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EUNAMUS next Conference will be held in Oslo on June 27-29.
“In a Europe realizing the impact of globalization and human mass migration, the role of the national museums is put to debate. Studies from five different countries on how nations (and EU) develop policy in order to deploy national museums in redefinition of the nation state will be presented at this conference, establishing an arena in which museologists and cultural politicians get the chance to meet and debate a matter deeply important to everybody concerned with cultural identity uses.”
You can find more information, the program and a list of the guest speakers on our website, here.
On Wednesday February 22nd, we of the MeLa team at POLIMI held an internal workshop to discuss the advancement of our research within the Research Fields 5 and 6. The workshop resulted in fruitful conversation and exchange about the contribution of DPA and INDACO researchers to the project.
For a report of the discussion and more information on the specific lines of inquiry undertaken by POLIMI, follow these links:
- 20120222_REPORT_MeLa_POLIMIinternalworkshop
- web overview of all the presentations on Issuu
The RF03 University of Glasgow team, composed by Perla Innocenti and John Richards, successfully conducted the first RF03 pilot case study at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris on 9-10 February 2012. Perla and John visited the various collections of the museums, met with several MNHN staff members and conducted in-depth interviews focusing on networks, collaboration models and European scientific cultural heritage. MNHN staff also filled in the MeLA RF03 online survey in relation to the BHLe: Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe collaborative project. Sarah Gamaire in pictured above with Perla, and Jean Patrick Le Duc and Andre-Damien Lemaitre are pictured below, with Perla). Through our interviews and visits we gained a really good insight on the wide range of ongoing activities and collaborations at MNHN, and the whole experience provided an excellent test for our research methodology.
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International Conference as part of the
MeLA* – European Museums in an Age of Migrations European Commission FP7-funded project
Organised by the International Centre for Cultural & Heritage Studies, Newcastle University 3-4 September 2012
Call for Papers
The imperatives surrounding the museum representation of place have shifted from the late eighteenth century to today. This is in part because the political significance of place itself has changed and continues to change at all scales, from local, civic, regional to national and supranational. At the same time, recognition of changes in population flows, migration patterns and demographic movement now underscore both cultural and political practice, be it in the accommodation of ‘diversity’ in cultural and social policy, scholarly explorations of hybridity or in state immigration controls. These issues, taken historically, have particular significance for contemporary understandings of the role [...]
Susannah Eckersley of UNEW attended the EUNAMUS conference ‘Great historical narratives in Europe’s National Museums’ in Paris in November 2011. The conference was grouped into four themed sessions: Constructing narratives in the museum; Traditions of national identity construction; Intersecting territories and narratives; Historical revisions and contested heritage. Each session included a number of very interesting and informative presentations by speakers from both universities and museums exploring topics from across the full breadth of Europe. Presentations were given in English, French and Spanish.
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The research team at UNEW (Chris Whitehead, Rhiannon Mason and Susannah Eckersley) have developed a conceptual framework for their ongoing case study explorations.
This framework has developed out of a wide-ranging literature review on museums, migration, mobilities and their theories and subthemes (including for example: identity; diversity; multiculturalism; gender; politics; memory; trauma; post-colonialism). It is also based on an extensive review of relevant museums throughout Europe (EU member states, associated states, countries with agreements and countries situated within geographic Europe). A database has been created by UNEW which includes museums not only specifically focussed on migration (both immigration and emigration) as a discrete topic, but also national, regional and local museums which cover themes related to migration and mobility. These include such diverse museum ‘types’ as: history museums; Heimat museums; ecomuseums; ethnology, ethnography and folk museums; open air museums; city museums; museums specifically relating to diasporic and/or indigenous communities (such [...]
We, as MeLa project, partecipated at the two days conference arranged in Bologna (30-21 March 2011) by EuNamus: European National Museums project.
Building National Museums in Europe 1750-2010
It has been an exciting meeting, with very interesting Discussants (Domenique Poulot, Tony Bennet, Stefan Berger and Peter Apor) and a parterre who took part in the discussion actively. Main topic was the verification of National Reports concerning National Museums evolution in terms of contents, communication strategy & target, context: from Impires to Nations, from States into Nations to Nations into States, to finally Post-imperial Nations.
It was also the occasion to have a more shared interaction between EuNamus and MeLa: possible forthocoming cooperation activities were discussed. In a year from now, they should become a first draft proposal and than a realistic path of collaborative reciprocal implementation.
Soon, EuNamus first year research report will find a form easier to be [...]
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