The CFP is now open for our workshop on Transnational forces and the development of museum professions (online May 13, in person at TU Berlin 12 June). This is part of our project, Making Museum Professionals, 1850-the present (makingmuseumprofessionals.blog.lincoln.ac.uk)
The workshop will be composite in nature, with one online event, and an in-person day, in order to build on the strengths of the formats used in workshops 1 and 2, and allow for as wide participation as possible, particularly geographically in the light of the workshop theme. Those proposing presentations are asked to indicate whether they have a preference for delivering their work at either session.
We are seeking proposals for 10-minute presentations which address the themes of the workshop. The significance of museums as ‘contact zones’ between geographies and cultures has long been recognised, and Savoy and Meyer’s 2014 The Museum is Open showed how significant the transnational transfer of expertise could be. Significantly, they argued that the museum was and is ‘a popular European export item’ – our workshop aims to investigate this further while also encouraging focus on the ways in which transnational forces have not just circulated out from Europe, but have operated in the other direction or outside Europe altogether – decentring Eurocentric museologies. In this workshop we intend to develop on these foundations by:
-examining the transnational forces that have impacted on museum professionals, including colonialism, ‘development’ and war, their effects and legacies
-considering professionals’ mobility (willing or unwilling), the mechanisms of mobility, and their networks of patronage and influence
-investigating organisations and networks for transnational training and development, e.g International Council of Museums
-uncovering the mechanisms that have and do produce movement of expertise, new ideas and knowledge around the world
-asking how ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ on a global scale were and are constructed and contested through transnational forces
We are keen to hear from practitioners, academic-practitioners, and academics from a range of disciplines and a variety of career stages. We are open to presentations which outline completed research, but also which discuss methodologies and sources, or initiatives/campaigns currently underway.
Please send your proposal of up to 200 words, with a title, and a brief biography (up to 50 words) to [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] by 16 Feb 2024. Please indicate which, if any, date/format you would prefer (online in May; in Berlin in June, or either). Please note speakers will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. We will aim to respond by 1 March 2024.
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