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> From:         Textile Conservators on behalf of Claudia Iannuccilli
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> Call for Papers
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> Recovering the Past: The Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Textiles
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> 5th Biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference Mexico City, México
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> 9-10-11  November 2005
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> "> Where there are textiles there is civilization> "> 
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> F. Arechabala 
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> In the designs and techniques of archaeological textiles, weavers worked their lives, their dreams, their relationships with nature, and their conceptions of the universe. Today> '> s weavers preserve in their fabrics their customs, the ancestral memories of their towns, and their identities. The conservation of archaeological and ethnographic textiles is a challenge that must be approached with careful methodology and an interdisciplinary point of view.
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> The fifth biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC) will focus on the conservation, research, diffusion, and exhibition of archaeological and ethnographic textiles of every country. This conference is dedicated to Irmgard Weitlaner Johnson, who has worked for over fifty years to research, rescue, and preserve the textile designs of several ethnic groups of Mexico. Among her many publications are: > "> The Candelaria Cave Textiles> "> ; > "> The Mexican Textiles: Production and Techniques> "> ; > "> Design Motifs on Mexican Indian Textiles> "> ; > "> The Mexican Huipiles in Chiapas, Mexico> "> ; > "> Twine-Plaiting; A Historical Technical and Comparative Study> "> ; > "> Chiptic Cave Textile from Chiapas, Mexico> "> .
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> Conservators, curators, ethnographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, conservation scientists, and other specialists working with archaeological and ethnographic textiles are invited to submit proposals for presentations on topics that may include: conservation treatments (past, present and/or under development), analysis and/or documentation, and the curatorial, trafficking and management issues raised by these textiles. Abstracts up to 250 words in length must be submitted by October 1, 2004. Proposals for posters should also be submitted by this date.
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> Speakers will be notified by December 15, 2004 if their submissions are accepted. Papers may be presented in English or Spanish, with  simultaneous translation. There will be one complimentary registration for each paper selected. Papers will be published by INAH - NATCC as pre-prints in English and Spanish, with abstracts also in French, and made available for general sale after the conference. Papers will be due April 15, 2005. 
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> All submissions should consist of the speaker> '> s name, address, e-mail, telephone and fax number, a short one paragraph biography, the title of the submission, and 250 word abstract. If possible, submit abstracts in both Spanish and English via e-mail (with abstracts attached in RTF format)
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> Submit abstracts to Shannon Elliott, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Museum Studies Program, Rm 6003 Roberts Library, 
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> 130 George Street, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON M5S 3H1 CA 
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> For questions or information about the 2005 North American Textile Conservation Conference > "> Recovering the Past: The Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographical Textiles> "> , contact: Rosa Lorena Román Torres, Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, ENCRyM - INAH, México. Gral. Anaya 187, San Diego Churubusco, Coyoac> án, 04120, México, D.F, Tel/fax (52) 55 5604 5188 or 5604 5163 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 
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> Ma. Judith Eunice Gómez González, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Subdirección de Etnografía, INAH, Av. Paseo de la Reforma y Gandhi, Col. Chapultepec Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560, México, D.F., (52) 55 5553 6364   [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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