*Archives and Records Association Annual Conference*
CARDIFF, Wales, United Kingdom
28th -- 30th August 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
‘*Accountability, Culture and Ethics’*
The Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland is pleased to announce
a call for papers for the 2013 conference to be held in Cardiff, August
2013.
Records and archives play a key role in holding organisations to account
and providing justice while also acting as an important educational and
cultural resource. This conference will examine these different aspects
of records and archives and the consequent roles and responsibilities of
recordkeepers and conservators.
The conference will have two streams (archives and records management /
conservation) but we will encourage crossovers between them. We welcome
suggestions for papers, panels, case studies, debates and workshops on
the following themes.
*Archives and Records Management*
? Why do we keep records and archives and which of the following
are priorities?
? as evidence, to ensure accountability, to promote democracy
and justice, and to protect people’s rights?
? to create and protect identities and personal and societal
memories, as an educational and cultural resource?
? What are the responsibilities of archivists and records
managers to their collections, stakeholders, institutions, and society?
Are they changing? Should we be keepers or activists? Whistleblowers?
? Are there practical, moral and ethical tensions between these
roles and responsibilities?
? How can we contribute to accountability, social justice and
culture in practice? Can we do this alone or do we need to acknowledge
and form partnerships?
? How can we ensure the reliability of our collections as
evidence, particularly in a digital world increasingly reliant on social
media and the Cloud?
? Shred, delete or save? Does destruction erode trust? Should we
bow to pressure to save less? If we save how do we balance access with
privacy and confidentiality? What is the public interest?
? Are we ourselves accountable? Is our profession diverse, do we
promote equality? Are we educated and trained to behave ethically as
contributors to accountability and culture?
*Conservation***
? Do we have to accept compromise or should we work to the ideal?
? Key ethical dilemmas: reversibility, removal of evidence,
documentation, priorities and selection
? Decision making: are we aiming to be accountable? for the
greater good in society? to provide access to cultural material?
? What should we know?: education and accreditation; research
and development; the wider preservation world; new techniques and methods
? Funding, partnerships and project successes: is money
allocated in the right places? who is in control?
? Are we entrenched in a digitisation culture, do we still care
about original, first generation material? What should we conserve?
The programme is flexible and session lengths will be decided once
papers have been chosen but please note that individual speakers will
generally have no longer than 30 minutes for their presentations.
*Submitting your proposal:*
Please submit your proposal, in the format suggested below, to:
Caroline Brown (Archives and Records Management stream)
Chair, ARA Conference 2013
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01382 388773
Mark Allen (Conservation stream)
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01244 532 364
The deadline for submission of proposals is: 17th December 2011.
Submissions will be considered by the Programme Sub-committee in
December, and invitations to speak will be confirmed by the Committee by
February 2012. Speakers will be reimbursed travel expenses and will
receive free conference registration for the day on which they are speaking.
● Try to connect your proposal to the theme of the
conference as best you can. The theme is designed for speakers to bring
topics to light that touch on contemporary issues
● Try to be creative with your paper! How will your paper
stimulate debate?
● Please provide as full information as you can about your
proposal -- this helps the Committee in making choices about papers and
scheduling of sessions
● Try to be relevant and representative: consider looking at
a topic from opposing viewpoints, or focus on the broader picture rather
than institutionally specific ones
● If you are considering making a group submission for a
session, try to mix speakers from different backgrounds and
institutions, or try to include a user or customer perspective
Your proposal should include the following:
- Name of proposer (or lead contact for group proposals)
- Institution
- Contact details
Address
Telephone
Email
Fax
- Submission title (or working title)
- Speakers (if a panel session)
- Session description (brief description, max 250 words)
- Special equipment needed (AV equipment etc)
- Any other information
For further information, or if you have any further questions, please
contact:
Caroline Brown
Chair, ARA Conference 2013
e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
phone: 01382 388773
We look forward to seeing you in Cardiff next year as a speaker or as a
delegate!
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