IIC Wellington Congress 2022: Conservation and Change: Response, Adaptation and Leadership Online And Wellington, New Zealand, September 5-9, 2022 |
Conference website | https://www.iiconservation.org/content/call-papers-iic-wellington-congress-2022 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iicwellingtoncongres |
Abstract registration deadline | June 30, 2021 |
Submission deadline | June 30, 2021 |
The IIC Council and New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material: Pū Maanaki Kahurangi, are pleased to issue a call for abstracts for the 29th biennial IIC Congress 2022 to be held online and in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (5-9 September 2022).
Building on the success for last year’s IIC Edinburgh Congress Online we are delighted to announce that the congress will take a hybrid format promoting a more sustainable and 'climate friendly' event. By oflering the congress in a hybrid form IIC aims to make the congress an accessible and inclusive event for all through online international programming as well as offering the opportunity for local in-person events, networking and experience of the unique culture and heritage that Aotearoa New Zealand has to offer.
The Congress theme is ‘Conservation and Change: Response, Adaptation and Leadership’.
The role of conservation in shaping, saving and sharing our cultural heritage is sometimes represented as an opposition to change, as being tied to maintaining and reinforcing the status quo.
This conference aims to challenge such a pre-conception. IIC is inviting proposals for the 29th Congress on how and why conservators respond to, adapt to or lead change. Whilst primarily looking at the work of conservators and conservation scientists, proposals demonstrating collaborative working with other heritage professionals will be of particular interest. We are looking for new and original, unpublished work, relevant to the Congress theme and to conservation. In particular abstracts for papers and posters covering the following related topics are invited:
- Challenging conservation approaches in response to historical, social and environmental challenges
- The changing role of conservation in communities
- The development or implementation of shared, collaborative or co-designed conservation treatments, approaches or methodologies.
- Mitigating or adapting to the effects of climate change
- Role of conservation in sustainable development
- The role of conservation in repatriation of cultural materials and challenging colonial practice
- Scientific research that promotes or informs changes in conservation practice
- Traditional vs. new approaches to leading and managing conservation
Preference will be given to abstracts that record new research, development and application of innovative conservation techniques; to be selected case studies must demonstrate the wider applicability and lessons for the sector. Contributions pointing the way to future challenges and research needs will be welcomed.
Submission Guidelines:
- Minimum 350 words and maximum 500 words
- Submissions should be in English
- Provide your text in the following four sections:
- 1 introduction explaining the purpose and scope of your proposed topic
- 2 an indication of the method used to gather your evidence
- 3 an outline of the implications or impact of your project
- 4 your conclusions (actual or anticipated)
- Please specify if you are submitting an abstract for a poster, otherwise we will assume it is for a paper.
- You will need to supply at least three key words but no other supplementary information (such as references images, tables, information about additional authors etc.); this will be requested if your proposal is accepted.
- We are not asking for a copy of your paper now, so ignore the option to submit one.
- Make sure that it is clear which of the topics listed in the call for papers your project relates to.
Key Dates:
· Submissions System Extended Deadline: Monday 28th June 2021 (midnight BST) with additional limited extension to 30 June 2021
· Notification to Authors: by end of July 2021
· First Drafts Expected: end of October 2021
· Provisional Congress Dates: 5 – 9 September 2022
Congress proceedings
Selected authors will be expected to pre-record their presentations in advance of the Congress to support the hybrid format.
Congress Preprints: our intention is that your recorded presentation will be linked to your published paper online on the Taylor and Francis website after the Congress, this will enable enhanced searchability and access to your paper and presentation worldwide and provide a permanent record of your work.
Poster abstracts and short presentations will not be published in the Congress preprints, but will be made available through the Congress site and published in a special Congress digital issue of NiC providing a record of your work.
For further information, please contact:
IIC Wellington Congress 2022 Organising Committee