[Book Chapter] Montanari, Elena. 2013. " Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino, Trento, Italy." In European Museums in the 21st Century: Setting the Framework. Vol. 3, edited by L. Basso Peressut, F. Lanz and G. Postiglione, 608-615. Milano: Politecnico di Milano. (original) (raw)

Contemporary Museums in an Age of Migrations: The Reinterpretation of European Cultural Heritage

Lectures Notes in Computer Science: Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation, 2013

Looking at European cultural heritage from the perspective of the twenty-first century, the question of its interpretation and reinterpretation is essential. This especially regards the different ways that societies and individuals use museums or other cultural institutions for the conservation and transmission of knowledge. The MeLa project brings a new concept to the core of this cultural problem. Age of migrations is a key term for thinking through planetary processes that reveal the deep refashioning of economic, cultural and political spheres under the impact of the accelerated mobility of goods, people, ideas and knowledge. In this context, a reconfiguration of existing museums is needed, especially for museums that are devoted to new themes and topics emerging in this contemporary age, when the great narratives of the modernity have left a multiplicity of stories and voices. The four-year interdisciplinary research MeLa aims at envisioning one such development of contemporary European museums.

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MeLa European Museums in an age of migrations is a four year long research project funded by the European Commission under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Program (FP7th). It is an interdisciplinary four year programme which will reflect on the role of museums in a context characterized by the continuous migration of people and ideas, dealing with several complex and crucial issues such as history, socio-cultural and national identity, the use of new technologies and the role of the exhibition design and museography.

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Placing Migration in European Museums: Theoretical, Contextual and Methodological Foundations

within the European project MeLa-European Museums in an age of migrations. MeLa is a four-year interdisciplinary research project funded in 2011 by the European Commission under the Socioeconomic Sciences and Humanities Programme (Seventh Framework Programme). Adopting the notion of "migration" as a paradigm of the contemporary global and multicultural world, MeLa reflects on the role of museums and heritage in the twenty-first century. The main objective of the MeLa project is to define innovative museum practices that reflect the challenges of the contemporary processes of globalization, mobility and migration. As people, objects, knowledge and information move at increasingly high rates, a sharper awareness of an inclusive European identity is needed to facilitate mutual understanding and social cohesion. MeLa aims at empowering museums spaces, practices and policies with the task of building this identity. MeLa involves nine European partners-universities, museums, research institutes and a company-who will lead six Research Fields (RFs) with a collaborative approach. The purpose of this book is to report on the preliminary findings of the first research phases. Introductory Frameworks previous page-Display detail, from 'Becoming a Copenhagener' exhibition, Museum of Copenhagen. placing migration in european museums-13 MeLa*-European Museums in an age of migrations Research Fields: RF01: Museums and Identity in History and Contemporaneity examines the historical and contemporary relationships between museums, places and identities in Europe and the effects of migrations on museum practices. RF02: Cultural Memory, Migrating Modernity and Museum Practices transforms the question of memory into an unfolding cultural and historical problematic, in order to promote new critical and practical perspectives. RF03: Network of Museums, Libraries and Public Cultural Institutions investigates coordination strategies be tween museums, libraries and public cultural institutions in relation to European cultural and scientific heritage, migration and integration. RF04: Curatorial and Artistic Research explores the work of artists and curators on and with issues of migration, as well as the role of museums and galleries exhibiting this work and disseminating knowledge. RF05: Exhibition Design, Technology of Representation and Experimental Actions investigates and experiments innovative communication tools, ICT potentialities, user centered approaches, and the role of architecture and design for the contemporary museum. RF06: Envisioning 21st Century Museums fosters theoretical, methodological and operative contributions to the interpretation of diversities and commonalities within European cultural heritage, and proposes enhanced practices for the mission and design of museums in the contemporary multicultural society.

[Book Chapter] Montanari, Elena. 2013. " Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino, Trento, Italy." In European Museums in the 21st Century: Setting the Framework. Vol. 3, edited by L. Basso Peressut, F. Lanz and G. Postiglione, 608-615. Milano: Politecnico di Milano. (original) (raw)

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