CAMOC – COMCOL – ICOM/Europe Joint Conference 2011, Berlin, Germany *31 October – 3 November 2011* ** *Theme: **“*Participative Strategies in Capturing the Changing Urban World” ** Dear Colleagues, We would like to remind you that *early bird registration is due to expire on 30 August 2011.* We thus encourage you to *REGISTER NOW* and take advantage of this offer that will save you up to 20% of the required conference fee price.** * * CAMOC, the ICOM International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on "Participative Strategies in Documenting the Changing Urban World", which they will organize in Berlin, 31 Oct.-3 Nov. 2011. The first two days of the conference (*October 31st to November 1st, 2011*) will be organized jointly with the International Committee on Collecting (COMCOL) and the ICOM Regional Committee for Europe at Dahlem Museums, Berlin/Germany, under the theme "Participative Strategies". From *November 2nd to 3rd, 2011* each committee will organize its own programme and excursion. On November 2nd CAMOC will focus on the documentation of the changing urban world and will meet at two venues consecutively; first at the Kreuzberg Museum, and then at the Bookshop Pro qm, a themed bookshop on the city of Berlin, politics, pop, economic commentary, architecture, design, art & theory, which is meant to be a forum for public discussion and movement. For the last day, the Committee will be hosted at the IFAU (Institut für Angewandte Urbanistik),* *and will organise a thematic city tour on Berlin architecture and urban development guided by architects of IFAU. Final details of the conference including registration form, registration fee information, hotels, and other issues can be accessed at the CAMOC web site http://camoc.icom.museum/index2.php We are confident that the programme of lectures and adjunct activities will attract your attention, as it promises to offer many opportunities for very fruitful and insightful discussions. A preliminary programme for each day is available further below. The abstracts of the papers will be uploaded in our website in September. So watch out for updates. For further information regarding the conference and your participation, please contact Dr. Marlen Mouliou (CAMOC Secretary), at [log in to unmask] We do hope to see many of you in Berlin! With best wishes, Suay Aksoy Marlen Mouliou CAMOC Chair CAMOC Secretary * * *Conference Tentative Programme* ** *Monday 31 October 2011* ** *JOINT CAMOC, COMCOL, ICOM-EUROPE Meeting* Venue: Museum of European Cultures (Museum Europäisher Kulturen, http://www.smb.museum/mek)** ** The programme includes registration, welcome speeches, keynote presentations, an evening reception at Dahlem Museums and visiting exhibitions at Museum of Asian Art, Ethnological Museum and Museum of European Cultures. Featured keynote speakers include Renée Kistemacker of the Amsterdam Historical Museum, Professor Franck Eckardt of the Bauhaus University (Weimar) and Chrischené Julius, Head of the Collections, Research and Documentation Department of the District Six Museum in South Africa. ** *Tuesday 1 November 2011 * ** ** *JOINT CAMOC, COMCOL, ICOM-EUROPE Meeting* *Venue*: Museum of European Cultures (Museum Europäisher Kulturen, http://www.smb.museum/mek) ** **This is the list of speakers and papers that will be presented during this day: Ø *Sharing curatorial responsibility. Are there are any sacred museum functions that no one but curators can do?* by Kylea Little (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Discovery Museum, UK) Ø *Participation and “Othering” in document the present*, by Thomas Michael Walle (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, Norway) Ø *Recollecting Europe – together? **Collection strategies and aporia of today*, by Stefan Krankenhagen (Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Germany) Ø *The Secrets of our Success: synthesising collections and audience development at the Museum of Liverpool*, by Zelda Baveystock (National Museums of Liverpool, UK) Ø *Red Road** Flats Legacy Project,* by Helen Watkins and Crawford McGugan (Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, UK) Ø *The “Stadtlabor” (City Laboratory) as means and medium for documenting present-day Frankfurt**, *by* *Susanne Gesser and Angela Jannelli (Historical Museum of Frankfurt, Germany)** Ø *Country of Cities. An Exhibition for the Centennial of the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (Oesterreichischer Staedtebund),* by Otto Hochreiter (Graz City Museum, Austria) Ø *Don’t throw pots away*, by Tanja Roženbergar Šega (Museum of Recent History Celje, Slovenia) Ø *Collecting contemporary objects of love – and looking for new partners*, by Jette Sandhal (Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark) Ø *Doing kinship with pictures and objects – documenting contemporary practices of family*, by Kathrina Dankl, Mag. Tena Mimica, Lukasz Nieradzik, Mag. Karin Schneider (Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Vienna, Austria) Ø *Who is the curator? : LGBT collecting and identity forming over the rainbow*, by Eduardo Giménez-Cassina (Museology Master’s candidate at the Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) *End of the joint meeting!* ** *Wednesday 2 November 2011* ** ** *CAMOC MEETING* *Morning session at Kreuzberg Museum (**www.kreuzberg.museum.de**)* *Theme*: a) *Capturing urban change,* b) *Recording and celebrating the experience of city people with a special emphasis on the experience of migrants to cities* Ø Presentation by the staff of the Museum & discussion Ø Guided tour at the Museum Ø A selection of papers as follows: *The role of museum's narrative in documenting process of memory - Polish experiences*, by Michal Niezabitowski (Krakow Historical Museum, Poland) *Las Villitas: Neighborhoods and Shared Memories **Community-curated Exhibit at the City of El Paso’s Museum of History*, by Julia H. Bussinger (El Paso Museum of History and of El Paso Museum of Archeology, City of El Paso, TX, USA) *This Time It’s Personal: City Museums and Contemporary Urban Life*, by Rainey Tisdale (Independent Urban Historian, USA) *Understanding of the Asian Culture Complex development in Gwangju within the city’s changing social and economic environment*, by Geuntae Park (PhD student at School of Museum Studies,University of Leicester, UK) *Afternoon session at **Bookshop Pro qm**, **a themed bookshop on the city of Berlin, politics, pop, economic commentary, architecture, design, art & theory (**www.pro-qm.de**)* ** *Themes*: a) *Capturing urban change,* b) *Reflecting on urban policy and regeneration projects* Ø Presentation by the staff of the Bookshop & discussion Ø A selection of papers as follows: *The megacity – an artifact or a palimpsest? The Power and Potential of Literary Documentary,* by Prachi More (Graduate Student, English Department, University of Tübingen, Germany) *Documentation of the present in the post-totalitary societies’ city museums *, by Marianna Marinova (Sofia Historical Museum, Bulgaria) *Hybrid Traces in the Urban Context. Documenting the Present of the City*, by Dimitris Psychogios, Aimila Karamouzi, Elena Antonopoulou, Lila Mastora(Architect, Researchers, Greece) *Changing Collections and Embracing the Wider Audience through Inclusive Practices*, by Agnes Aljas (Estonian National Museum, Estonia) Ø Visit at the Nikolaikirche (part of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin) Ø Evening reception at the city hall ** ** ** *Thursday 3 November 2011* ** ** *CAMOC MEETING and EXCURSION* *Morning session at IFAU - *Institut für Angewandte Urbanistik* (** http://www.berlin.heimat.de/home/ifau/profil/english.html**)* *Theme*: a) *Capturing urban change,* b) *Reflecting on urban policy and regeneration projects* Ø Presentation by architects of IFAU on current urban regeneration projects - Discussion Ø A selection of papers as follows: *Final title to be confirmed*, A joint presentation by Hong Seungju and Park Hyeon-wook, (Seoul Museum of History, South Korea) *Involving citizens: some experiences in European city museums*, by Layla Betti (Urban Historian, Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino, Italy) *How electronic exhibits can portray such urban topics as change, the human experience and the decline and regeneration of cities*, by Chet Orloff (President/Director, Museum of the City, USA) *A museum to promote the change: Ivrea as a case-studies*, by Patrizia Bonifazio (Urban history Lecturer, Politecnico of Milano-Leonardo Campus, Italy) Ø Thematic city tour on Berlin architecture and urban development accompanied by architects of IFAU. During the tour, two more papers will be presented at city sites that relate to the topic of each presentation *City** Museums, Museum Cities, Modern Cities*, by Prof. Giorgio Piccinato (Roma Tre University, Italy) *In the Emperor´s Garden*, by Mauricio Vicente Ferreira Jr. (Imperial Museum - Brazilian Museums Institute - Ministry of Culture Brazil) *End of CAMOC Berlin Conference 2011!* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html