Expert Meeting: Museums, Diversity and Intangible Cultural Heritage

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What potential role can museums play in a (super)diverse society, while working on intangible cultural heritage and with its practitioners? That is the central question of this expert meeting on Museums, Diversity and Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Position paper

Read the position paper by Albert van der Zeijden and Sophie Elpers: Intangible Heritage & the Museum in an age of superdiversity.

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Practical

When

08 November 2017 from 08:00 to 16:15
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Where

Schielandshuis and Museum Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

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Program

8h30	Registration
9h00	Welcome by Paul van de Laar \| Director Museum Rotterdam (NL)
9h10	Keynote \| Looking for Connections: Collections and Repertoires by Hester Dibbits \| Amsterdam University of the Arts & Erasmus University of Rotterdam (NL)
9h40	Position paper: Intangible Heritage and the museum in an age of superdiversity Presented by by Albert van der Zeijden and Sophie Elpers \| Dutch Centre for Intangible Heritage (NL) Reaction by Alexandra van Dongen \| Wereldmuseum & Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (NL)
10h15	Coffee break
11h30	Interactive debate: make your statement!
11h50	Dutch and Swiss museums on challenges and most remarkable win-wins relating to (super)diversity and intangible cultural heritage Marlous Willemsen, IMAGINE IC: In de pocket Stephan Warnik, Zuiderzeemuseum: Pietendorp Wayne Modest, Tropenmuseum Olivier Schinz, Museum of Ethnography Neuchatel: Secrets Barbara Keller, Swiss Alpine Museum: The beauty of the mountains Prisca Senn, Swiss National Museum
12h25	Lunch break
13h25	! Change of locations: from Schielandshuis to Museum Rotterdam
13h45	Belgian, Italian and French museums on challenges and most remarkable win-wins relating to (super)diversity and intangible cultural heritage Geert Souvereyns, Volkskundemuseum Brugge: Namasté Bruges Julie Aerts, PARCUM: Museum of dialogue Mathieu Champretavy, Maison Bruil d’Introd Alessandra Micoli, Ecomusea Urbano Metropolitano Milano Nord: Mapping Milan Davide Gnola, Museo della Marineria: Il porto delle vele Renaud Chantraine, MuCEM: AIDS memories at the museum Marie Grasse, Musée National du Sport
14h25	Coffee break
14h45	Working on intangible cultural heritage and with its practitioners? Working groups \| Developing tools for museum practice focussed on intangible cultural heritage and (super)diversity.
16h15	Concluding observations \| Museums, Diversity and Intangible Cultural Heritage By Paul van de Laar \| Director Museum Rotterdam (NL) and Albert van der Zeijden \| Dutch Centre for Intangible Heritage (NL)

Estimated end: 17h15

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Intangible cultural heritage in your museum?
Please provide us with some information on the way in which intangible cultural heritage is part of your museum policy and practice (max. 400 words). *

Following questions could be useful:

Which domains of intangible cultural heritage are represented in your museum?
How are ICH-practitioners involved in your museum?
How is ‘intangible cultural heritage’ mentioned in your policy documents?
What kind of activities do you organize on intangible cultural heritage?
How does your museum contribute to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage?
What type of safeguarding measures does your museum undertake?
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An inspiring example on ICH from your museum practice!
Please describe us your inspiring example on ICH:

To which ‘key challenge’ is your inspiring example linked? *

Diversity November 7 and 8, 2017 (Rotterdam, NL)

Participation February 27 and 28, 2018 (Palermo, Italy)

Urban societies September 25 and 26, 2018 (Bern, Switzerland)

Innovation February 5 and 6, 2019 (Aubusson, France)

Cultural policies May 7 and 8, 2019 (Mechelen, Belgium)

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