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Call for Papers - Housing Memory, March 2009 (Toronto, ON)

Filed under GSLIS Jobs and Opportunities
Posted by GSLIS, November 24, 2008
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HOUSING MEMORY
A Graduate Student Conference at the Faculty of Information
University of Toronto
March 13-14, 2009

We welcome original papers from graduate students on the topic of memory and its manifestation in forms such as archives, libraries, museums, information systems, texts, and material or digital artifacts. This broad area of inquiry considers the implications of the institutionalization of memory, and engages issues such as policy, practice, politics, history and technology. Especially pertinent to the discussion is an exploration of the influence of information systems on the preservation and transmission of cultural memory. This conference provides students with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with peers, academics, and the larger community of professionals. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this topic, we invite the participation of students from all fields of study. For more information on the conference, visit our website:http://housingmemory.ischool.utoronto.ca

Possible topics include:

e-book readers and the design of digital media * history vs. memory * forgetting in order to remember? * architecture(s) of memory * un-housed memories: silenced stories * shelf space, or the lack of it * countermemory * crisis of history: memory boom? * information literacy: will they remember anything from my Powerpoint? * institutional memory impeding change * internet archives: the new repository of memory * knowledge management = memory management? * contested forms of memory * artifacts as bearers of memory * representation and interpretation of memory * memory politics * the experiential museum: what role does the object play? * memory, metaphor, and language * architecture and human-centered design: fashion versus function? * public memory and “memory professionals” * information policy & “net neutrality” * marketing memory * curating digital archives * oral traditions and performing memory * the precarious place of memory institutions in times of conflict * object authenticity * memory and landscape * marketing memory

Submission Requirements:

Presentations are maximum 20 minutes long. Please submit a 200-300 word abstract accompanied by the following information: title of paper, name of presenter, institutional affiliation, telephone number, e-mail address, and a short bio. Submissions should indicate whether specific equipment is required. Papers will be considered for publication in Faculty of Information Quarterly. Last date for submission of abstracts is December 21, 2008. The committee will communicate their decision to prospective presenters by January 26, 2009. Submit by e-mail attachment to conference organizers Ania Dymarz and Monica Rettig at housingmemory@utoronto.ca