www.DCDCconference.com #DCDC MEMORY AND TRANSFORMATION 1819 - 21 NOVEMBER 2018 BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE AND EVENTS CENTRE Free and open to all, Wellcome Collection brings together voices on issues that affect everyone. By connecting science, Our collections span life, death medicine, life and art, and everything in between. Wellcome Collection is the Visit us in London or explore free museum and library that our growing digital collection aims to challenge how we all and stories online. think and feel about health and medicine. wellcomecollection.org 183 Euston Road wellcomecollection.org Wellcome’s free museum and London NW1 2BE Euston Euston Square library for the incurably curious Wellcome Collection is part of the Wellcome Trust. The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.MP-7090/10-2018/BS 210183. MP-7090_Advert_DCDC_conference_brochure_AW.indd 1 11/10/2018 11:03 DCDC18 is supported by DCDC18 Sponsors Welcome to the conference! It is with great pleasure that we welcome all delegates to this year’s conference, DCDC18: Memory and Transformation. This year marks the sixth annual DCDC conference collaboration between The National Archives and Research Libraries UK, an event which brings together hundreds of colleagues from across the heritage, cultural and academic communities. We have been delighted by the level of enthusiasm for this year’s event, which once again saw a huge response to the call for papers. The theme of this year’s conference is one that will resonate with cultural heritage professionals across a broad range of organisations. As we witness the centenary anniversary of the First World War come to a close, this presents an opportunity for reflection on a range of activities and the role of anniversaries in the work we do in our archives, libraries, museums and heritage organisations. Memory is a thread running through every collection, which can connect us with the past, immersing us in experiences through the eyes of others, and inform the future through innovative research and the development of new ideas, technology, science and art. In contrast, forgetting and the absence of memories can be as powerful as their presence. There are fundamental questions which DCDC18 will address around the collecting of memories and the transformational impact that engagement with different audiences and communities can have on our own professional practices. Over the next two days a wide range of speakers will explore these themes, by asking how, through working collaboratively, we can develop and improve methodologies to engage with new communities through innovative research and engagement. We would like to thank all the speakers for contributing such a diverse and rich range of papers and workshops to this year’s programme, and our keynote speakers for generously giving their time to share with us a fascinating range of projects and provocations that speak to the heart of the conference theme. This year’s conference is generously supported by Wellcome Collection, who will be running a ‘long table discussion’ hosted by performance artist and activist Lois Weaver on the subject of ‘Whose Memories?’ We are also extremely grateful to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham; and the Library of Birmingham for organising three fascinating pre-conference workshops, and Jez Collins for his on the road musical heritage tour. Finally, we would like to thank our supporting sponsor Arts Council England; hydration sponsor Orangeleaf; and DCDC18 exhibitors: Adam Matthew Digital, Gale Cengage, Preservica, Arkivum, Taylor & Francis, the British Library, Jisc, Digirati, Brill, Wiley and Max, with whom we would encourage you to speak over the course of the conference. We hope you have an enjoyable, productive, and intellectually stimulating DCDC18 Conference! Jeff James David Prosser Chief Executive and Keeper Executive Director The National Archives Research Libraries UK 4 #DCDC18 DCDC18 Conference at a glance Monday 19 November (Day 1) Tuesday 20 November (Day 2) Workshop :: Library of Birmingham 18:30 - Conference Dinner - BMAG 22:30 15:00 - Workshop :: Cadbury Research Library Wednesday 21 November (Day 3) 17:00 Workshop :: BMAG 08:30 - The National Tour :: A Paranoid Revolution Registration 09:15 Archives briefing 18:30 - Pre-conference drinks reception - Welcome to new and returning DCDC18 22:00 Ikon Gallery delegates by David Prosser, Executive 09:15 - Director, RLUK Tuesday 20 November (Day 2) 10:15 Keynote - Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, Kent 08:30 - Registration State University 09:15 10:15 - Introduction to DCDC18 by Jeff James, Morning break 10:45 Chief Executive & Keeper, The National 09:15 - Archives P7. Too much of a good thing? Critical 