Fwd: CFP - Canadian Theatre Review issue on Archives

[Kathryn Harvey]

Greetings all,

The /Canadian Theatre Review/ is publishing a special issue on the topic 
of theatre archives--a very exciting development for the journal. Please 
forward the following CFP to others who may be interested but not on the 
listserv, all the while contemplating what you also might contribute!

Cheers,
Kathryn
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Call For Papers* for /Canadian Theatre Review/ Issue 156 on "Archives" 
(due out Fall 2013)

Edited by Kathryn Harvey (University of Guelph) and Jenn Stephenson 
(Queen's University)

Talk about archives has become all the rage in recent years, especially 
in the social sciences and humanities disciplines. Within the realm of 
theatre history and performance, the topic is also taking on greater 
profile. Witness the previous years' "Tyranny of Documents" sessions at 
Canadian Association for Theatre Research Conferences and the upcoming 
2013 Conference "Performance History Seminar" which look at the 
relationship between documentary evidence and practice. Little, though, 
has been written specifically on the issues pertaining to the unique 
(and some not so unique) characteristics of performing arts archives, 
the challenges of archivists working in them, and the challenges of 
researchers using them.

This CTR issue will address a diversity of both theoretical and 
practical topics regarding performing arts archives. Suggested topics 
include but are not limited to the following:
.    Theatre archives and new/social media (attracting new audiences, 
developing new ways of teaching archival literacy)
.    Complexities of providing licensing rights of production images, 
cast/individual photos, etc. for publication and broadcast (copyright, 
Equity, donor restrictions)
.    Specific uses of archives by scholars and practitioners (for 
studying dramaturgy, historical performances, theatre company histories, 
approaches to lighting design, etc.)
.    Collaborations between and among theatre companies & their 
archives, archives & museums, etc. for education and outreach
.    Pedagogical issues regarding collaborations of archivists and 
university faculty to bring students into theatre archives: What are the 
expected learning outcomes? How does one teach archival literacy through 
theatre archives? Why would one use archives to teach about theatre?
.    Archives as theatre, or conversely, theatre in archives
.    Epistemological, hermeneutical, post-colonial, feminist, queer, and 
other approaches to theatre historiography and the role of archives

Essentially if you have an idea, run it by us!

Please keep in mind that we are looking for articles that tackle a 
specific research question, so please try to stay away from straight 
description of archives' holdings and from case studies with no or 
little analysis.

Please send initial paper proposals of no more than 500 words, along 
with a brief biography, to Kathryn Harvey at the University of Guelph 
(kaharvey at uoguelph.ca <mailto:kaharvey at uoguelph.ca>). *Deadline for 
submission is January 18, 2013. Papers will be due no later than April 
15, 2013.*

More information about the journal can be found at 
http://www.utpjournals.com/Canadian-Theatre-Review.html.


-- 
Kathryn Harvey, PhD
Head, Archival and Special Collections
University of Guelph Library
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1

519-824-4120, ext. 52089
kaharvey at uoguelph.ca

http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archival_&_special_collections/




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