***Migrating heritage: networks and collaborations across European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions, University of Glasgow, UK, 3-4 December 2012*** http://wp3.mela-project.eu/wp/pages/research-field-03-international-conference
The conference is organised by HoA - School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow as part of EC-funded FP7 project European Museums in an Age of Migrations
(MeLA, http://www.mela-project.eu/ )
Call for Papers - Abstract and bio submission extended deadline: 31 July 2012
Confirmed invited speakers
• Sharon MacDonald (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester)
• Kathrin Merkle (Head of the Cultural Policy, Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue Division, DG II, Council of Europe)
• Rebecca Kay and Alison Phipps (Professors at University of Glasgow and convenors of Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network)
• Agnès Arquez Roth (Directrice réseau et partenariats, Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration)
• Dr Bernhard Serexhe (Chief Curator of ZKM Media Museum)
• Anne Marie van Gerwen (Marketing & Communications Manager, Europeana)
• Katherine Watson (Director of European Cultural Foundation)
Topics:
• Case studies on museums, libraries and public cultural institutions collaborating for European integration
• Operative approaches to multiculturalism, interculturalism, transculturalism in public cultural institutions
• National and transnational collaboration models: partnerships, cooperation, coordination
• European cultural policies, migration and mobility
• Identity, memory and heritage in European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions
• Studies on European narratives and cultural points of divergence and commonality
• Contested European cultural and scientific heritages in a post-migratory world
• Visitor experiences in collaborative projects involving European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions
• Archiving, preservation and exhibition technologies in relation to migration and mobility
• Politics of migrating objects, including repatriation
• Cross border tourism, customs and border policies, including souvenirs and museum replicas
Submissions
Authors are requested to submit a PDF including 500 words abstract and 300 words bio by 31 July 2012, followed by PDF with the camera-ready full paper (max 7 pages) by 14 December 2012. All abstracts and papers must comply with the Ashgate formatting instructions (http://www.ashgate.com/Default.aspx?page=2902) and must be submitted via the EasyChair online submission system at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mela2012rf03. An international panel of experts will review the submissions.
Important dates
Abstract and bio submission: deadline extended to 31 July 2012
Author notification: August 20, 2012
Conference: December 3-4, 2012
Camera ready (full paper): December 14, 2012
Conference special sessions
• GRAMNet- Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gramnet/)
• Europeana, portal endorsed by the European Commission providing a single access point to millions European cultural and scientific heritage digital object (http://www.europeana.eu/portal/)
Proceedings
There will be the opportunity to publish a selection of the conference proceedings in 2013, upon the following conditions: all the required materials have been submitted in proper format, materials have not been already published and the paper has been presented in person at the Migrating heritage: networks and collaborations across European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions conference.
Registration
Conference attendance is free, but advanced online registration is required. Registration will open in September 2012.
Anticipated audience:
• Scholars and PhD students in museum studies, cultural studies, social anthropology, sociology of organisations, library and information science, cultural policies, social sciences, human-computer interaction and related areas
• Practitioners from museums, libraries, public institutions
• Decision-makers and policy makers
• Users of cultural institutions and representatives of migrant communities
Conference organising committee
• Perla Innocenti, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow and MeLa RF03 leader
• Dr John Richards, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow
• Dr Sabine Wieber, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow
• Andrew Greg, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow
Consulting partners
• Dept. of Human and Social Sciences, "Orientale" University of Naples
• Dept. of Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion (INDACO) - Politecnico di Milano
• Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)
• Glasgow Museums
Contact
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Website: http://wp3.mela-project.eu/wp/pages/research-field-03-international-conference
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