[MCN-L] Museums and Visitor Photography: Call for Papers

2014-07-30 Thread Graeme Farnell
We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book
to be published in colour by MuseumsEtc in 2015 and edited by Theopisti
Stylianou-Lambert (Cyprus University of Technology and 2014 Smithsonian
Institution Fellow in Museum Studies). The full Call for Papers may be
downloaded here: http://bit.ly/museumsetc002

Please feel free to forward this email to interested colleagues!

SUBMISSIONS
We welcome proposals for both chapters and case studies from museum
professionals, academics, photographers, artists and other visual
practitioners. Proposals from those with practical experience of evaluating
and assessing outcomes in this field are particularly welcome.

We are seeking contributions that deal with a wide range of issues in
connection with visitor photography in museums:
* museum visitor photography and its relationship with experience and memory
* visitor photography and learning
* visitor photography, performance and identity
* behaviour of visitors with cameras
* kinds of photographs produced by visitors in museums
* photography and sociability inside museums
* connecting with museum artefacts through photography
* photographic reproductions of museum artefacts and uses/sharing
* visitor photography and uses outside the museum space
* visitor photography and everyday life
* online photo-sharing and visitor photography
* visitor photography and the development of new audiences
* visitor photography and its role in fundraising, development or marketing
* photographing museum visitors (artistic and other representations)
* museum visitors using photography as artists or/and researchers
* artists using photography as museum visitors or/and researchers

This list is not exhaustive so we welcome proposals on other issues related
to the central theme of the book.

THE EDITOR
Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, this year's recipient of the Smithsonian
Institution Fellowship in Museum Practice, is Coordinator of the Visual
Sociology and Museum Studies Lab and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of
Fine and Applied Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology. She holds a
PhD in museum studies from the University of Leicester; is the recipient of
a Fulbright Scholarship, an Arts and Humanities Research Council Award, and
an A. G. Leventis Foundation Scholarship; and has published widely on
photography and museums.

THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 15 SEPTEMBER 2014.

The full Call for Papers, and details of how to submit your proposal, can
be found here: http://bit.ly/museumsetc002

Graeme Farnell
Publisher
MuseumsEtc

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UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB
USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139


[MCN-L] MCN site maintenance

2014-07-30 Thread Eric Longo
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[MCN-L] Job Opening: Front End Web Designer, Minnesota Historical Society

2014-07-30 Thread Jim Ockuly
AUGUST 8 DEADLINE

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