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Here are some further details  and a call for paper and panel proposals for a conference organised by the UK  
Forum for Archives
and Records Management Education and Research (FARMER) in association with Network
of Archival Educators and Trainers (North Western Europe, NAET) in Oxford, 5-6 July 2010.

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UKForum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research (FARMER)
 
In association with
 
Network of Archival Educators
and Trainers (North Western Europe)
(NAET)
"Questions of
trust? Archives, records and identities"
 
An
international conference, WolfsonCollege, Oxford, UK
 
July 5-6th 2010
 
Call for Papers
 
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, the digital world is ever more the place in
which many of our lives are lived and recorded. The transition to this new world
and new way of working has brought many new questions for all those interested
in archives and records, as well as reformulating and suggesting re-imagining many
traditional ones. Chief amongst these questions are those which relate to trust (of records, of governments and organisations,
of systems) and to identity/identities and the way in which archives and records might support the construction,
articulation and demonstration of those identities. In recent years there has
been a growing recognition of the political nature of archives and records, and
of archives and records management. Questions of trust and identity sit at the
heart of these political concerns and processes. This conference will consider
the implications of these questions for professional education, research and
practice. 
 
 The conference will bring
together an international group of
those active in archives and records management education and research, as well as interested practitioners.
Moreover the conference sets out to be actively transdisciplinary in its outlook and will encourage contributions
from many related and relevant disciplines including library and information
science, museology, cultural heritage, history, anthropology, public policy and
governance, business management, information systems development and design, etc. 
 
Conference Themes
Amongst the themes contributors might wish to consider are:
 
·              Can records and archives be
trusted? What might ‘trust’ mean in this context? Are there archives,
information and records management systems which can ensure the ‘trustworthiness’
of archives and records? How does trust relate to authenticity, integrity,
completeness or other (supposed) qualities of archives and records?
 
·              Does (or how might) access to
archives and records, particularly in a digital world, support levels of trust
in governments, commercial organisations, communities, etc?
 
·              Are the present crises of
confidence and public trust in major governmental and financial institutions
mitigated or made worse by legislation specifying public access to information?
 
·              Many claims are made about the
different ways in which communities and shared identifications are constructed
around (upon) histories, heritages and archives. How are these identities
constructed and shared and how do these processes engage with records,
archives, and other heritage materials? What role is played in the construction
of collective and community memories by the question of ‘trust’ in these
heritage materials, and in the authority of those who hold them?
 
·              What are the implications,
including questions of trust and identity for virtual communities forming
around, sharing and engaging with heritage materials online when social and
participatory technologies are used?
 
·              What does the concept of
identity mean within digital and virtual environments? What are the
implications for the security and trustworthiness of records in this context?
 
Papers and session
proposals:
The organisers hope that many of the papers from the conference will
be published in an international journal and are in negotiation with publishers
and editors about this. Further details will follow in due course. The language
of the conference will be English.
 
The conference organisers encourage proposals for individual papers
as well as for panels. Paper submissions should include a short abstract
(300-500 words) plus a brief CV and contact details for the proposer. Panel submissions
(maximum of 3 speakers plus chair) should include a brief overview of the theme
of the panel, short abstracts (300-500 words) for each of the proposed papers,
and a brief CV and contact details for each of the chair and panel members.
 
A conference website will established shortly but meanwhile further
information can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/research/icarus/farmerconference2010/
 
Important dates:
Please submit individual paper or panel proposals via email (with ‘FARMER
Conference Proposal’ in the subject line) by 30 September 2009to [log in to unmask]
Proposals will reviewed by the organising committee with final decisions being
made before the end of the year.
 In order to better facilitate discussion and exchange at the conference,
papers will be made available to delegates in advance. Participants will
therefore be asked to agree to submit a full version of their paper by 31 May 2010.     

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