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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">It is now only ten days to 1<sup>st</sup> November 2014 - the deadline for submitting abstracts for the
<i>Pararchive</i> Conference and Community Showcase. Registration is free. You will be able to book your free ticket to this two-day event from Sunday 2<sup>nd</sup> November 2014 via the following link: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-communities-storytelling-and-the-digital-archive-conference-tickets-13845421027">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-communities-storytelling-and-the-digital-archive-conference-tickets-13845421027</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Details of travel, accommodation, event programme and directions to the conference venue will follow soon on the
<i>Pararchive</i> website<span style="color:#1F497D"> (<a href="http://www.pararchive.com">www.pararchive.com</a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please send this on to any community groups, activists and campaigners, researchers, creative professionals, cultural institutions and policymakers interested in developing and
promoting research, education, collaborative working practices, community agendas and affinities, policy and activism around the notion of an open-access digital space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please address any enquiries to
<a href="mailto:pararchiveleeds@gmail.com">pararchiveleeds@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Many thanks, Daniel<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Mutibwa <span style="color:#1F497D">- </span>on behalf of the <i>Pararchive</i> Project Team<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="161" height="81" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CFA022.71AEFF60" alt="pararchive_logo"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Connecting Communities: Storytelling and the Digital Archive</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline in 10 Days<span style="color:#1F497D">/</span>CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Date:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Friday 27<sup>th</sup> – Saturday 28<sup>th</sup> March 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Venue</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">: Stage@Leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This AHRC-funded conference and community showcase marks the climax of an eighteen-month multidisciplinary research project entitled
<i>Pararchive: Open Access Community Storytelling and the Digital Archive (</i><a href="http://www.pararchive.com"><i>www.pararchive.com</i></a><i>).
</i>The project seeks to build new interactive environments that explore issues of ownership, public and institutional relationships and provide tools for collaborative community research and creative expression using digital heritage resources. It was motivated
by recognition that communities are encountering real barriers to organising and connecting to resources and each other. In the field of heritage it is often difficult to access archival materials from public cultural institutions owing to bureaucratic, commercial
and geographical barriers, something that impedes community research and connectivity. It is often difficult to establish relationships between communities and institutions that could and should be mutually enriching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">We have been asking how best to approach these problems and deal with issues such as copyright, collaborative working, impact and building an open source digital environment
to facilitate connectivity and build a set of lasting legacies. We now want to widen our conversation by bringing together community groups, activists and campaigners, researchers, creative professionals, cultural institutions and policymakers interested in
developing and promoting research, education, collaborative working practices, policy and activism around the notion of an open access digital resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">To celebrate the launch of
<i>Pararchive</i> and our community partners’ research projects we invite conference contributions around the following suggested themes:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Creativity and innovation
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Co-curation models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Co-design and co-production methodologies and experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Collaborative practices and community-based participatory research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Copyright in participatory projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Conservation of artefacts and collections in the digital age<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Data ownership and open data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Digital literacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Digital storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Digitisation of individual and community memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Emerging business models
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Evaluation and measurement of impact in co-produced research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Future notions of digital archives and libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Geographical linking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Inclusion/Exclusion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Memory in the arts/digital art preservation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Museum and media archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Partnership models between communities and institutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Principles of digital data recording and cataloguing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Research ethics and research data management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(Self)-Representation, identity and privacy in digital public spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">We are also interested in hearing about related screening materials, project outcomes and community creative practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">We welcome contributions from all sectors of the community, both inside and outside of academia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Important dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline for submission of abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">: November 1<sup>st</sup> 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Notification of acceptance of abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">: November 24<sup>th</sup> 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline for registration</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">: Main registration for the conference is<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>free.<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>You can book your free ticket via this link:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-communities-storytelling-and-the-digital-archive-conference-tickets-13845421027">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-communities-storytelling-and-the-digital-archive-conference-tickets-13845421027</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Details of travel, accommodation, event programme and directions to the conference venue will follow shortly on the
<i>Pararchive</i> website <span style="color:#1F497D">(<a href="http://www.pararchive.com">www.pararchive.com</a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Proposals to a maximum of 300 words should be sent to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="mailto:pararchiveleeds@gmail.com">pararchiveleeds@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please address any enquiries to the same email address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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