Submissions due 31 October 2018.
The 2018 AICCM Book, Paper & Photographic Materials Symposium will be
held 20-23 November 2018, at Melbourne Museum in Melbourne, Australia.
This is a first call for papers and other contributions.
There is no overall conference theme, but we’d like to offer themed
sessions as part of the conference around the following ideas:
* Revisitation – revisit a treatment, a survey, a research project,
a material, an idea, an era. How has it survived the passage of time,
and what does that tell us for the future?
* The Anthropocene – this proposed global epoch is defined by the
beginning of significant human impact on the Earth’s geology and
ecosystems. What does it mean to be a conservator in the Anthropocene?
What materials, practices and systems of the Anthropocene are
affecting our work and futures? How will we need to adapt?
* Black and white – from either a material or a decision-making
perspective, there are bound to be shades of grey…
Contributions could be in any of the following forms:
* Standard presentation (20 minutes)
* Short presentation (10 minutes)
* Panel discussion or debate
* Poster
* Demonstration, slide show, video or model
* Workshop, treatment forum or tour
If you have a different idea for a presentation format, please get in
touch – we’d be interested to hear! We’re planning to include a
dedicated session for posters and demonstrations, to allow for better
browsing and discussion.
Please email your abstract or proposal (no longer than 500 words
please) to Bonnie Hearn at [email protected]. Outline the type of
contribution (paper, poster etc) and whether it aligns to one of the
proposed themes. Make sure to include your contact details, the names
of any co-contributors, a one- or two-line bio for each, and a working
title.
If you have any questions, please get in contact with any of the BPG
or Photon SIG convenors (via the AICCM website SIG pages:
https://aiccm.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/book-and-paper and
https://aiccm.org.au/about/special-interest-groups/photon).
Note that we intend to provide a hard copy booklet containing the
program and abstracts, plus a flash drive containing contributors’
presentation slides or speaking notes, posters etc. We’d like to
encourage authors to submit formal written versions of papers to the
AICCM Bulletin, post-symposium, and thereby allow contributors to
focus on putting together their best presentation possible for the
conference.
Alice CannonActing Manager, ConservationMuseums VictoriaPO Box 666,
Melbourne VIC 3001(03) 8341 7235 / 0402 041
[email protected]
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