The articles are not remunerated. The authors sign a publication authorization and are required to respect the publishing format: use of an editorial charter and a text model communicated by the editorial staff and available below. Likewise, you will find an inclusive writing manual to consult freely.

CFP: Studies in Oral History (Australia)

Studies in Oral History, Issue No. 47

Editors: Skye Krichauff and Carolyn Collins

The Power of Oral History – Risks, Rewards & Possibilities

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Contributions are invited from Australia and overseas for the peer-reviewed articles section of the 2025 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA).

Oral history can be powerful in so many ways: interviews generate potent emotions, recordings capture the power of voice as well as the power of silence, and multimedia productions engage and connect new audiences with the complexities of the past.

Fundamentally, oral history transforms the historical archive and challenges mainstream histories. It can shift traditional power dynamics, bring forth new voices and perspectives, reshape policies and politics, and shake up old certainties.

Yet these possibilities come with risk as well as reward – recording sensitive subjects is never easy. Creating an oral history production takes time, skill and care, and sometimes goes wrong. Imaginative re-uses of oral history recordings can raise ethical and legal complexities. And oral histories that disrupt accepted narratives can generate pain and conflict in families, communities and nations.

We invite papers that employ or interrogate oral history methodologies and illuminate aspects of the risks, rewards and possibilities of oral history. Contributions across the following themes are suggested (although not mandatory):

  • Indigenous oral histories and oral traditions
  • Oral history, culture and language
  • Interpreting memory in oral history
  • Transgressing boundaries with oral history
  • Documenting diverse voices with oral history
  • Histories of protest, activism and rights
  • Contested memories and histories
  • Oral histories of working lives and social class
  • Migrant and refugee history
  • Gender and oral history
  • LGBTIQA+ oral histories
  • Ethical issues in oral history
  • Technology and oral history
  • Archiving and oral history
  • Oral histories of family, community or place
  • Creative uses of oral history recordings
  • Oral history in galleries, libraries and museums

As all articles are subject to anonymous peer review, pleasure ensure your submission contains no identifying material. Articles submitted to the Oral History Australia Editorial Board for peer review will first be assessed for suitability by the Editorial Board. Please consult the Guidelines for Contributors, the Peer review FAQ and Journal Style Guide for further information.

Word Limits and Deadlines

To be considered for peer review, articles should be no more than 8,000 words, including references. Publication of the issue is anticipated in late 2025.

The submission deadline for articles for peer review is 17 January 2025.

Submission

Send submissions to: Dr Alexandra Dellios, Chair, Oral History Australia Editorial Board, email editorialboard.journal@oralhistoryaustralia.org.au.

Reports

Submissions are also invited for the reports section of the 2025 issue of Studies in Oral History. Reports may describe oral history projects conducted by museum curators, heritage professionals, consulting historians, community historians, academic historians and more. Projects may have resulted in public outcomes such as websites, exhibitions, podcasts, theses, articles or books. Please note the reports section is not peer-reviewed; notes from the field, updates on exciting new work, or reflections on the process and/or outcomes of oral history projects are encouraged. Reports which relate to the issue theme are welcome but not mandatory.

Word limit: 1,500 words.

Deadline for report submissions: Monday 30 April 2025.

Please send reports to our Reports Editor Alexandra Mountain:  reports.journal@oralhistoryaustralia.org.au

Please note that while the reports are not peer-reviewed, we cannot accept all reports for publication and accepted reports will need to be edited for length, clarity and adherence to the Style Guide. Reports will be selected on the basis of quality of writing, the diversity of oral history perspectives showcased across the reports section and relevance to the special issue theme. Please consult the Guidelines for Contributors and Style Guide for further information.

CFP: Historic House Museums: Nordic Perspectives

The anthology Historic House Museums: Nordic Perspectives (tentative title) presents a broad range of perspectives on historic house museums in the Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Iceland. The book sheds light on how the Nordic countries understand, define, preserve, exhibit, manage, and communicate about our historic house museums. This includes house museums in the broadest sense of the word – from farmhouses, manor houses, artist homes, bunker museums, open air museums, and other types of historic buildings that have been preserved, and where people have lived for shorter or longer periods of time.

Much of the current literature on historic house museums comes from the US or the UK, where many efforts have been made to create overviews, categories, and definitions that clarify a typology for historic house museums and how historic house museums can be understood.

In our anthology, we want to contribute to this literature by presenting perspectives on historic house museums from the Nordic countries, where our unique cultures, history, and climate come into play. In some ways, the Nordic countries are very different from one another, but in other ways we are closely connected, not least through political history, language, culture, and to some extent – climate. This anthology will present perspectives from the Nordic countries regarding the most pressing issues, challenges, and potentials related to historic house museums in this region of the world. This includes perspectives on preservation and conservation, organisational perspectives, interpretation, collections, dissemination and visitor communication, community and identity, material or immaterial heritage, and not least more general discussions of how historic house museums are defined, categorised, and understood in the different Nordic countries.

The anthology targets museum staff, researchers, and academic students who work within the fields of museums & cultural heritage. It aims at giving Nordic house museums and Nordic house museum researchers a voice in international discussions about the definitions and value of this unique category of museums.

