[Museum] Fwd: CFP: Tangibility, Controversy, and Conscience at Historic Sites (Toronto/CA, 6-11 January 2009)

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From: "Bartoy, Kevin" <Kbartoy@thehermitage.com>
Subject: CFP Tangibility, Controversy, and Conscience at Historic Sites
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:07:50 -0500
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Call for Papers

Places of Meaning, Meaning in Place: Tangibility, Controversy, and
Conscience at Historic Sites
Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater
Archaeology
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 6-11, 2009

Organizers: Kevin M. Bartoy (The Hermitage) and Jay Stottman (Kentucky
Archaeological Survey)

Session Sponsored by the Public Education and Interpretation Committee
(PEIC) of SHA

Every piece of ground is a historic site. The events of the human past have
traversed every inch of soil on this planet. Yet, it is in the present that
we invest these sites with sufficient significance to make them places of
meaning. These places provide tangibility for the intangible. It is through
this process of making meaning in place that historic sites become contested
landscapes. That is, places in which a past is interpreted and reinterpreted
from a variety of perspectives in the present. In this process, they become
places of controversy and conscience. This session seeks to explore our role
as "interlocutors" in dialogues between events of the past and meaning
making in the present.
As such, we critically engage with a variety of publics in "locating" the
past in place physically and in place with social issues of the present.

We are looking for papers from a broad spectrum of practitioners of public
archaeology, public history, museum studies, and heritage studies. We hope
that the session will be international in scope and diverse in
contributions. While we do not want to limit creativity, some potential
papers may address the following:

* Engaging sites and subjects of controversy

* Interpretation and presentation of histories and archaeologies of
controversial topics

* The productions of contested landscapes and heritage

* The relationship between landscapes, heritage, and identity

* Making histories and archaeologies relevant to present issues of heritage
and identity

* The role of archaeologists or archaeology in the production of meanings,
identity, or controversies

We also hope that there may be a potential to have remote participation for
those who cannot physically attend the conference. So, feel free to submit
even if you are constrained in your ability to travel to Toronto for the
session.

Proposals are due by June 10, 2008.

If you are interested in participating in this session, please contact

Kevin M. Bartoy
Director of Archaeology
The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson 4580 Rachel's Lane
Nashville, Tennessee 37076
Phone: 615.889.2941 ext.200
Fax: 615.889.9289
kbartoy@thehermitage.com
www.thehermitage.com

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