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The UK and Ireland Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research (FARMER), in conjunction with the Centre for Archive and Information Studies, University of Dundee, is hosting an international conference on 5-6 April in Dundee on the subject 'Activation and impact: the societal role of records and record-keepers’.

Two conference bursaries, which cover the full registration fee and conference dinner are available for those who cannot source alternative funding. Please note the bursaries do not cover accommodation. A range of hotels and guest houses is available on the conference web site.

To apply please email Craig at [log in to unmask] with your name, organisation and 150 words by Monday 28 March on why you want to attend and what the benefits of attendance will be for you. We will inform the successful applicants by Friday 31 March.

We would like to thank our principal sponsors:

 
Details of the conference are below.

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UK and Ireland Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research International Conference: 'Activation and Impact: the societal role of records and record-keepers', 5-6 April 2016, Dundee

 
Keynote speaker Elizabeth Emmerson, Chief Archivist, United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, will join a range of international speakers to discuss the conference theme, 'Activation and Impact: the societal role of records and record-keepers'. Elizabeth will examine the importance of records and record-keeping to the UN Tribunals. The conference is an opportunity to explore the meaning and impact of records for individuals and society as a whole.
 
Other speakers / sessions include:
 
    1. Professor Sue McKemmish & Dr Joanne Evans, Monash University, Australia and Prof. Anne Gilliland, University of California, Los Angeles, ‘What do Records do in People’s Lives That Nothing Else Does?’
    2. Dr Hugh Hagan, National Records of Scotland, ‘A Moral Imperative? The Impact of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 Beyond Record Keepers’
    3. Kim Arnold, The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives, ‘Building Community with Records: Transitioning From Litigation to Healing and Reconciliation’
    4. Prof Elizabeth Shepherd, University College, London, ‘Trusting Government Administrative Data: Managing Disclosure Risk’,
    5. Alan Bell, University of Dundee, ‘A Solution in Search of a Problem? After Ten years of FOI, do Publication Schemes have any Purpose?'
    6. Katharine Stevenson, Lloyds Banking Group, UK, '#recordsmanagement in a Web 2.0 world: how society categorises information today'
    7. Dr Andrew Flinn, University College London, ‘The Impact of Archives and Record Keepers in Social Justice Struggles and Campaigns’
    8. Dr Jenny Bunn, University College, London, ‘Speaking as a Curatorial Agent: Trying to Represent (Claim?) the Archival Voice’
    9. Prof Michael Moss/Dr David Thomas, Northumbria University and Tim Gollins, National Records of Scotland, ‘They Seek Him Here, They Seek Him There, Those Junkies Seek Him Everywhere, is He in Heaven or is He in Hell? That Damned Elusive Email Thread’
    10. Dr Jeannette Bastian, Simmons College, Boston, USA (with Dr Andrew Flinn) ‘Teaching Record Values, Learning Social Values: Archival Education Through a Panoptic Lens'
    11.  Professor Eric Ketelaar, University of Amsterdam, 'The agency of the archiver'
 
For the full programme and information about registration and accommodation go to http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cais/conference/activationandimpact/

 

 




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