PALATINE (the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and
Music), in conjunction with the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester
(MSIM), invites colleagues to a free seminar/workshop:
UNLOCKING THE STORIES:
exploring collaboration between HE performing arts and museums
Friday 8th July
Museum of Science and Industry Manchester
10.00- 4.00
Unlocking the Stories explores the ways in which dance, drama and music
courses in higher education can work with museums to enhance both the
learning experience for students and the work of the museums. The seminar
brings together performing arts educators, researchers and practitioners
together with colleagues from the museum and heritage sector, to discuss
the issues, share ideas and establish practical ways forward.
Presenters/Contributors include:
Ian Griffin, Director, Museum of Science and Industry Manchester
Tony Jackson, Director of the AHRC-funded Performance, Learning
and ‘Heritage’ research project, Centre for Applied Theatre Research,
University of Manchester,
Carran Waterfield, Director, Triangle Theatre, winner of the Best
Educational Initiative at the Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence
2005
A number of factors inform this seminar:
· The need for museums to establish a greater, deeper and genuine
engagement with their various audiences, and the recognition that stories,
narratives, and performance events provide a powerful means to provide that
engagement ;
· The growth and interest in site-specific work, and the potential to
providing students with opportunities to negotiate, create, produce and
perform in ‘real world’ situations;
· The desire of museums to build long-term, sustainable, and mutually
beneficial relationships with higher education.
· The shift from promoting ‘public understanding’ towards
enabling ‘public engagement’;
· The increasing recognition of performativity as a critical element
in the work of museums.
Some of the issues and questions Unlocking the Stories intends to address
include:
· How can HE performing arts courses and institutions work more
closely with museums?
· How might courses in dance, drama, music, music technology and
performance technology etc. contribute to and benefit from collaborations
with museums.
· What are the challenges, risks and benefits of collaboration?
· What work is already taking place?
· What research is being undertaken?
· What are the possible (creative) tensions and conflicting agendas?
· What are the possibilities and potential for practical work and
research?
PALATINE welcomes suggestions for other questions and issues.
Please e-mail: [log in to unmask] (Subject heading ‘ Unlocking the
Stories’)
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