10:15 reflections on anniversaries Opening keynote P8. Digital memories: preservation, 10:45 - Jane Ellison, BBC interpretation and re-use 12:15 10:15 - Morning break W3. People Make Memories: capturing 10:45 and sharing collective memory through P1. Curated memories: fake news, oral history in Malta collecting and mind management 12:15 - 10:45 - Lunch P2. Painful and problematic 13:15 12:15 anniversaries 12:30 - Arts Council England networking lunch Funders Marketplace 13:00 12:15 - 13:15 - Closing keynote Lunch // Funders 1:1 sessions 13:15 14:00 Jo Fox, Institute of Historical Research 12:30 - 14:00 - BBC Presentation Room changeover 13:00 14:15 P9. Material narratives: physical 13:15 - Keynote memory in the archives 14:00 Nathan Sentance, Australian Museum P10. It’s not all about the numbers: 14:00 - Room changeover 14:15 - memory, transformation and making an 14:15 15:45 impact with Special Collections P3. Institutional memories: collections, W4: The MIRRA Project: Supporting identity and engagement care leavers’ memories and identities 14:15 - P4. Wellcome panel - Whose Memories? through access to archives 15:45 W1. All Together Now? What’s the 15:45 - Afternoon break opportunity for a combined cultural 16:15 offer to higher education institutions? P11. Mental health and wellbeing: 15:45 - working with communities Afternoon break 16:15 P12. Future memories: collecting 16:15 - P5. Places for remembering? Archives contemporary events 17:45 and dementia care P13. Public reminiscence and collective 16:15 - P6. Memory institutions: uncomfortable memory: community, identity and 17:45 pasts and legacies politics W2. Still Special? Digital collections and their users 5 #DCDC18 Monday 19 November Day 1 Time Session Location Library of Workshop :: Communities, Collections, & Partnerships Birmingham University of Workshop :: Cadbury Research Library 15:00 - 17:00 Birmingham Workshop :: Giving audiences remote control BMAG Tour :: A Paranoid Revolution - What does a musical Hill St/Hinckley St heritage tour look (sound) like? 18:30 - 22:00 Pre-conference drinks reception Ikon Gallery #DCDC18 15:00 - 17:00 Pre-conference workshops Please note that places at each workshop and the tour are limited, and tickets will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Communities, Collections, & Partnerships Venue: Wolfson Centre for Archival Research, Level 4, Library of Birmingham This workshop will be a reflective session looking at work undertaken by the Library of Birmingham in partnership with the British Library on the 2017 Connecting Stories project. The workshop will aim to cover the following things: · Reflecting your communities in your collecting and activity. · Partnership working (communities, libraries, other partners). · Community co-design (delivering events that connect with your audience). · Engagement Activity – case studies. · Legacy. · What went well, what didn’t, what can we do better? Places: 20 Collective Memories of Mughal India Venue: Cadbury Research Library, LG Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, is presenting the exhibition ‘Mughal Miniatures: Power, Piety & Poetry’ based on Mughal manuscripts and miniature paintings from the Mingana Collection. The exhibition will run from July to December 2018 at the university campus, followed by another exhibition at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in the summer of 2019. These exhibitions were inspired by the reactions of visitors from local South Asian community and the curator’s knowledge of which aspects of the collection will tap into ‘hidden’ collective cultural memories about the owners of these items. Neelam Hussain will discuss the inspiration behind the exhibitions and the reception from visitors. The workshop will include an opportunity to view the exhibition. Places: 20 7 #DCDC18 15:00 - 17:00 Pre-conference workshops Giving audiences remote control - exploring care home engagement with the over 75s Venue: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) Led by Jon Sleigh, Learning Officer (Arts Council Collection), this workshop will look at how Birmingham Museums Trust dramatically increased representation for over 75s at its exhibitions. The workshop will focus on action research with arts engagement combining livestreaming from care homes to galleries and object handling. Attendees will be introduced to a new learning model of engagement with audiences over 75, sharing case studies and a live demonstration of online learning. We will explore outreach participation, and how it develops onsite gallery visits, plus the creation of artworks for reminiscence and well-being. Places: 30 A Paranoid Revolution - What does a musical heritage tour look (sound) like? Meeting point: Car Park on Hill St/Hinckley St (next