CALL FOR PAPERS - UPDATE!
Have you submitted an abstract?
The deadline - 8th July - is fast approaching
for abstracts from intending speakers for this first general UKIC conference
for many
years. The topic affects many of us in our working lives.
The conference will explore how conservators have responded to shifts
in cultural policy and funding and the pervasive culture based on tendering,
bids, contracts and targets; as well as how colleagues and contractors
have worked with conservators
Conservation strategies are often written by policy makers and funding
bodies, not always sympathetic to the traditional outlook of conservators.
The funding of heritage organisations has become increasingly complex,
and conservation work is often linked to the delivery of projects.
The conference will explore how conservators have coped with these changes.
How flexible have they been? How are they perceived by their colleagues
at all levels? Have the benefits of the new culture outweighed the difficulties?
Vitally, what effect have the changes had on the conservation of our
heritage? Are there ways in which practice or advocacy might change to
deal better with the project culture?
If you have case studies, experiences, perspectives or reflections to
recount on this theme, do consider being a speaker. Size of project is
not an issue: the same concerns may affect the preparation of a single
item, a small collection, or a major museum project. The work may be
done by institutional or private sector practitioners.
The Conference will be held in Liverpool, from 8-9th July 2004, courtesy
of the Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool. The venue will
be the Maritime Museum, alongside the Mersey and next to Tate North.
Proposals are sought in the form of a provisional
title and a 300 word summary of the content, together with the name of
the author and any
co-author or collaborators. Please send your proposal by email to [email protected] by 8th
July 2003. Explore this Web site for more
details.
Applications for attendance at the Conference will open early next year.
We are glad to announce Plowden & Smith
as the founding sponsors of this event.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals are sought in the form of a provisional
title
and a 300 word summary of the content, together with
the name of the author and any co-authors or
collaborators. Please send your proposal by email to
[email protected] by 8th
July 2003.
Submissions will be considered by the programme
committee. Speakers will be required to produce preconference
abstracts and will pay a reduced fee.
We welcome case histories or broader papers exploring
any aspects of delivering large or small projects within
the heritage industry: your experiences, your
perspectives, whether you work as part of a team or
as a manager, in the public or private sector.
Examples of some of the issues we would like to see
addressed include:
- How do the tendering and contracting processes
affect conservation?
- How does conservation fit in to project designs?
What happens when the project finishes? Is long
term conservation and collection care included?
- How good are we at team-working?
- How should we change our approach to
communication and publicity?
- Does project working help training and research?
- Do experiences of working overseas illuminate the theme?
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Katherine Barker, Bob Butler, Deborah Cane,
Janey Cronyn, Lynne Edge, Sue Frye, Teresa Headey,
Susan Hughes, John Larson, David Leigh, Annie Lord,
Sam Sportun, Kirsten Suenson-Taylor and David Thomas
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