Description
Call for Proposals: Archival Residency Project (ARP)
We invite a current UCalgary undergraduate or graduate student into the University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections (ASC) as an artist/researcher-in-residence, to navigate, reflect, and respond to materials from the Edith Fowke fonds in a format of the student¿s choosing (including but not limited to: written work, artwork, website, sound piece, data mapping, educational resource, multimedia).
Although the focus of the residency is connected to the Fowke materials, ASC holds over 12 km of archival materials, and over 230,000 rare and special book materials that would be available to the researcher for supplementary material or supporting research. This project is supported by a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant from the Taylor Institute and will take a collaborative co-research approach: the student will be guiding the focus and outcome of research while contributing to and reflecting on their learning, research, and creative process with the LCR research team, David Jones (Music Archivist), and Lelland Reed (Director, Access Services) to explore the potentials for transdisciplinary research and pedagogy at UCalgary Archives and Special collections. The student can expect initial onboarding to UCalgary¿s archives and navigating archival research, in addition to ongoing support from the research team. The student is expected to produce a final research outcome and are encouraged to engage in a public-facing dissemination component such as a workshop, screening, or artist talk.
Deadline for Application: Friday June 27th, 2025 (Applicants will receive response by end of July 2025)
Project Timeline: negotiable, between Fall Term (August 25, 2025) & end of Winter Term (April 28, 2026)
Compensation: $25/hr for 200 hours.
To Apply:
- Students who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous, nonbinary or from other underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to apply
- Proposed work can be connected to or beyond a student¿s program of study.
- Prepare one pdf document including:
- Bio and/or artist statement
- CV, including your current area of study and expected graduation date
- Example of work (can be a link to website or digital file)
- 500-word research proposal including:
- description of your intended outcome, including research process if relevant
- why archival research is essential to your proposed project
- how this project connects to academic, artistic, professional, or personal goals
Send applications via email to Lelland Reed (lgreed@ucalgary.ca), Director Access Services ¿ Archives and Special Collections and David Jones (david.jones1@ucalgary.ca), Assistant Archivist
Context
The Edith Fowke fonds (https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/edith-fowke-fonds is part of the Richard Johnston Canadian Music Archives Collection, containing the records of prominent Canadian musicians and composers. Fowke¿s archive contains a wide variety of materials including textual materials, photographs, cassette and open reel tapes, dating between 1936 and 1996, representing many aspects of her career as a folklorist, writer, collector, and educator. Material includes manuscripts, radio scripts, personal and professional correspondence, audio recordings of music and CBC radio programs, articles related to her publishing and research, among other materials.
Her work has had a significant impact in the study of Canadian folk music and is also relevant to recent reflections on ethics around ethnomusicology practices. As Emily Hansell Clark describes in Audibilities of Colonialism and Extractivism, this reconsideration aims to identify ¿[embedded histories of relation] through deep explorations of colonial inequalities, extractivist epistemologies, and the forms of relation that different histories of listening make audible.¿ (World of Music 10, no. 2 (2021): 5¿2). Applicants are encouraged to take a personal pathway through the selection of materials and focus of research, informed by creative practice, academic discipline, or personal interest.
About the University of Calgary
UCalgary is Canada's entrepreneurial university, located in Canada's most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada's leader in the creation of start-ups. Start something today at the University of Calgary. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca.
About Calgary, Alberta
Calgary is one of the world's cleanest cities and has been named one of the world's most livable cities for years. Calgary is a city of leaders' in business, community, philanthropy and volunteerism. Calgarians benefit from the strongest economy in the nation and enjoy more days of sunshine per year than any other major Canadian city. Calgary is less than an hour's drive from the Rocky Mountains and boasts the most extensive urban pathway and bikeway network in North America.
The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.
As an equitable and inclusive employer, the University of Calgary recognizes that a diverse staff/faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers that have been historically encountered by some people in our society. We strive to recruit individuals who will further enhance our diversity and will support their academic and professional success while they are here. In particular, we encourage members of the designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible/racialized minorities, and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities) to apply. To ensure a fair and equitable assessment, we offer accommodation at any stage during the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. Questions regarding [diversity] EDI at UCalgary can be sent to the Office of Institutional Commitments (equity@ucalgary.ca) and requests for accommodations can be sent to Human Resources (hrhire@ucalgary.ca).
