Now open: The call for abstracts for NEEDS 2020 - Imagining Futures: Interstices and the Immateriality of Disasters, https://www.needs2020.com
We welcome abstract submissions to the 25 panels <https://www.needs2020.com/about-needs/panels/> available, and ask you to consider this one first: After the smoke clears: Perspectives of heritage professionals in the post-disaster context Post-disaster, a variety of factors determine whether or not a particular event becomes a part of the historical narrative and how it is portrayed and remembered. Media influence, cultural beliefs regarding death, dying, and treatment of the dead, indigenous knowledge of hazards and their impacts, and the influence of large international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the "heritage at risk" framework (Rico, 2014) all have an impact on the process of post-disaster memory-making and the production of disaster-related cultural heritage. This production of culture allows for various outcomes including commemoration of events and veneration of disaster sites, highlighting of the vulnerability or heroism of certain segments of the population, thanatourism often referred to as dark tourism (Zavar and Schumann, 2018; White & Frew, 2013), and even slow the fading of an event from public memory. This confluence of factors not only influences the archivistic processes (Ketelaar, 2000) by which objects and documents are deemed important enough to salvage or preserve (or are conversely excluded from the cultural narrative), but also how these documents are used to portray disasters and form narratives around crisis events. These narratives, as presented in the collections of museums, libraries, and archives, can ultimately shape policy decisions that have very real effects on the lives of ordinary people (Birkland, 2006 & 2009). Often overlooked by disaster researchers and crisis managers, however, are the perspectives of heritage professionals who do the work of preserving and documenting disaster heritage. This panel will invite and call upon academics and heritage professionals to discuss processes and decision-making around the production of disaster heritage through real-world case studies. Should an art conservator preserve disaster-related damage to an object in a museum collection as part of the history of the object, or restore it to its pre-disaster state? How should archivists decide which documents to preserve after a disaster? How do digital humanists address the challenges of collecting social media posts after a tragedy? What types of uncertainty do heritage professionals face, post-event, or how do they navigate these uncertainties? Panel Organizers: Valerie Marlowe, Assistant Director, Archives and Collections, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, USA Dr. Joelle Wickens, Assistant Professor of Preventive Conservation, University Of Delaware, Newark, USA Please note that though you may submit more than one abstract, each abstract must be submitted to only one panel. The panel organizer will notify you of your acceptance no later than December 20, 2019. Submit your abstract (max 400 words including references) by November 17. NEEDS 2020 is the fifth edition of the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies, hosted by Mid Sweden University and organized by the Risk and Crisis Research Centre 10–12 March in Östersund, Sweden. ------------------------------ Joelle Wickens Assistant Professor of Preventive Conservation and WUDPAC Associate Director University of Delaware Newark, DE 302-888-4714 ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&SenderKey=635bc33d-1be3-43b7-8d53-3d0f3f041996&MID=9108&MDATE=756%253e46546%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e Reply to Discussion : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&MID=9108&MDATE=756%253e46546%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=756%253e46546%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
