CfP: Do our codes of ethics inform and support conservation today

Icon Metals Group in Association with Cardiff University

Date 12th April 2012

Venue: Cardiff University

Fee £50.00 – to include refreshments and lunch

 

call for papers: codes of ethics and conservation

This is a CPD certified event

This one day conference will be informal and inclusive and invites the conservation  community together to help evaluate how ethics have influenced our profession in the  past and how they might define our future.

Ethics should always underpin conservation but do we fully understand the complex nature  of how they might influence our decision making process.

Promoting ethical awareness is not all about what is right and what is wrong it is being  able to apply a cultural and social responsibility that fundamentally underwrites our core  values.

This event is a must for those seeking an introduction to ethics or those who would like to update their professional working knowledge of ethics in conservation.

The programme will be delivered and chaired by an expert panel selected to provide a  wide spectrum of experience and knowledge drawn from across the museum and heritage  community.

The day will follow a “Question Time” type format encouraging diverse and searching discussion. We welcome challenging case studies or thought provoking hypothetical scenarios.

Presentations will be 7 minutes covering 5 core subjects followed by discussion and spread  over 4 sessions

1. Assessing the impact of access and operation on collections

2. Quantifying the influence of statutory legislation within conservation

3. Examination of the market trends and collection care criteria driving object disposal and ethical dispersal

4. Assessment of how the governments “Big Society” ideology is defining the need for sustainable knowledge transfer and volunteer training

5. The relevance of a code of ethics in relation to professional practice

A full conference programme and booking form will be available early 2012

To submit a presentation or register an interest please contact Ian Clark by email or telephone 07836 536932

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CfP: Certain Museums of Uncertain Pasts

 

Workshop: Certain Museums of Uncertain Pasts
Hosted by the European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference 2012
Nanterre University, France, 10/07/2012 – 13/07/2012

Deadline: 28 November 2011
Convenors
Gabriela Nicolescu (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Raluca Musat (UCL)
Alana Jelinek (Museum of Archeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge)

Short Abstract
This workshop aims to open up the debate regarding the way museums and their collections relate to the controversies and uncertainties of their past and of that of the societies to which they belong. How can sheer disquiet of the past ever be displayed?

Long Abstract
Museums always seem to provide their visitors with definite and confident narratives about the past, thus making strong claims towards ordering the present and the future. However, the past life of objects, collections and of museums themselves is full of uncertainties, contradictions and unrest. Although much debated by scholars, these issues rarely make their way into exhibitions and displays.
On the other hand, war, revolution or social unrest impact directly on the life of museums. Their buildings are destroyed, looted or occupied temporarily, their collections affected. Such events usually provide opportunities for new representations of the past. Examples range from classical ethnographic exhibitions to the memorial museums of anti-communism in Eastern Europe, or the newly opened impressive spectacle buildings of museums in the field of art. This panel invites papers that engage with the way such institutions reflect or come to terms with the traumatic events and contested moments in their past and that of the societies they claim to represent. How do they effectively deal with the inherent uncertainty and continuous social unrest? Can uncertainty be socially accepted and exhibited? Papers are welcome across the whole range of museums from anthropological or historical institutions to military or scientific ones. We also encourage discussions on other forms of visual representations (e.g. performances, photography exhibitions, installations, and events).
Presenters could also focus on the life of particular objects or collections that leave or enter museums in times of historical rupture
or engage with the social practices affecting their collections.

How to apply
Proposals should consist of a paper title, a (very) short abstract of <300 characters, and an abstract of 250 words. Proposals can only be submitted ONLINE.

Submit your proposals directly on:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1184
or from the workshop page, by following the Propose a paper link
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=1184

PLEASE NOTE:
To propose a paper, you do not need to be a member of EASA. However, if your paper is accepted, you will need to become a member. Please do not apply for membership until your paper has been accepted. You can apply afterwards, via the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM<http://www.easaonline.org/membership.htm>.

finanțare proiecte muzeale și de cercetare

Arts and Humanities Research Council – proiecte în colaborare cu muzee și universități din UK

 

University of Leeds

– Stanley Burton Research Scholarship

– Arts and Humanities Research Council – proiecte doctorale

– David Dan Prize – istorie / biografie & arte plastice

 

 

Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz & Max-Planck-Institut – Connecting Art Histories in the Museum – proiecte doctorale și postdoctorale