Apologies for cross-posting. Please find below an extension to the call for papers for the RGS-IBG 2013.
Call for Papers: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2013, London 28-30 August 2013
Connection, Engagement and Negotiation – When Geographers Collaborate with Museums Sponsored by the Historical Geography Research Group
Organisers:
James Wallis (University of Exeter)
James Fenner (University of Nottingham)
‘…museums are important spaces for the discussion, investigation, performance and representation of themes and issues of significance to geographers…the incorporation and application of geographic-thinking into museum studies has the potential to unlock a multitude of new understandings’
Geoghegan (2010, 1471)
Whilst collaborative research has had a long tradition in historical geography, the creation of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) scheme and the former ESRC CASE studentships has pushed the impetus for this to new heights (Geoghegan, 2010; Demeritt, 2005; Demeritt & Lees, 2005). In this way, we have seen research partnerships between academic and non-academic institutions - particularly museums - become a ‘new frontier’ of historical geography. With clear benefits for public outputs and interdisciplinarity, such partnerships have become an increasingly popular way to conduct research, to the extent that the boundaries between and definitions of academic and non-academic partners have become blurred. It is therefore an apt time to consider the benefits, challenges and impacts made of collaborating with national and local museums. We especially wish to focus on and explore the contributions, dynamics of and the relationships between the researcher, the museum and their collaborating partner.
This session will ask the question ‘What Happens When Geographers Collaborate with Museums?’ It thus aims to provide an opportunity for AHRC CDA studentships working in museums to share their research and experiences within an informal environment. We welcome papers from any stage of a PhD, as well as from early career researchers. These can have either a methodological focus or share the dissemination of empirical content relating to the study of museum collections or practices. All should aim to engage with the broader themes of historical geography relevant to their research questions, such as space, place, identity, landscape, performance, gender and mobility. We hope that this session will appeal to those currently enrolled in collaborative research projects, and will provide a platform on which individuals can share their varied perspectives of going ‘behind the scenes’ to conduct research within museological institutions.
Instructions for Authors:
We welcome papers from any stage of an AHRC funded CDA, as well as from early career researchers who have already completed their Collaborative Doctoral Award.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words (max) should be sent to James Wallis ([log in to unmask]) and James Fenner ([log in to unmask]) by the extended deadline Friday 8th February 2013.
Please include the following information:
• Name
• Institutional Affiliation
• Contact Email
• Title of Proposed Paper
• Abstract
Call For Papers Deadline extension: 08-Feb-2013
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