CALL FOR PAPERS
EASA2016 Conference, 20-23 July 2016, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Papers are invited for the following panel:
P098 [Re:]engagements: the ethnographic archive and its contemporary and future affordances
This panel explores the affordances of the ethnographic archive for contemporary communities and their future-orientated projects. This archive encompasses the material and immaterial traces of past anthropological research, including material culture collections, photographs, sound recordings, film, fieldnotes, and publications. We are interested in how communities are engaging with this anthropological legacy in the present, how it is valued (or not valued) and what action possibilities it is perceived to possess. We are also concerned with how institutions such as museums, archives (including sound and visual archives), universities and individuals are using these materials as a medium for re-engaging with communities in the present. How does working with historical ethnographic collections, photographs or sound recordings enable the development of sustainable relationships with differently-situated actors today? The panel explores the on-going entanglements between the histories of anthropology, including anthropological collecting, image-making and sound recording, and the histories and futures of the communities studied. What were the perceived affordances of collections at the time they were assembled? How have these changed over time? To what degree does the archive now constitute a cultural heritage? Have these materials been re-appropriated to inform cultural revival or inspire contemporary artists, for instance? What are the ethical implications when anthropologists seek to actively re-engage present-day communities with the ethnographic archive, for instance by facilitating access to historical sound recordings, photographs and artefacts held by institutions. The panel explores the material, visual and sonic legacies of anthropological research and their reconfiguration in the imagination of human futures.
To propose a paper, please follow the link at http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4088
For further information, please contact the convenors, Paul Basu (SOAS) <[log in to unmask]> and/or Noel Lobley (University of Virginia/Pitt Rivers Museum) <[log in to unmask]>
Deadline 15 February 2016.
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