IN Archives Society of Alberta ConferenCe University of Calgary
ConferenCe schedule May 23 26, 2012 Pre-ConferenCe WorkshoP Through readings, discussion, and case studies, attendees will explore the possibilities of a social justice imperative for archives generally, and, practically, for all the major archival functions: appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference, public programming, preservation, advocacy, and management. wednesday, MAy 23 Glenbow Theatre 130 9 Avenue SE 7:00-8:00 pm Public Lecture Verne Harris thursday, MAy 24 (Taylor Family Digital Library TFDL) 9:30-4:30 Workshop Archives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Verne Harris / Terry Cook) 12:00-1:00 Workshop Lunch (on your own) 5:00-6:00 Conference Registration Hotel Alma Senate Room Foyer 6:00-8:00 Opening Reception Hotel Alma Senate Room 8:30-9:00 9:00-10:00 10:30-12:00 friday, MAy 25 TFDL Stream 1 TFDL Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall Conference Registration Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive, Verne Harris 1 Memory and Suppressed Archives Emily Kozinski, Maryanne Small, Bonnie Woelk 2A Memory Obscured Megan Bertagnolli, Braden Cannon, Anne Pasek 2B 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 3:00-4:30 4:45-5:30 friday, MAy 25 Continued TFDL Stream 1 TFDL Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall Archives in Alberta Tim O Grady, Elizabeth Walker, Mary Nutting, Leslie Pearson, Laurette Miller, Irene Jendzjowsky 3B Archives and Social Justice Roundtable Braden Cannon, Rene Georgopalis, Jennifer Rutkair 3A Memory of Archive Regina Landwehr, Anne McNally, Shamin Malmas 4A Intentional Recollections Nanci Langford, Debby Shoctor 4B Institutional Forum (for ASA Institutional Members) 6:30-7:00 Cocktails Hotel Alma-Senate Room 7:00-9:00 Banquet / Archives at the Movies Hotel Alma-Senate Room saturday, MAy 26 TFDL Stream 1 TFDL Stream 2 TFDL Gallery Hall 9:00-9:30 Conference Registration 9:30-10:15 ASA Annual General Meeting Calgary 1912 Linda 10:30-12:00 Fraser, Pat Roome, Robert Stamp 5 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 Community Memory Personal Memory Lisa Malissa Farnham, Atkinson, Sara Griffiths, Robyn Hall, Catherine Carrie Lunde 6A Richards 6B 2:40-3:00 I Remember, Therefore I Am Terry Cook 7
2012 ConferenCe sessions Brief descriptions session 1: keynote verne harris Verne Harris, Director of the Memory Program at the Nelson Mandela Institute, will deliver the keynote address, Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive. session 2A: Memory and suppressed Archives Speakers will examine the challenges to and persistence of memory through archival records and architecture in repressive regimes including Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Guatemala. session 2B: Memory obscured Presenters will consider how pivotal events in Alberta s history, specifically the eugenics movement and labour disputes, have been forgotten or left inaccessible by traditional archival activities, with illustrations of the methods that have been used to recover and preserve memory of these events. session 3A: Archives and social Justice roundtable This roundtable will discuss the recovery, recollection, and/or reappraisal of records within existing archival holdings that, although previously neglected, are now viewed in a new context pertaining to social justice issues. session 3B: Archives in Alberta This session will highlight the work of Alberta s archival community, including the appraisal of a large, complex photographic studio; the challenge of developing an online exhibit in a large municipal bureaucracy; and navigating Alberta s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to fill gaps in the historical record. session 4A: Memory of Archive Speakers will address the memory created by archival institutions themselves, including memory transfer from retiring archivists to their successors; the use of archives in a deliberate search for institutional memory; and the need to nurture community memory of a damaged archives throughout its reconstruction. session 4B: intentional recollections Using women s memoirs and holocaust survivor testimony as examples, speakers will examine how memory is fixed in time and place, the selective nature of what is remembered and forgotten, and how these sources are used and valued by succeeding generations. session 5: Calgary 1912 A panel will examine topics pertinent to Calgary in 1912, including community arts and culture, wellknown chatelaine Belle Lougheed, and the Calgary Stampede, in order to determine how the memory of these people and events has resonated (or not) in the community one hundred years later. session 6A: Personal Memory Presenters will examine personal memories created by culinary traditions, parental relationships, and family traditions within cultural communities. session 6B: Community Memory This session will discuss how archival institutions preserve and pass along community memory in three different settings: Canada s gay and lesbian community, resettled coastal communities in Newfoundland, and Indigenous and marginal communities. session 7: i remember, therefore i Am terry Cook Noted archival theorist Terry Cook will conclude the conference with his closing plenary, I Remember, Therefore I Am.
IN Archives Society of Alberta PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8 FAX: 780-425-1679 www.archivesalberta.org special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy Atherton Braden Cannon Susan Kooyman Rene Georgopalis Debby Shoctor Bonnie Woelk Made possible by: Photo credits: Glenbow Archives P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305 University of Calgary Library and Cultural Resources
registration form Name: Organization: Mailing Address: City: Prov: Postal Code: Phone (daytime): Email: i am registering as a/an: Individual Member Non-Member I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use my contact information (as provided on the registration form) for the creation of a delegate list. I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use any photographs of me that may be taken at the conference events in their publications or for promotional purposes. registration Costs include: thursday, May 24, 2012 Opening Reception friday, May 25, 2012 Keynote address Mid-morning break Concurrent sessions Lunch Mid-afternoon break Banquet and movie night saturday, May 26, 2012 AGM Mid-morning break Concurrent sessions Lunch Closing plenary (note: there is a maximum of 90 banquet attendees) how to register: FAX: 780-425-1679 MAIL: Archives Society of Alberta PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8 Full payment must accompany registration. A separate form is required for each registration. Additional forms can be found on the ASA website at www.archivesalberta.org. Archives Society of Alberta IN ConferenCe fees Pre-ConferenCe workshops Archives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Cook/Harris): Before March 30 $125 After March 30 $150 ConferenCe early Bird before March 30, 2012 member non-member All Inclusive (excluding accommodation) $295 $350 One-Day $175 $200 After April 2, 2012 All Inclusive (excluding accommodation) $345 $400 One-Day $200 $225 For One Day Registration please indicate Friday Saturday extra Guest tickets for events (Note: There is a maximum of 20 workshop participants) Note: Please check only if you need extra guest tickets Opening Reception at the Archives, Hotel Alma (University of Calgary) $25 each # Conference Banquet $75 each # ACCoMModAtion The conference hotel is the Hotel Alma on the campus of the University of Calgary. Please contact them at www.hotelalma.ca or 403-220-3203 (local) / 1.877.498.3203 (toll free) for accommodation with the ASA conference block booking. Method of Payment Cheque (payable to the Archives Society of Alberta) Credit Card Visa Mastercard Name of Cardholder: Credit Card Number: Expiry Date: / Signature of Cardholder: Amount Paid: Cancellation Policy Refund requests will be accepted until April 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm. A $50 cancellation fee will be applied. Conference Travel Grants will be available to current (2012/2013) individual members who register with full conference registrations and attend the AGM. Travel grant amounts will be pro-rated subject to the number of applications received and the budget available for travel grants. Archives Society of Alberta IN