[Commlist] Call for Papers: IAMHIST Conference 2023 'Future [of] Archives'

      FUTURE [of] ARCHIVES


      Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada


      20-22 June 2023


*This is an in-person conference that will take place on site in 
Montreal. Limited live-online options will be offered to those unable to 
travel. Please specify in your abstract if you would need this option.*

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*Deadline for submissions (20-minute presentations, panels of three 
20-minute papers, or practice-based research/workshops): 16 January 2023*

IAMHIST <https://iamhist.net/> is the International Association for 
Media and History, an organization of scholars, filmmakers, broadcasters 
and archivists dedicated to historical enquiry into film, radio, TV and 
other media.

Archives have always played a considerable role for research and 
creation, especially in film and media studies. By virtue of their form 
and content, archives put at the forefront questions of possible and 
alternative historiographies and the shaping of memories and invites 
reflection on forgetting. Ranging from censorship to emancipation, 
archives are often source and reason for debate, powerplays and 
struggles as they can be object of censorship, but also sources and ways 
of emancipation. They are not only sites of memory, but also sites and 
signs of social and cultural change. There has been an increased 
scholarly interest in archives since the arrival of digital tools and 
the Web, and the concept of the archive itself has been questioned, 
discussed, and redefined.

This conference aims to revisit these archival transformations by 
bringing into focus archives’ blind spots, notably in relation to their 
accessibility and ecological dimensions. How do existing archival 
institutions, associations or private collectors and archivists address 
technology and media transformations? What are the current and future 
challenges of archive research? Use? Configurations? What type of ‘new’ 
archives can be imagined and created in relation to technology and media 
transformations?

The IAMHIST Conference will be particularly interested in proposals 
dealing with media archives (film, radio, video, television, Web, 
photographs, etc.) but also warmly welcomes archives that use media and 
technology institutionally (museums, associations, vernacular archives 
etc.).

We invite scholars, archivists, practitioners, and artists to send a 
proposal that concerns one or more of the following topics:

  * Archives and accessibility
  * Archives, restitution, and memory
  * Archives and social justice
  * Archives and ecology / sustainable archives
  * Archives and decolonization
  * Case studies of archival use in media history research
  * Archives and (media-) storage
  * Reuse of archives in research, artistic projects, and practice
  * Archival material in film and arts
  * Reflections on how to archive research/scholarly activities
  * Vernacular, private, and institutional archives
  * History of media archives
  * Financing and funding of archives
  * Internationalization of archives
  * Local and regional archives
  * Archives, memory, and nostalgia
  * Archives and emotion

*The deadline for submissions is 16 January 2023. You can submit 
proposals here:**(iamhistconference2023 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(iamhistconference2023 /at/ gmail.com)>*

Individual paper proposals should consist of a title, an abstract of 200 
to 300 words and a short biography. We especially welcome proposals from 
early career researchers and practitioners. Panel proposals (of three 
papers) are welcome; they need to be registered by one individual 
presenter of the panel who must include the title of the panel and all 
paper abstracts and short bios. We also appreciate proposals for 
archival, artistic or multimedia/practice-based projects or workshops. 
You are welcome to discuss their suitability with the conference 
organizers in advance of the deadline.

Notifications of decisions will be sent alongside additional information 
on travel and accommodation by early February 2023; registration will be 
open by that day. Registration fees will be kept as low as possible and 
depend on several funding opportunities that the organizers are 
currently seeking. Conference attendees are expected to be members of 
IAMHIST – there will be an opportunity to join at the time of 
registration. Information about IAMHIST membership can be found 
here:http://iamhist.net/membership/ .


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