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On behalf of Martin Segger, Director of the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery
& University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada,
the Dogwood Regional Network of the BC Museums Association is posting the
following to all Canadian Heritage Information Network clients and BCMUSE-L and
MUSEUM-L subscribers.  To reach as broad an audience as possible, we hope you
will forward this message to other pertinent listservs and interested
individuals.  Thank you.

Barb Dexter
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>ADVISORY  ICTOP/ICOM
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>>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>>MUSEUMS: CATALYSTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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>>AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND MEETING OF ICOM /ICTOP
>THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE TRAINING OF MUSEUM PERSONNEL
>Lubbock, Texas, October 27- November 1 , 1996
>
>
>>Neo-conservatism in public sector economics; deconstructionalism in the
>>academies; post-colonial heritage questioned by aboriginals; infobahn
>>cybernauts in K-12 classrooms . . . Powerful social, technological and
>>intellectual forces are at work demanding that museums redefine their
>>relationship with their public.
>
>>Who constitutes the modern museum's community? Is it local? Or global? What
>>is "the public trust"? Is there a role for museums in a "new age economy" or
>>a "new world order"? If so what is it? More than ever before museums, along
>>with other public institutions and services, are being challenged to redefine
>>"access". This is not just physical access to buildings and collections, but
>>intellectual access to the levers of power which have traditionally shaped
>>the very structure of knowledge and culture.
>
>>How must the museum professional respond to these demands? What special
>>skills are necessary? What museological research is required?
>
>>ICOM/ICTOP, the Committee for the Training of Personnel of the International
>>Council for Museums, invites papers from those within and without the museum
>>profession to address these and related issues for a conference: "Museums:
>>Catalyists for Community Development".
>
>>Forward a single page proposal abstract to Prof. Gary Edson, Texas Tech
>>University Museum, Lubbock, Box 4391, Texas, 79409-3191, U.S.A. Phone: (806)
>>742 2442
>>Fax : (806) 742-1136
>>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>URL: http://kafka.uvic.ca/~maltwood/ictop.html