Registration is underway for our upcoming course on Cultural
Diversity in museums and related organizations. Please let us know if
you wish further information or registration materials.

"THE INCLUSIVE MUSEUM", February 15 - 20, 1999 with Rex Ellis offered
by the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of
Victoria

This course focuses on the growing importance of cultural diversity in
the museum context and explores ways in which museum
governance, staffing, programming and partnerships can be structured
to ensure that museums are reflective of and responsive to diverse
communities. You will develop your understanding of:

-  the nature, role, and changing expectations of communities
-  issues of perspective, ownership, representation, and expertise
-  strategies to accommodate cultural diversity within museum
mission, structure and programs
-  new approaches to governance and power sharing
-  the meaning and management of effective partnerships
-  approaches to achieving diversity among staff, trustees and
volunteers
-  principles and strategies for co-curating
-  ways of balancing divergent values, perspectives and interests
-  methods for managing controversy/resolving conflict

This course involves a preparatory assignment.

Instructor: Dr. Rex Ellis is the Chair of the Division of Cultural
History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Dates: February 15 - 20, 1999
Please register by: January 18
Fee: $589  (Canadian Funds, credit or non-credit options available)

Travel: Victoria is easily accessible by air or ferry from both
Vancouver and Seattle
Accommodation: Program staff are pleased to provide you with
on-campus and off-campus alternatives

DRAFT OUTLINE:

Monday, February 15
*       Current trends in museum diversity and access
*       The Williamsburg Experience: Creating meaning out of avoidance
*       Case Study Exercise: Neil and the Windmill

Tuesday, February 16
*       Museums and Cultural Inclusion: Issues and challenges
*       Examining your institution: Mission and memory, structure and
programs
*       Staff and Board realities: Diversity, governance and power sharing
*       Communities and their expectations
*       Partnerships, roles and the changing nature of communities
*       The African Burial Ground: "And still I rise": Case Study

Wednesday, February 17
*       Recruiting and interviewing
*       Accommodating cultural diversity within the museum
*       Intercultural communication
*       Retention and Mentoring
*       Diversity in Canadian Museums: Guest speaker
*       Canadian Museum Case Study: Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump

Thursday, September 18
*       Audiences and their expectations
*       Evaluation
*       Managing controversy
*       The Smithsonian Case: Sweatshops and the Audience
*       Resolving conflict
*       Balancing divergent values, perspective and interests
*       Field trip to a local museum

Friday, February 19
*       Field Trip debriefing and discussion
*       Guest Speakers and Case Studies on Diversity in the Museum

Saturday, February 20
*       What have we learned: Presentations for Inclusion
*       Reactions to plans
*       Summary


For more information on this course and others offered in 1999,
please contact:

Joy Davis, Program Director
Cultural Resource Management
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
Telephone (250) 721-8462  Fax: (250) 721-8774
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Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp
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