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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Dear all PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY! UK CONTENT PARTICULARLY WELCOMED! Second Call forPapers - Archives and Records journal - special issue on 'Archives andMuseums', spring 2018 The traditionalboundaries of the archival and curatorial professions are today beginning tocrumble as archivists and curators increasingly become responsible for allaspects of heritage, be it textual, visual, cultural, built or materialheritage. Both professions are currently debating how their traditional rolesare now evolving and being challenged in the ever-changing heritage landscape.The need for cross-domain understanding and collaboration becomes moreapparent, as the defining lines between archive and museum collections becomemore blurred. These and otherrecent trends pose numerous questions about the intersection of archives andmuseums. 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 21 st 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 specialissue of Archives and Records seeks to explore approaches to archivesand museums taken from a wide range of disciplines. The issue aims to provide aspace for encounters between researcher and practitioner discourses, and toencourage the fertile cross-pollination of ideas from archivists, curators, educators,users and scholars. We invite paperson any aspect of archives and museums. Contributions might consider, but neednot 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 FurtherdetailsThe full Call ForPapers is available at the homepage of the journal: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ah/archives-and-records-special-issue-archives-and-museums SubmissionsProspectiveauthors are invited to contact the Guest Editor, in order to discuss proposedarticles for a special issue of Archives and Records which will appearin spring 2018: Dr Charlotte Berry [log in to unmask] The deadline forexpressions of interest is 31 Dec 2016. All submissions will be double blindpeer-reviewed and should be presented in line with the Archives and Records style guidelines. The final deadline for articlesubmissions is 30 June 2017. More about the journalArchives andRecords is aninternational peer-reviewed journal which publishes original researchcontributions to the fields of archives and records management andconservation. Published on behalf of the Archives and Records Association and originally published as The Journal of theSociety of Archivists, it deals with the very latest developments in thesefields, including the challenges and opportunities presented by new media andinformation technology. As well as being issued to ARA Members, Archives andRecords has over 3,000 Institutional and Individual subscribers around theworld. The journal is published in hard copy and online by Taylor & Francistwice annually. Topics of recent and forthcoming special issues include‘Archives and the visual arts’, ‘Born digital description’, ‘The local recordoffice 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, Archivesand Recordshttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjsa21/current Dr Charlotte Berry RMARA AMACathedral Archivist5 College CloistersHereford CathedralHEREFORD HR1 2NG, UKTel: (01432) 374225Email: [log in to unmask] The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST