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UIC Graduate Student Symposium: “In Sight/On View: The Museum as Site of Inquiry”
| Location: | Illinois, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2012-06-15 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2012-05-02 |
| Announcement ID: |
194301 |
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“In Sight/On View: The Museum as Site of Inquiry”
University of Illinois at Chicago Art History Graduate Student Association Symposium with the Museum and Exhibition Studies Program and the College of Architecture and the Arts
Keynote Address:
Johanna Burton, Director of the Graduate Program
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Graduate Symposium:
Friday, October 26, 2012
The Art History Graduate Student Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago is pleased to announce “In Sight/On View: The Museum as Site of Inquiry,” an interdisciplinary symposium that will investigate museum practices and the evolving social and cultural contexts of today's institutions. As museums confront changing
demographics, new technologies, challenges to traditional narratives, and shifting patterns of cultural consumption, fundamental and sometimes uncomfortable changes are necessary. These paradigm shifts require a reassessment of the ideologies that have informed the collection, presentation, and interpretation of culture in museums. We invite graduate students at all levels of study to submit proposals that identify emerging as well as historical issues, highlight problems within the field, and propose possible methodological shifts.
Possible topics may include:
• Exhibition design and alternative spaces
• Revisions of historical modes of classification, collections, preservation, and display
• Museums as spaces of interactivity and social engagement
• Designing, building, and operating museums of the future
• New uses of digital technology
• Museums as targets for and sites of critique
• Exhibition narratives that challenge cultural hierarchies
Please submit your CV (maximum 3 pages) and 300-word abstract for a twenty-minute presentation by June 15, 2012 to Betsy Stepina at UICsymposium@gmail.com. Accepted papers will be announced by July 30, 2012.
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Art History Graduate Student Association
Attn: Betsy Stepina
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Art History (M/C 201)
935 W. Harrison
Chicago IL 60607-7039
Email: uicsymposium@gmail.com
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