More about the call and the topics: https://museologi.au.dk/publikationer/call-for-papers

We ask authors to submit article proposals of between ½ and 2 pages.

The submission date is October 1st, 2024

Information about submissions can also be found at this link:

https://museologi.au.dk/publikationer/call-for-papers

Contact Information
Project manager, Mia Falch Yates
Department of Art History & Museology, Aarhus University
Contact Email: my@cc.au.dk

URL: https://museologi.au.dk/publikationer/call-for-papers

Attachments

Call for Papers. Pdf

CFP: Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration Symposium 2024

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration Symposium 2024, which will take place during this year’s conference on 24 October 2024 at the Te Pae Convention Centre, Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa. Join us on the lands of the Ngāi Tahu to reflect on and discuss the implementation of the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration.

The Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration (the Declaration) is a milestone document that was launched by the International Council of Archives (ICA) and the National Archives of Australia (NAA) on 25 October 2019. The Declaration called on the jurisdictional archives of the world to acknowledge and adopt themes and commitments of the declaration for immediate action. 

The Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration Symposium will provide opportunities to critically reflect on the Declaration, both as a statement of purpose but also as a guide to practical action. The event is an opportunity to hear from and connect with First Nations community members, GLAM practitioners and allies on work undertaken to implement the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration. 

Themes

The Symposium Programming Committee invites community, organisational and institutional perspectives on the use of the Declaration. Participants are encouraged to share the ways in which they have been utilising the Declaration in their work and activities. The day aims to focus on discussing existing projects and invites critical conversations on gaps and needed improvements. 

The Symposium Programming Committee will give preference to lightning talks that align with the Tandanya-Adelaide Declaration’s five themes:

  1. Knowledge authorities
  2. Property and ownership
  3. Recognition and identity
  4. Research and access
  5. Self-determination

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: Monday 22 July 2024, midnight (AEST)

Submission

You can find full details and how to submit your abstract here.

Questions? Contact the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group

Symposium Programming Committee: Indigenous Archives Collective and ASA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group

CFP: ICA Section on Archives of Literature and Art Symposium

Please contact Heather Dean, hdean  @ uvic.ca (no extra spaces) with questions!

International Council on Archives
Section on Archives of Literature and Art
November 20-21 2024 | Virtual Symposium

The English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton is credited with the well-known phrase, “the pen is mightier than the sword.” This sentiment on the power of literature and art can be found across cultures. Those in the arts are uniquely poised to provide social commentary, to speak truth to power, and to provide an unflinching portrayal of our shared humanity. Literary and artistic archives include archives created by journalists, poets, novelists, painters, sculptors, and other writers and artists, as well as arts organizations, galleries, publishers, editors, and all of those involved in arts creation and dissemination. These archives – like the creators and works they document – are bestowed with a unique and resonant power.    

The International Council on Archives’ Section on Archives of Literature and Art welcomes proposals for a 2024 virtual symposium celebrating and interrogating the power of the arts and cultural archives. 

The Program Committee encourages proposals on the following themes. Note: Proposals on other themes related to archives of literature and art will also be considered:    

  • The intersection of human rights, archives, and the arts, such as the archives of dissident artists and writers, journalists, and other creatives and arts organizations who have challenged injustice.
  • Born digital archives and the unique challenges of preserving and providing access to archives of artists and writers.
  • Ensuring the enduring preservation of arts archives during times of political unrest and turmoil.
  • Approaches to decolonizing archives with particular focus on arts and cultural archives.
  • The role of cultural archives in truth and reconciliation and fostering cultural resilience.  

Session Formats 

The symposium will be held online over two days (November 20 and 21) to accommodate various time zones. The conference will take place in English, however, speakers are invited to present in their language of choice, and translation into English will be provided. 

You do not need to be a member of ICA to submit a proposal, however, we ask that presenters consider joining the ICA.  

Single Paper: Submissions of single presentations, of no more than 15 minutes, are welcome, and will be coordinated into panels by the programme committee.  

Roundtable Talks: These sessions are comprised of 5-6 speakers providing short presentations which are thematically related, and which may include a more informal discussion in response to questions organized in advance by the session moderator.  The moderator is responsible for organizing speakers and distributing questions in advance. Please include the name of the moderator and speakers.  

Panels: Panels are comprised of 3 speakers, each providing a 15 minute talk on a related topic. These sessions are 60 minutes (inclusive of time for questions). These can be pre-arranged between groups (please include an abstract and title for each paper), or submitted individually. 

Symposium Language

The symposium seeks to foster a global exchange of perspectives and ideas. While the symposium will largely take place in English, proposals for presentations in any language are welcome and a limited number of translators will be available to provide live translation into English.  

Submission Process

Proposals are due on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee starting the first week of July and decisions will be shared by July 31. 

Please complete the following form with your submission details: forms.gle/FYUVDFhe7rPUXSSs8. 

Important Dates

June 30                              Deadline for Submissions

July 31                                  Notification of Submissions 

August 14                          Confirm Attendance

September 1                     Registration Opens

November 20-21:            Symposium