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Subject: FDPFR Conference on paperclips
and the user
‘Re-clipping the
archive’: a reassessment of the archival continuum parallels of the paperclip
and its relationship to the ‘hidden record’
FDPFR are proud to announce this
groundbreaking symposium exploring the themes of paper connectivity through
the use of brass implements. It looks at clipping throughout the ages and the
challenges this presents.
·
How do
we understand the archival dynamics between clip and record?
·
How do
we discover user impartiality when assessing the dislocation of memory and
identity through inadequate clipping?
·
What
does the future hold for the paperclip, as an abstract concept, in the digital
age?
This conference will aim to answer
all of these questions and fifteen
more! Top speakers from the world of records, archives,
and papyrclipology gather to
address the key issues.
Programme for day
1:
09.45: Coffee, sandwiches,
registration and networking
11.50: What is a paperclip and what are its
functions?, a formal introductory address by Dr. Edwin Jones-Heverthorpe
12.00: Lunch, coffee and
networking
13.00:
Seminar: Paper, clips and paperclips:
who rules the roost?
15.00: Questions (with
opportunities for networking)
15.45: Are paperclips
compliant with ISAD(G): no they aren't - a discussion, chaired by
Hugh H. Hankshaw
16.00:
Coffee
17.00:
End/Coffee
Programme for day
2:
09.15: Breakfast and
networking
09.30: Volunteers and paperclips: what do they
have in common?, Mr. Edward T
11.00: Paperclip or ‘paper-trip’: the challenges
of clipping in the modern world, Simon Q.
Franks
12.00: Paperclips and outreach: how do your
clipping solutions help you to attract your
optimum user group into an informal structured
environment?, Miranda Polymorph
(Professional Outreach Guru)
13.00:
Lunch
13.05: Who is the paperclip and what does he
need: a delve through the postmodern
interaction
between user, archive and paperclip, Dr. Francois Soiree
14.00: Michelet, Derrida, Foucault and the
paperclip: contested sites of power in paperclip
theory, Tony
L. Blanc
15.00: Paperclips and the ‘computer’: the role of
the paperclip in the ‘digital age’, Sir Richard
Mulberry-Town
16.00: ‘Clipped’ ‘Voices’ ‘in’ ‘the’ ‘Archive’, Jennifer
Half
17.00: ‘Clip fever’, or, 'Why I am so wise',
Prof. Howard Bravado
17.30: Towards a new solution for comparative
paperclip control, closing address by Houlis
Smith
18.00: Close (no
coffee)
Date: 9th – 10th May
2011
Location:
London
Cost: £500 for two days / £460 for
one day (neither includes lunch or coffee)
To book your place please contact:
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Bursaries are available. If you
would like to apply for a bursary please send a 1,000 word publishable-quality
article on what the correlation of paperclip dynamics and their postmodern
functions means to you in your professional role (to the email address given
above). A total of three bursaries are available (entitling the bearer to 15%
off the cost of the two day attendance fee).
For more information on the
conference and the issues presented please contact Paul Simon Hennimore at: [log in to unmask]
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