CALL for Papers

Culture across Boundaries

 

Conference on museum challenges and possibilities for future Nordic
collaboration

 

Nuuk, Greenland

29th September to 1st October 2015

 

Museums are important cultural institutions in every society. There is a
long tradition for cooperation between museums across boundaries in the
Nordic countries. But the need for museums to cooperate and develop
institutions is growing, because there is a increasing demand for quality
and a decreasing flow of resources. This is especially important for smaller
museums and museums that operate more isolated. Many Nordic countries have
museums in areas of less inhabited regions. Likewise, the cultures in these
areas are not confined to the local area, but they have traditionally been
moving around and across boundaries. Thus the museums are smaller but have
to relate to a rather extended geographical area. Culture across boundaries
it thus both referring to cooperation across the Nordic countries, and to
the fact that cultures are crossing national boundaries. 

 

We invite all interested in the future of Nordic museum and Nordic museum
collaboration to send in abstracts in English of max. 200 words.

 

Papers should be in English and of max. 20 minutes incl. Q&A

Deadline for abstract: 15th May 2015

Send to: [log in to unmask] 

 

The conference will provide a platform for Nordic museums to strengthen
inter-nordic cooperation on all areas of museum work. It provides the
possibility of discussing future projects, develop common strategies and
nurture the ground for new alliances. 

 

The conference is supported by the Nordic Culture Fond

 

Organizers: 

ICOM Denmark:  Søren La Cour Jensen and Vinnie Nørskov 

Greenland National Museum: Director Daniel Thorleifsen

 

Collaborators:

ICOM Paris: ICOM president Hans-Martin Hinz and Executive Council member
Merete Ipsen, Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark;  ICOM Iceland: Ólöf K.
Sigurdardóttir; ICOM Norway: Paal Mork; ICOM Sweden: Stefan Bohman; ICOM
Finland: Eero Ehanti (chair); Andras Mortensen, Director the Faroe Islands
National Museum, Thorshavn

 

Preliminary programme: 

 

Tuesday 29th September 13.00-17.00

Culture across Boundaries: ICOM and the future of museums

*	Welcome by a representative of the Government of Greenland
*	Welcome talk by president of ICOM Hans-Martin Hinz
*	Welcome and presentation of the seminar by Vinnie Nørskov and Søren
la Cour, ICOM Denmark
*	Welcome talk by Daniel Thorleifsen, Greenland National Museum
*	Presentation of the translations of the Code of Ethics in
Greenlandic and Faroese by Daniel Thorleifsen and Andras Mortensen
*	Keynote speaker: Jasper Visser, Amsterdam: Future museums challenges

*	Reception and dinner

 

Wednesday 30th September 9.00-18.00

Challenges for museums in Greenland and the Faroe Islands and other Nordic
countries  (Paper session)

*	Contributions from museums in Greenland, the Faroe Islands and other
Nordic Countries on culture across boundaries. Each contribution 20 minutes
incl. Q & A. 

 

Thursday 1st October: 9.00 – 18.00

Continued paper session and workshop on Museum Ethics

*	Workshop on museum ethics by Eva Mæhre Lauritzen, the inventor of
the ethics workshop used by ICOM Norway, and Merete Ipsen, ICOM Ethics
Committee.

 

 

For further information, please contact Vinnie Nørskov, [log in to unmask]

 


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