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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>The Inclusive Museum Conference 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The first International Conference
on the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Inclusive</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
is to be held at the </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.rmv.nl/index.aspx?lang=en"
title="http://www.rmv.nl/index.aspx?lang=en"><strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>National Museum of Ethnology</span></font></b></strong></a></span></font><strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>, <st1:City w:st="on">Leiden</st1:City>, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>, 8-11 June 2008</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>At this time of fundamental social
change, what is the role of the museum, both as a creature of that change, and
perhaps also as an agent of change? </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://museum-conference.com/"
title="http://museum-conference.com/"><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>The International Conference on the Inclusive
Museum</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> and </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://ijz.cgpublisher.com/"
title="http://ijz.cgpublisher.com/"><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:
Verdana'>The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> are places
where museum practitioners, researchers, thinkers and teachers can engage in
discussion on the historic character and future shape of the museum. The key
question of the Conference and the Journal: How can the institution of the
museum become more inclusive?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>This and many other questions
concerning the idea of 'heritage' and 'inclusivity' will be the main discussion
themes of the conference. What are the meanings of community and
custodianship for museums? How are social and cultural intangibles represented
in museum, and how do the politics of heritage (national, regional, ethnic and
diasporic identities) affect museums and other cultural institutions in
different parts of the world? Other issues addressed include: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Main speakers include some of the leading thinkers in
museum studies and leading practitioners, as well as numerous paper, colloquium
and workshop presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> session
or a virtual session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into </span></font><font
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reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own </span></font><font
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forum for focused discussion of issues. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Presenters may choose
to submit written papers to <a href="http://ijz.cgpublisher.com/"
title="http://ijz.cgpublisher.com/">The International Journal of the Inclusive
Museum</a>, a fully refereed academic Journal. <a
href="http://z08.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#00"
title="http://z08.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#00">Virtual
participants</a> also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the
Journal. All registered Conference participants receive a complimentary online
subscription to the Journal when registration is finalised. This subscription
is valid until one year after the Conference end date. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>If you would like to
know more about this Conference, bookmark the <a
href="http://www.museum-conference.com/"
title="http://www.museum-conference.com/">Inclusive Museum Conference</a> site
and return for further information </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>€</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> the site is regularly updated. You may also wish to subscribe to
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title="http://z08.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html">Newsletter</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><strong><b><font size=2 color="#d44924"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#D44924'>The
deadline for the next round in the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Call for
Papers</span></i> is 10 January, 2008. </span></font><font color="#d44924"><span
style='color:#D44924'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
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href="http://www.museum-conference.com/"
title="http://www.museum-conference.com/"><font color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'>www.museum-conference.com</span></font></a></span></font></u></b><b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'> for full details of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Inclusive</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Conference and further information<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#3366ff" face=Garamond><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;color:#3366FF'>********************************************************************************<br>
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