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1 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 20 TH SEAPAVAA CONFERENCE 6-11 June 2016 Guam “Intellectual Property, Rights, and Audiovisual Archives: Reframing Boundaries and PossibilitiesAudiovisual archives increasingly have to navigate legal and ethical environments surrounded by issues regarding intellectual property. Archivists find themselves in between conflicting directions of what can be done and what should be done. Archival functions from acquisition to access are greatly influenced by varying contracts and laws while also adhering to long established principles and rights. From donors with various claims to users with urgent insatiable needs, audiovisual archives today are shaped by such boundaries while searching for new possibilities. Such discussions, while primarily grounded on law and ethics, impact archival practice and delve into issues concerning operations, management, and advocacy. They also influence how audiovisual archives are theoretically conceived today and in the future. As intellectual property is not only a question of economic claims for it intersects with issues of privacy, freedom of information, politics, cultural patrimony, indigenous rights, and the vastness of human rights with all its intricacies. Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP) is a pervasive issue in the region and beyond. It is a growing concern among audiovisual archivists as cultural expressions and traditional knowledge are increasingly recorded, preserved, accessed, and used in various moving image and sound materials. Matters of control, ownership, and representation at times are in conflict between self-determined practices, communal laws, customary obligations, and legal instruments of the state. Thus presenting challenges to audiovisual archivists who must balance such ethical concerns while adding a layer of anthropological and legal issues to the myriad of technical challenges they face today.

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CALLFORPROPOSALS

20THSEAPAVAACONFERENCE6-11June2016

Guam

“IntellectualProperty,Rights,andAudiovisualArchives:ReframingBoundariesandPossibilities”

Audiovisual archives increasingly have to navigate legal and ethical environmentssurrounded by issues regarding intellectual property. Archivists find themselves inbetween conflicting directions of what can be done and what should be done. Archivalfunctions fromacquisition toaccessaregreatly influencedbyvaryingcontractsand lawswhile also adhering to long established principles and rights. From donorswith variousclaimstouserswithurgentinsatiableneeds,audiovisualarchivestodayareshapedbysuchboundarieswhilesearchingfornewpossibilities.Suchdiscussions,whileprimarilygroundedonlawandethics,impactarchivalpracticeanddelve into issues concerningoperations,management, and advocacy.They also influencehow audiovisual archives are theoretically conceived today and in the future. Asintellectualpropertyisnotonlyaquestionofeconomicclaimsforitintersectswithissuesofprivacy,freedomofinformation,politics,culturalpatrimony,indigenousrights,andthevastnessofhumanrightswithallitsintricacies.Indigenousculturalandintellectualproperty(ICIP) isapervasive issueintheregionandbeyond. It isagrowingconcernamongaudiovisualarchivistsasculturalexpressionsandtraditionalknowledgeareincreasinglyrecorded,preserved,accessed,andusedinvariousmoving imageand soundmaterials.Mattersof control, ownership, and representationattimes are in conflict between self-determined practices, communal laws, customaryobligations, and legal instrumentsof the state.Thuspresentingchallenges toaudiovisualarchivistswhomustbalancesuchethicalconcernswhileaddingalayerofanthropologicalandlegalissuestothemyriadoftechnicalchallengestheyfacetoday.

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Whatisthecurrentlandscapeofintellectualpropertylawintheregion?Whatarecurrenttrendsoutsideof the region thatmay influencehow IntellectualPropertyRights (IPR) isconceivedinSoutheastAsiaandthePacific?Howwouldtheseimpactaudiovisualarchives?What are some ethical issues arising from these developments?How do these legal andethicalboundariesinfluencehowweacquire,manage,andprovideaccesstocollections?How do audiovisual archives balance privacy and access? What are conflicting issuesbetweengeneralculturalheritageandspecific indigenousrights?What is theaudiovisualarchivesroleinpromotinghumanrights?Andgivenalltheseandmore,whatisthefutureofarchivesandarchivalthought?The20thSEAPAVAAConferenceseekstoaddresstheseissuesbygatheringdifferentvoicesduring its two-day Symposium. It aims to reframe the boundaries and possibilities ofaudiovisualarchivesfromlegal,ethical,practical,andtheoreticalperspectivesinnational,regional,andinternationalcontexts.SEAPAVAA invites archivists, lawyers, anthropologists, cultural workers, academics,scholars, and others actively engaged with the conference theme to submit proposals.Topicsofinterestincludebutarenotlimitedtothefollowing:• CulturalRepatriation• RightsManagementSystems• UtilisationofCulturalHeritage• ConflictingPatrimonialClaims• OrphanWorks• IndigenousCulturalIntellectualProperty(ICIP)• FairUse/FairDealings

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SUBMISSION:

Deadlineofsubmissionofproposals: 31March2016Notificationofacceptedproposals: 15April2016Deadlineforspeakers’confirmation: 30April2016Conferencedates: 6-11June2016

1. ProposalsshouldbesubmittedinEnglishviae-mailasaMSWordfileby31March

2016.

2. Theproposalsshouldinclude:• Titleofpresentation• Abstract,maximumof250words• NameandInstitution(whereapplicable)ofproposer

3. TheOrganiserswillreviewallsubmittedproposalsandwillsendnotificationofacceptanceby15April2016.

4. Speakersneedtoconfirmtheirattendanceby30April2016.

5. Presenterswillhaveupto30minutestodelivertheirpresentationsduringtheConference.

6. Allacceptedproposalsmustbesubmittedasafinalpaperorpresentationpriorto

theConferenceforpossiblepublicationbySEAPAVAA.

7. Thetravelexpenses,accommodationandsubsistenceofattendingthe20thSEAPAVAAConferencearethefullresponsibilityofspeakers.

8. Speakersarerequiredtoregisterandpaytheconferencefees.

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Pleasecontactthefollowingtosubmitproposalsorforqueriesonconferencematters:AdrianWood: [email protected]“Bono”SalazarOlgado: [email protected]: [email protected]:LorenBustos: [email protected]