[BCMA] Call for Papers - Heritage and Nation Building, CAM symposium, Glenbow Museum, Calgary June 2017

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Heritage and Nation Building 

CAM Triennial General Assembly

Hosted by the

Glenbow Museum and Archives 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

June 22-23, 2017

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

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.
Suggested topics Include:

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

.        Museums, Human Rights and Identity

.        Participatory Governance: How heritage organisations such as
museums can use their resources - collections, programmes and expertise - to
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 (Collections and Activities of Museums of
Cities) and ICOM ICR (International Committee of Regional Museums); 

.        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
proposal of 300-500 words accompanied by a 200-word biography by July 31,
2016 to: CAM Secretary-General Catherine C. Cole, CatherineC.Cole at telus.net;
phone 1-780-424-2229 for more information. 

 

Optional Pre-symposium Events

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

.        Experience Siksika cultural heritage at Blackfoot Crossing
http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/

.        Imagine how First Nations people hunted buffalo at Head Smashed In
Buffalo Jump world heritage site
http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/

.        Explore Writing on Stone, a sacred landscape with First Nation
petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (rock paintings)
http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx  

 

Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, National Aboriginal Day, June 21

In collaboration with the Assembly of First Nations - Invited speakers:

.        UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, featuring
international indigenous voices 

.        Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's recommendations from
a heritage perspective

.        Preservation of indigenous heritage sites, intangible cultural
heritage, indigenous curatorship, what has changed since the 1992 Museums
and First Peoples Task Force and CAM's 1994 triennial on Curatorship:
Indigenous Perspectives in Post-Colonial Societies?

Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)

Established in 1974 CAM is a Commonwealth professional association and
international non-governmental organization (NGO) working To develop the
capacity of museum workers and museums to inspire and shape people's lives
in the Commonwealth family of nations and globally. CAM's vision is: Museums
in which museum workers and communities are able to fully participate in the
development of a peaceful, equitable and sustainable society. For more than
40 years CAM has worked with colleagues who share a common colonial history
and perspective on the role of museums as places for civic engagement and
participatory governance rather than simply places of passive learning. CAM
supports Commonwealth values: Democracy; Human rights; International peace
and security; Tolerance, respect and understanding; Freedom of Expression;
Separation of Powers; Rule of Law; and Good Governance and the UN's
Sustainable Development Goals. With more than 300 members in 40 countries,
CAM creates thematic and regional networks to support innovative projects
encouraging action and increasing the impact of museums throughout the
Commonwealth.

 

Registration

There will be an application and selection process for all delegates to
ensure solid participation from Commonwealth nations outside of Canada.
Rates to be determined. Study tour on a cost-recovery basis. Indigenous
heritage roundtable registration separate.

 

To join CAM, go to:
http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/about/membership_info.html  

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