Current Issues in European Cultural Studies / Current trends and issues in European museum research: ACSIS 2011, 15-17

June Norrkping, Sweden http://www.isak.liu.se/acsis/conference-2011?l=sv

Challenges for the construction of museum territories:

POSTCARDS FROM T H E E D G E

field of action: the city of Porto and its education professionals

Porto, Portugal

29

museums

54 partners

dots

on

map

auto-representation

(WHO

we

are;

and WHAT we came for)

why
t h e r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t 0 1
Performative democracy Co-production / curation (reinvention of practices of signification)

Museological research: nondelimitatin questioning space

New ethical, episthemological, aesthetic horizons

e x t r a o r d i n a r y

DAYS
Relevance: questioning the nature of museums Internal tensions

Sustainability

Professionalism and evaluation

why
t h e r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t - 0 2
to change representations about one another to create new forms of public dialogue

to inhabit the public / third space

all

we

to work together: networks of places [cities, regions] as critical resources

needis
[ l o c a l contexts]
to create relevance: questioning the nature of museums to work towards reciprocity: continuity

to change work culture

reflexive contact-zones within; spaces for co-learning, action and celebration

why?
t h i s r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t a t t h i s c o n f e r e n c e

universities: museums : places: museums: places : universities : places : museums : lugares : museus : universidades : lugares : museus : universidade : museus : lugares platser : museer : universitet: platser : museer : universitet : museer : platser universities: museums : places: museums: places : universities : places : museums : lugares : museus : universidades : lugares : museus : universidade : museus : lugares platser : museer : universitet: platser : museer : universitet : museer : platser

what
will we be doing
fostering partnerships developing collaborative and innovative working processes and methodologies along a network

building internal strengths / resources

integrating valuable knowledge for participants involved

fostering leaderships; empowerment

creating a

promoting processes of co-learning

REFLEXIVE /ACTION
space for dissemination discussion knowledge / space /

contact zone

fostering identity

units

of

How
we are doing it

SESSION 15/july-sep12 Assessment and Preparation of Future Projects

SESSION 14/july12 Territories, networks, partners - the look of other partners on museums

SESSION 13/june12 Defining Collaborative Impacts and indicators; a manifest

SESSION 1 /may11 Separate presentation of the project to participants

SESSION 2/june11 Hand in hand with creativity, critical thinking SESSION 10/march12 /march11 Objects in action

SESSION 11/april12 Social impacts and the territory

SESSION 12/may12 Museums: thinking about social inclusion

SESSION 4/sep11 4.1. Museums: developing critical and creative practices 4.2. Creatively

SESSION 3/july11 10 A Voyages journal (Reflective writing) SESSION 6/nov11 Research Methodologies to think about visitors

SESSION 9 / feb12 9.1. Learning and meaning construction in Museums 9.2. Techniques of Group Dynamics SESSION 8/jan12 Accessibilities

SESSION 5/Oct11 Museums Collaborative Work and Social Technologies

SESSION 7/dec11 Social Functions of Museums

When
project plan
03 Revision of research project according to peer-review; presentation of project to different Tutelages (March to April 2011) 02 - Project development and workshop programme development with formal peer-review (February 2011 to April 2011) 01 Literature review and survey of relevant case studies; preliminary project draft (September 2009 to January 2010)

04 implementation of the working and reflexive workshop programme (May 2010 to September 2012): workshops, webpage social network, interviews, journals

05 Peer review (JulySeptember 2012)

o6 Evaluation, synthesis and presentation of conclusions (September 2012)

07 Dissemination ( Porto Conference October 2012)

alice semedo (university porto, portugal); semedo.alice@gmail.com; http://museologiaporto.ning.com/ ins ferreira (cmara municipal do porto); inesferreira@cm-porto.pt