[BCMA] Call for Papers: CAM Symposium: Heritage and Nation Building, June 22-23, 2017

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Please circulate to your colleagues - only two weeks left to submit a
proposal!

 

Call for Papers

CAM Symposium: Heritage and Nation Building, June 22-23, 2017

Hosted by the Glenbow Museum and Archives, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Canada marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. This symposium
provides an opportunity to explore the role of museums and heritage
organisations in creating and promoting a national identity with colleagues
from throughout the Commonwealth during Canada's sesquicentennial year.
Session themes include:

 

.                 The Road to Independence: museums and heritage
organisations' place in shifting national identities

.                 Museums, Human Rights and Identity, in collaboration with
the Federation of International Human Rights Museums

.                 Participatory Governance: How museums can promote the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

.                 Human Remains Management, in collaboration with the Iziko
Museums of South Africa

.                 Migration: Cities - (Im)migration and Arrival Cities, in
collaboration with ICOM CAMOC and ICOM ICR 

.                 Use of technology in information sharing about objects and
collections 

.                 Indigenous and scientific approaches to conservation

 

CAM invites proposals for papers, panels, Ignite! sessions, workshops,
posters, and other presentation forms. Interested presenters should send a
300-500 word proposal and a 200-word biography by July 31, 2016 to:
Catherine C. Cole, CatherineC.Cole at telus.net; 1-780-424-2229 for more
information. If you are from a developing nation and would require funding
to participate, please let us know.

 

Come early to participate in two events related to indigenous heritage: 

 

Tour Blackfoot heritage sites in Southern Alberta, June 19-20 (optional)

.             Blackfoot Crossing http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/ 

.             Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/ 

.             Writing on Stone
http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx 

 

Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, National Aboriginal Day, June 21 (optional)

Roundtable discussion and Action Plan development:

.             UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

.             Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls for
Action 

.             Best Practices for Heritage and Indigenous People Today

 

Regards,

Catherine 

 

Catherine C. Cole, MA, FCMA

Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates

Secretary-General, Commonwealth Association of Museums

Vice-Chair, ICOM CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities)

10023 93 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T5H 1W6

phone/fax: 780-424-2229; CatherineC.Cole at telus.net 

 

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