Call for Submissions Joint Session of Electronic Media Group and Archives Conservation Discussion Group
AIC 46th Annual Meeting Houston, TX May 29-June 2, 2018 *Preserving the Protest: Collection and Care of Social Movement Archives* The Electronic Media Group (EMG) and the Book and Paper Group’s Archives Conservation Discussion Group (ACDG) seeks panelists for a joint session at AIC’s 46th Annual Meeting in Houston in May 2018. The program will address the preservation of physical and digital objects used in political and social demonstrations, with a focus on how the format of these objects can affect acquisition, archival processing, and researcher access. We will consider ephemeral, paper based, or mixed media works, as well as the digital images, video, and social media posts that are integral to contemporary protest movements. We are seeking a number of short (5-10 minute) presentations to be followed by a panel discussion. Possible topic ideas include: · *Conservation treatment and housing solutions for ephemeral objects - posters, banners, puppets, buttons, crocheted hats, etc.;* · *Digital preservation of social media organizing and protest campaigns, digital images and video connected to social movements;* · *Acquiring and archiving materials in "real time"; “rapid response collecting”, crowd-sourcing materials and community-driven collecting;* · *Collaborations with activists and community organizers* Submission Deadline: November 3, 2017 To submit an abstract, please contact the co-chairs of *both* the Electronic Media Group (EMG) and the Archives Conservation Discussion Group (ACDG) at the following email addresses: Patricia Falcao, EMG co-chair, [email protected] Stephanie Gowler, ACDG co-chair, [email protected] Dawn Mankowski ACDG co-chair, [email protected] Flavia Perugini, EMG co-chair, [email protected] Crystal Sanchez, EMG co-chair, [email protected] -- Dawn Mankowski Special Collections Conservator Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department New York University Libraries 212.992.9017 <(212)%20992-9017> ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
