Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria COMMUNITIES AND MUSEUMS: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE, June 12-14, 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a draft outline for the upcoming session with Greg Baeker at the University of Victoria. There is still space available - please contact me for further information. DESCRIPTION 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. LEARNING OBJECTIVES a) To provide an opportunity for museum professionals to reflect on their shared experience on the evolving relationship of communities and museums. b) To seed this dialogue with leading ideas drawn from the international literature on museums and such relevant fields as cultural planning and community development. c) To build a set of "principles and best practices" that might serve as a guide to navigating new community-museum relations. d) To establish a network of individuals interested in ongoing dialogue on these issues. e) To approach the design and delivery of the workshop in ways that explore new approaches to learning and continuing professional education. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DRAFT COURSE OUTLINE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A core principal of the course design is a commitment to move from an instructional paradigm (workshop leader as expert, downloading knowledge to students) to a learning paradigm (workshop leader as facilitator, collaboratively constructing knowledge with participants). DAY 1 - NEW FRAMEWORKS OF UNDERSTANDING 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome, course objectives, logistics - Greg Baeker (GB) 9:30 - 10:30 Participant expectations for workshop 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee/juice break 10:45 - 11:30 Introduction to dialogue and reflection practices used in organizational learning; participants will use these techniques throughout the workshop- GB 11:30 - 12:00 Significance of how we conceptualize issues 12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 - 2:30 Small group dialogue and reflection on select core concepts: participants to be presented with differing understandings of core museum concepts (ie. culture, community, education, public interest, etc.); the purpose is not to reach agreement but to deepen insight 2:30 - 2:45 Coffee/juice break 2:45 - 4:00 Small group dialogue (cont'd) - how do varying understandings of these ideas affect museum practice? Each group to summarize discussion and report back 4:00 - 5:00 Large group reflect on implications for practice and new competencies DAY 2 - NEW MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 9:00 - 12:00 A series of short presentations by guest speakers (some of them participants) followed by opportunities for dialogue and reflection * Possible topics and speakers (to be confirmed): - Organizational culture and leadership in Canadian museums - Lisa Hunter - Preparing for partnerships; integrating museum collaboration and management theories - Judy Koke - Competency frameworks for Canadian museums - Lois Irvine - Organizational effectiveness in Canadian museums - Kerstie Krug - Learning Across Organizational Boundaries - GB - New Shared Governance Structures - Jeremy Morgan - other possibilities and speakers * Each speaker will be challenged to summarize and synthesize key ideas in frameworks that can help participants locate their own experience; this perspective assumes that learning is based on a nesting and interacting of new frameworks of understanding 12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 - 2:15 Small group dialogue and reflection on presentation themes 1:45 - 3:00 Report back and large group reflection on implications for practice 3:00 - 3:15 Coffee/juice break 3:15 - 4:00 Best practices - sharing of management success stories 4:00 - 5:00 Open space - invitation to participants to identify issues they wish to discuss with others DAY 3 - MUSEUMS AND COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 9:00 - 12:00 A series of short presentations by guest speakers (some of the participants) followed by opportunities for dialogue and reflection * Possible topics and speakers (to be confirmed): - Leading international ideas in cultural planning - GB - Cultural ecology as a planning framework - speaker tbd - Mapping of community cultural resources - Amar Galla - Exemplary Canadian experience - Lon Dubinski (CMA Reading the Museum Project) Lynette Harper (Research on partnership models) Ken Doherty (Peterborough Centennial Museum) Dinu Bumbaru (Heritage Montreal) Jean Bruce (Family Treasures) Sandi Morton-Weisman (Glenbow) - other possibilities and speakers? 12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 - 2:15 Small group dialogue and reflection on presentation themes 1:45 - 3:00 Report back and large group reflection on implications for practice 3:00 - 3:15 Coffee/juice break 3:15 - 4:00 Best practices - sharing of success stories 4:00 - 5:00 Open space - invitation to participants to identify issues they wish to discuss with others 5:00 - 6:00 Workshop evaluation and follow-up - e.g., computer conferencing practice" in museum. INSTRUCTOR: 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. He teaches in the Cooperative Program in Arts Administration at the University of Toronto, Scarborough College. With G. Leslie Oliver he is a partner in the firm of Applied Cultural Principals (ACP): Cultural Learning and Development. For further information, 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