Bridges and Boundaries:Reframing Professional Education for
Museums + Heritage?
ICTOP Call for
Papers, Amsterdam Sept.
13-15, 2012
Speakers: Dr. Mary Bouquet, University Lecturer and Fellow at University College Utrecht[i].
.Future Directions for ICOM
and ICTOP A panel of museums studies
and heritage studies world experts
.Paula Assuncao dos Santoson sociomuseology, museums and heritage and pedagogy Board member of ICTOP and MINOMtbc
Others to be confirmed.
ICTOP, the
ICOM International Committee for the Training of Personnel, invites papers for
the ICTOP annual conference to be held in Amsterdam Sept. 13-15 2012. Our meeting this year will be hosted by the Reinwardt Academy for Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam,
School of the Arts. This international meeting will focus on the theme
of “Bridges and Boundaries: Reframing Professional Education for Museums +
Heritage?” We invite proposals for paper presentations of 15 minutes,
multi-paper panels, virtual papers by video or other modes of communication,
which analyse current and emerging issues in the field of museum professional
development.
Presentations should examine how professional development education is or is
not shifting from a variety of global perspectives and the implications for the
conceptualization of our museums/heritage sector and professional preparation.
As an interdisciplinary field, museology/museum studies crosses traditional
boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, especially as
new needs, emphases and professions emerge. This leaves the boundaries of our
profession, its study and delivery unclear at best. But then where and when do
we identify new fields for naming our offerings? In some parts of the world,
for example, museum studies/museology programs have been extended to include
heritage studies in their title or content. The broader term ‘heritage’ may
seem like a solution to our vague definitions of the ‘museum’ but does the term
─ and its field ‘heritage studies’ ─ bring more problems than it solves?
Presenters may address how prevalent (or not) this trend is across continents
or speak to specific case studies as we reflect on the general implications for
the field, other programs and the development of curriculum/a?
§ Is there a genuine shift in concepts and the
profession or a pragmatic move that responds to governmental policy and job
opportunities?
§ What are the challenges for museology
programmes, or other developers, in adopting wider definitions such as that of
heritage?
§ Are there other tendencies in our pedagogy representing
either the voices of traditional or new disciplines ─ such as cultural studies,
management, curatorial studies, gallery studies, informatics ─ or emerging
topics or issues ─ such as development, sustainability, inclusion, career
planning and employability ─ that are compelling changes?
§ Where is the profession in this discussion?
§ What guidelines or competencies might be needed
in this complex situation?
Program
We will have a mix of
keynotes and parallel paper sessions as well as breaks and lunch sessions over
two days Sept. 13-14, and then on the 15th a bus tour outside of Amsterdam, likely to Haarlem.
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Location
Our location for the
conference sessions will be in the main at the Reinwardt Academy.
A reception is being organized for the Thursday evening tbc.
A map to the Reinwardt Academy where our
meetings will be held can be found here:
http://www.ahk.nl/en/reinwardt/search/contact/
Dapperstraat 315
1093 BS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)20 527 7100
Fax +31 (0)20 527 7101
Email: [log in to unmask]
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ICTOP Bursary Program- Submit
application by June 1 2012
ICOM-ICTOP Annual
Conference 2012-04-10 Call for annual ICTOP Fellows
Sept. 13-15 Amsterdam
Applications are invited for 2-4 ICTOP Fellows from
individual members from developing nations or youth members (under 35 years of
age).
Fellowships will be up to the amount of 600 Euros and should
be used to pay for travel and daily allowance in Amsterdam in order to enrich the
opportunities of ICTOP participants in global issues. Candidates are required
to remain active in ICTOP and to contribute a piece about their experience to
the ICTOP group.
All applications must reach the Chair and Secretary by June
15, 2012 along with the following:
1) a 200 word statement on reasons for attending ICTOP
20132 and benefits which he/she expects to derive.
2) A CV and
ICOM membership number
ICTOP Fellows shall be announced June 30, 2012. To be given
on merit and subject to fulfillment of conditions
Contact: President Prof. Lynne Teather [log in to unmask] and Board members Dr. Darko Babic [log in to unmask]
Special consideration for retired, unemployed or members from developing
countries.
Please contact [log in to unmask]
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We
are very grateful to the Reinwardt Academy for their support
for the conference.
ICTOP web site is www.ictop.org
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[i] Dr. Bouquet’s teaching and research focus, among other
things, on the contemporary uses of historical collections, and processes of
museum renovation. She established and coordinates the Cultural Heritage
Internship Programme (CHIP) as part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum
at University College http://chip.ucu.uu.nl/j15/index.php She is co-editor,
with Howard Morphy (ANU), of the Berghahn series Museums and Collections. She is on the Advisory Board of Center for Museum Studies, University of Oslo. She is on the Editorial Board of
Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, a new journal to be launched by Berghahn
Books in 2013.
[ii]For onsite after Sept. 13 please
bring cash, travellers cheques or money order made out to ICOM- ICTOP.
Lynne Teather,D. Phil.,
Assoc. Prof.,
Masters of Museum Studies,
I-School (Faculty of Information),
University of Toronto,
140 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6
Phone 905-770-6910 or 416-978-6274
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Chair (2010-2013)
International Committee for the Training of Personnel (ICTOP)-International Council of Museums (ICOM)
www.ictop.org
Co-editor Museum History Journal
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