Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria "Communities and Museums: Strategies for Change", June 12-14, 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Museums are experiencing profound shifts in their relationships with communities as public funding diminishes and diverse community interest groups seek greater involvement in the identification, preservation and interpretation of their culture and heritage. This workshop examines the complex factors reshaping the ways in which communities and museums interact, and provides you with strategies for building more meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships. IINSTRUCTOR: Greg Baeker has a background in museums and public policy. He was Executive Director of the Ontario Museums Association and Executive Coordinator of the Ontario Heritage Policy Review for the Government of Ontario. He is currently completing doctoral studies in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Waterloo focusing on museums and community cultural planning, and is a partner in the consulting firm of Applied Cultural Principals. DATES: June 12-14, 1996 (just prior to Canadian Museums Association Conference, Vancouver, June 15-18) PLEASE REGISTER BY: May 14 FEE: $300.00 (non-credit only) ACCOMMODATION: On-campus accommodation is available: B&B facility at $61.00/night, residence rooms at $36.95/night, condo-style apartments at $81.90 - $134.55/night, 1-4 people. The Program office can advise on off-campus alternatives. LEARNING OBJECTIVES * To provide an opportunity for museum professionals to reflect on their shared experience on the evolving relationship of communities and museums. * To seed this dialogue with leading ideas drawn from the international literature on museums and such relevant fields as cultural planning and community development. * To build a set of principles and best practices that might serve as a guide to navigating new community-museum relations. * To establish a network of individuals interested in ongoing dialogue on these issues. * To approach the design and delivery of the workshop in ways that explore new approaches to learning and continuing professional education. COURSE THEMES Museums are renegotiating relationships with the diverse communities they serve. In this workshop our goal will be to reflect on this growing body of experience. What are the values and principles that can help navigate this new world and guide individual and organizational practice? What new professional competencies are needed? What guidance can be found in such fields as cultural planning and community development? The workshop will explore three interrelated themes: 1. New Frameworks of Understanding: That progress in renegotiating community-museum relations must begin with a re-framing of core museum concepts 2. New Management Practice (Inside-out Change Strategies): That success in building new community relationships rests, paradoxically, on first reforming internal management structures and practices 3. Community Cultural Planning (Outside-in Change Strategies): That museums can increase their relevance by assuming leadership roles in community cultural planning and development For further information or registration materials, please contact: Brenda Weatherston, Program Coordinator Cultural Resource Management Program Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria PO Box 3030, Victoria B.C. Canada V8W 3N6 Phone 604 721 6119 FAX 604 721 8774 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web Site: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/crmphome.htm