Dear ICOM members:
It is not too late to submit paper proposals for the
ICOM-ICME conference "CONNECTIONS, COMMUNITIES AND
COLLECTIONS" in Miami Beach, Florida July 10-12, 2006.
By popular demand, the proposal deadline has been extended
until MARCH 30th. This means that YOU can still join ICME
in discussing museum-community relationships, "expanding"
the museum, "difficult" social topics, collections policy
and more!
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REMINDER
Call for papers
"CONNECTIONS, COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIONS"
ICOM-ICME annual meeting
Miami Beach, Florida July 10-12, 2006
Museum-community relationships have been a prevalent theme
at ICME conferences, as well as at ICOM general
conferences. For example, during the 1995 conference in
Stavanger, the ICOM general assembly passed a resolution
concerning 'Museums and Communities' which noted that
"local museums all over the world which are undertaking
innovative activities focusing on everyday topics of
community life, trying to challenge traditional models and
reaching beyond the limits of exhibition spaces, are
facing threats of closure and lack of support from their
governing bodies". Further, the resolution encouraged the
development of strategic planning initiatives leading
towards "coordinated action for the benefit of museums, of
museology and the communities which they serve."
http://icom.museum/resolutions/eres95.html
More than ten years after this resolution (and precisely
60 years since the founding of ICME), do we find
differences in how museum ethnography approaches the
issues of community dialog and collecting objects?
Conversely, are there any resonant themes from our
'founding fathers', which are equally relevant today?
Should we ask:
How far can we expand 'museum' boundaries in terms of
physical space or social influence?
What makes the 'local' museum a focus for community
dialog, projects and activities?
Can museums act as discussion forums for 'difficult'
social topics?
Should museum collection policies reflect community needs
and interests?
Are there basic changes in relationships between museum
indigenous constituencies and the public domain?
ICME therefore invites papers discussing "Connections,
Communities and Collections" for the 2006 ICME conference.
Paper proposals of up to 250 words may be submitted to
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March 30, 2006, which is also the deadline for
registration at the reduced "early bird" rate.
Registration forms, general information and the tentative
Conference schedule is available on the ICME website -
http://icme.icom.museum
Regards from
Daniel Winfree Papuga
ICME president
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