CFP: “Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History”

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Subject: CFP: "Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History"

From: Michelle A Hamilton <mhamilt3@uwo.ca>

Date: Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Call for Proposals

"Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History"

2013 Annual Meeting, National Council on Public History

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013

In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta

Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada, with Canada's

Parliament buildings, historic ByWard market, national museums and historic

sites, river trails, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rideau Canal,

and numerous cafes and restaurants within easy walking distance. The

program committee invites panel, roundtable, workshop, working group, and

individual paper proposals for the conference. The Call for Poster sessions

will be issued in fall 2012.

As Canada's capital, Ottawa is the national centre of the museum, archival

and heritage community, and its historical and cultural attractions draw 5

million national and international tourists annually. Ottawa's two

universities have strong connections to public and applied history. The

federal government employs many history practitioners and creates a market

for private consultants. With so many diverse fields of Public History

theory and practice represented, Ottawa is an ideal place to consider

issues and ideas associated with the theme of "Knowing your Public(s)—The

Significance of Audiences in Public History."

These could include:

• the changing nature of the public and the evolution of the discipline

over the last forty years;

• how the public and Public Historians influence each other in the

production of history;

• the effects of changing approaches to public participation, reciprocity,

and authority on Public History theory and practice; • the impact of

digital media on expanding or excluding public engagement;

• generational differences including Public History for the millennial

generation;

• intersections between Public History practised at universities and in the

broader community;

• issues related to working with 'closed' audiences in fields such as

litigation, or government-directed, research;

• access to and use of grey literature

• the increasing need for audience relevance in times of economic

recession;

• and diverse cultural and multi-national approaches to commemorating

events such as the bi-centennial of the War of 1812 or the 60th anniversary

of the armistice of the Korean War.

We welcome submissions from all areas of the field, including teaching,

museums, archives, heritage management, tourism, consulting,

litigation-based research, and public service. Proposals may address any

area of Public History, but we especially welcome submissions which relate

to our theme. Case studies should evoke broader questions about practice in

the field. The program committee prefers complete session proposals but

will endeavor to construct sessions from proposals for individual

presentations. Sessions are 1.5 hours (working groups may be longer);

significant time for audience discussion should be included in every

session.

The committee encourages a wide variety of forms of conversation, such as

working groups, roundtables, panel sessions, and professional development

workshops, and urges participants to dispense with the reading of papers.

Participants may be members of only one panel, but may also engage in

working groups, introducing sessions and leading discussions.

See the NCPH website at www.ncph.org for details about submitting your

proposal and be sure to peruse past NCPH programs for ideas about new

session/event formats.

Proposals are due by July 15, 2012.

All presenters and other participants are expected to register for the

annual meeting. If you have questions, please contact the program committee

co-chairs or the NCPH program director.

2013 Program Committee Co-Chairs

Michelle A. Hamilton

Director of Public History

Department of History

Western University Canada

mhamilt3@uwo.ca

Jean-Pierre Morin

Treaty Historian

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

JeanPierre.Morin@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca

NCPH Program Director

Carrie Dowdy

dowdyc@iupui.edu

Email: mhamilt3@uwo.ca

Visit the website at http://ncph.org/cms/conferences/2013-annual-meeting/

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