[spectre] Call for Papers - Special Anniversary Edition of the Journal of the Institute of Conservation - The Future of Conservation

[jk]

... we are especially interested in proposals from those involved in new 
media art & theory ...
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Call for papers: the Future of Conservation*

The Journal of the Institute of Conservation is seeking Full Articles 
and Shorter Notices for a special issue of the Journal to celebrate the 
40th anniversary of Icon 
(<http://www.icon.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2366&Itemid=5>http://www.icon.org.uk)
the UK's professional body for the conservation of cultural heritage.

As the notion of the preservation of cultural heritage appears beset by 
renewed onslaught from economic, technical and ideological challenges, 
the Journal wishes to mark its 40th year of publication with speculative 
insights into the future of conservation.

Themes for articles couldinclude but are not limited to:

- in the face of contemporary economic, cultural and environmental 
concerns, is it time for conservation to become more ideological?

- should access to cultural heritage be a legally enshrined human right, 
with preservation at its core?

- has conservation practice lost sight of its core skills and function?

- what are the skills and practices that conservation should embrace to 
be relevant for the future?

- is advocacy based on the mandate of saving cultural heritage for 
future generations bankrupt ifsections of the current generation hold 
heritage in disdain?

-given the opportunities for preservation using digital technologies is 
it now possible to recuperate anyloss of cultural heritage?

- should conservation be more partisan, declaring why at this moment 
preserving this part of cultural heritage is of value to this 
particularculture?

- if manifestos are needed, what would a manifesto for the aims of 
conservation be for the next 40 years?

- are codes of ethics redundant because they are always contingent upon 
greater factors, including politics and economics?

- as computation underwrites contemporary culture and the artefact 
becomes evanescent, should the future of conservation be the 
preservation of 0s and 1s?


All those directly and indirectly involved in the preservation of 
cultural heritage and at any stage of their career, including emerging
professionals,are encouraged to contribute to thisspecialissue of the 
Journal.

The Journal seeks to represent the diversity ofviews of those involved 
in the practice, theory, and politics of conservationand
welcomes scholarly treatments, research and case studies that encompass 
the theme.

Authors are invited to submit article outlines for consideration by the 
Editor at journal at icon.org.uk <mailto:journal at icon.org.uk>with all final 
article submissions completed by December 31st, 2017.
Sample the Journal: http://tandfonline.com/toc/rcon20/current

Dr Jonathan Kemp
Editor, /Journal of the Institute of Conservation/




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