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Will Hasty wrote: > Apologies for cross posting >>> _*Call for papers*_ >>> >>> _**_ >>> _*RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Manchester: 26-28 August 2009*_ >>> _* >>> *_** <https://gesmail.physics.gla.ac.uk/webmail/www.rgs.org/AC2009>_**_ >>> Session Title:* Certain subjects? Constructing identities, >>> personalities and personas from the archive.* >>> Sponsored by the *Historical Geography Research Group* >>> //Session Organisers:/ *Isla Forsyth, Will Hasty, Cheryl McGeachan >>> and Jo Norcup*/* (University of Glasgow)* >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ‘I have become a collector of shards. Shards of memory, things >>> passed down: told to me at the end of this long line of telling. I >>> want to catch these shards, these half-lit, often, paste jewels. I >>> don’t know how authentic they are, does it even matter? For me it >>> doesn’t matter. I am making anew, building something from the >>> remains. Wanting to honour the fleeting; the fragment, fractured >>> histories and stories. Not passed down, but dredged up.’ (Terri-Ann >>> White, 2004) >>> >>> For the historical geographer the site of the archive has always >>> been one of significance, a treasure trove of wonderments, and often >>> deep frustrations. In its many guises, the archive provides the >>> researcher with the opportunity to explore the terrains of worlds >>> past through the /lives/ of real people. Lives can be >>> (re)constructed through (geo)biographical research, fragments of a >>> life pieced together from the texts, memories and artefacts of the >>> archive; and, if only momentarily, that life has an afterlife, a >>> second opportunity to exert an affect upon the world. >>> >>> This session aims to critically engage with the archival encounter, >>> the interaction between researcher and subject, and ask questions >>> about the different types of identities, personalities, and personas >>> which can emerge through archival investigation. What types of >>> identities are being constructed by the researcher and in doing so >>> what is inevitably being left hidden? What different types of >>> archives are being used to construct these identities, personalities >>> and personas? In what ways are we implicit in the creation of >>> identity, personality and persona attributed to our certain >>> subjects, indeed in what ways are our subjects certain at all? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Potential topics that papers could focus upon include (but are not >>> limited >>> to): >>> · The alternative types of archives being sought out by the >>> historical geographer >>> · The different types of stories/narratives emerging from these >>> alternative sources >>> · Questions arising from the ‘incomplete’ archive and what >>> challenges this can pose for the historical researcher >>> · The role of the researcher in constructing the different >>> identities, personalities and personas of their chosen subjects >>> · The implications of absence in the archive >>> If you are interested in submitting a paper, please contact Cheryl >>> McGeachan ([log in to unmask]).The deadline for >>> submission of abstracts is February 3rd 2009. Please include the >>> following information when you submit your abstract: >>> >>> Name >>> Affiliation >>> Contact email >>> Title of proposed paper >>> Abstract (no more than 250 words) >>> Any technical requirements (video, data projector, sound, etc.) >>> >>> >>> >> >