The traditional boundaries of the
archival and curatorial professions are today beginning to crumble as
archivists and curators increasingly become responsible for all aspects
of heritage, be it textual, visual, cultural, built or material
heritage. Both professions are currently debating how their traditional
roles are now evolving and being challenged in the ever-changing
heritage landscape. The need for cross-domain understanding and
collaboration becomes more apparent, as the defining lines between
archive and museum collections become more blurred.
These and other recent trends pose numerous questions about the intersection of archives and museums. For example:
- What are the
commonalities and divergences between archival theory and material
culture theory, and how can these inform professional practice on both
sides?
- What is the professional impact of the recent divergence of government strategy and funding for archives and museums?
- How have archivists and curators developed historically as two different professions?
- How are the traditional roles and skillsets of the archivist/curator and their areas of expertise being challenged into the 21st century?
- How
is digital technology changing the way that archive and museum
professionals interact with archive and object collections and with each
other?
- How
can archive and museum ‘best practice’ in collections management,
cataloguing, accessibility and interpretation be shared, rethought and
improved?
This special issue of Archives and Records
seeks to explore approaches to archives and museums taken from a wide
range of disciplines. The issue aims to provide a space for encounters
between researcher and practitioner discourses, and to encourage the
fertile cross-pollination of ideas from archivists, curators, educators,
users and scholars.
We invite papers on any aspect of
archives and museums. Contributions might consider, but need not be
confined to, the following themes:
- The archivist and the museum professional
- Training and CPD
- Collections management, standards and best practice
- Definitions of objects, archives and ephemera
- Material culture and archival theory
- Cross-sectoral and cross-domain working in the culture and heritage industries
- The impact of the digital world on archives and museums
Further details
The full Call For Papers is available at the homepage of the journal:
Submissions
Prospective authors are invited to contact the Guest Editor, in order to discuss proposed articles for a special issue of Archives and Records which will appear in spring 2018:
Dr Charlotte Berry [log in to unmask]
The deadline for expressions of
interest is 31 Dec 2016. All submissions will be double blind
peer-reviewed and should be presented in line with the Archives and Records style guidelines. The final deadline for article submissions is 30 June 2017.
Archives and Records
is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original
research contributions to the fields of archives and records management
and conservation. Published on behalf of the Archives and Records Association and originally published as The Journal of the Society of Archivists,
it deals with the very latest developments in these fields, including
the challenges and opportunities presented by new media and information
technology. As well as being issued to ARA Members, Archives and Records
has over 3,000 Institutional and Individual subscribers around the
world. The journal is published in hard copy and online by Taylor &
Francis twice annually. Topics of recent and forthcoming special issues
include ‘Archives and the visual arts’, ‘Born digital description’, ‘The
local record office in the UK’ and ‘Archives and public history’.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Best wishes,
Charlotte Berry, Sarah Higgins and Jenny Bunn, co-editors, Archives and Records
Dr Charlotte Berry RMARA AMA
Cathedral Archivist
5 College Cloisters
Hereford Cathedral
HEREFORD HR1 2NG, UK
Tel: (01432) 374225
