Dear Colleagues:

The ICOM International Committee for Museums and Collections of
Ethnography invites participation in the international conference

CAN ORAL HISTORY MAKE OBJECTS SPEAK?

To be held in Nafplion, Greece, October 18-21, 2005
The conference is arranged in collaboration between
- The Hellenic National Committee of ICOM
- The Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation
- ICOM/ICME - International Committee for Museums and Collections of
Ethnography

CALL FOR PAPERS
"Can Oral History Make Objects Speak?"
Museums are increasingly utilizing Oral History as a tool in research,
documentation, exhibitions and education - as well as a way of empowering
people and contextualizing objects. The 2005 ICME conference asks 'Can Oral
History Make Objects Speak?', and calls for papers on the ideology,
methodology and practice of Oral History in museums.

ICME invites papers on the main theme, or any of the following sub-themes:
- Integrating Oral History in exhibitions - From concept to implementation.
- Audience research on Oral History - How do we assess museum visitor
impact?
- Museums, Oral History and source communities - developing dialogical
paradigms.
- Education and Oral History - How can it benefit museum outreach
programmes, educational activities, multimedia and the Internet?
- Museum, Library & Archive collaboration on Oral History.
- Ethical aspects of Oral Traditions - Intellectual Property and Cultural
Heritage Institutions.
Paper proposals may be submitted until May 31st, 2005, which is also the
deadline for conference registration at a reduced rate.

The conference will be followed by a two-day post-conference tour of the
Peloponnesus on October 22-23.

Further details and registration forms are available on the ICME web site:
http://icme.icom.museum

Regards from
Daniel Winfree Papuga
ICME President
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http://icme.icom.museum

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