INTERCOM 2013 – Call FOR PAPERS
Museums and Human Rights
13-15 August 2013
Part of the 23rd ICOM General Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The theme for this year’s INTERCOM meeting is Museums and Human Rights. For this reason we are joining with the Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM) to deliver challenging and thought-provoking sessions.
At the INTERCOM2009 meeting in Torreon, Mexico a Declaration was proclaimed that called attention to a museum’s responsibility to promote Human Rights:
INTERCOM believes that it is a fundamental responsibility of museums, wherever possible, to be active in promoting diversity and human rights, respect and equality for people of all origins, beliefs and background.
This Declaration is central to INTERCOM as it addresses the subject of changing roles of museums and current challenges in museum management. The Torreon Declaration has since been quoted throughout the international museum world. Museums need to learn new skills as the importance of social responsibility continues to grow. David Fleming, founding President of FIHRM, argues that museums should actively take a position on controversial and difficult issues. Museums should place themselves at the heart of debates and be open about political issues. Many museums, regardless of size or resources, share similar challenges in dealing with difficult and controversial subjects.
In these sessions we wish to look at recent and current examples of progressive work, in terms of combating inequalities, discrimination and other human rights abuses.
Call for proposals
We would like to invite you to submit your proposal to attend speak at the session. We wish to look at recent and current examples of progressive work in museums in areas such as:
Climate change and environmental behaviour
Oppression
Civil Rights
Holocaust and genocide
Slavery
Gender inequality
Sexuality
Disability
Discrimination
You can submit proposals for case studies, research papers, under any of the above themes. Proposals should be about 300 words. In addition, you are asked to submit a short biography of about 200 words.
All papers must be in English. The deadline is 8 March 2013.
Bursary Scheme
INTERCOM will offer 2-3 bursaries to cover travel and accommodation for museum professionals who would not be able to attend otherwise to take part in the INTERCOM session. Priority will be given to applicants from low GDP countries in category 3 and 4 as defined in ICOM’s classification of countries based on GDP.
Further information
For further details on the conference, please visit the FIHRM or INTERCOM website at www.fihrm.org or www.intercom.museum
If you have any further queries, please contact Françoise McClafferty at [log in to unmask]
Francoise McClafferty
Research & Information Officer
National Museums Liverpool
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Fax: 01513457842
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http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/onlineshop/
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