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Flair Symposium April 4-6, 2019 Registration

Flair Symposium April 4-6, 2019 Registration
 
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The 13th Flair Symposium is an opportunity for interdisciplinary conversations about pressing ethical questions confronting museums, libraries, archives, and communities today.

In the symposium's keynote, New York Times bestselling writer Joyce Maynard will reflect on her correspondence, at age 18, with J.D. Salinger, its consequences, what happened to those letters twenty-five years later, and what we can learn from the story in the age of the Me Too movement.

Panel discussions with archivists, attorneys, conservators, curators, educators, librarians, scholars, and others will address:
  • Where does a collection belong? Who decides?
  • What happens when ethical questions in the present call for researchers and institutions to reexamine approaches to existing collections?
  • How should ethics inform decisions about deaccessioning, repatriation, change in mission, and collection development?
  • How should institutions and communities responsibly collect, curate, conserve, and provide access to records of oppression, hate, and violence?
  • How should institutions and communities confront and rectify exclusionary practices?
Questions from symposium participants will encourage a thought-provoking exchange of ideas and perspectives on ethical practices today.
The symposium will conclude with a discussion of how organizations and individuals can build more ethical institutions and practices.

The symposium takes place at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, April 4-6, 2019, and will be webcast live in its entirety.

Learn more and view the symposium code of conduct


The symposium is generously supported by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Fleur Cowles Endowment Fund.
Registration Includes:
  • All symposium events and sessions
  • Breakfast Friday/Saturday morning
  • Opening reception and closing lunch