TRAINING WORKSHOP, STRASBOURG, 23-27 MAY 2016
REVEALING UNIVERSITY OBJECTS: FROM THE ATTICS TO THE PUBLIC
Universeum is pleased to announce its 1st Training Workshop in
collaboration with the Jardin des Sciences, University of Strasbourg
(France). The workshop is aimed at Universeum members who wish to
develop their skills and knowledge in university collections
management, documentation, conservation and public exhibition. Grants
will be available for successful applicants.
University collections are diverse and range from pedagogical models
to human body parts, from mounted animals to plaster casts, from maps
to scientific illustrations and sketches, from fossils to scientific
instruments, from manuscripts to paintings, among so many others. This
diversity and complexity presents great challenges for their
conservation and their valorisation to professionals in charge of
U-collections.
Universeum's 1st Training Workshop is based on the active engagement
of participants, rather than ‘traditional’ lessons by experts. It will
be hands-on, interdisciplinary and debate-oriented. It aims at
deconstructing the different processes involved in the identification,
study, preservation and display of U-objects and collections.
Participants will engage directly with objects and exchange in
dialogue with conservators, curators, researchers, artists and
communication designers. Group work will alternate with collective
discussions in order to enhance each participant’s knowledge and
skills.
For complete announcement and the application form, see
http://universeum.it/training.html
The deadline for applications is 15 February 2016
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Roland Wittje
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
India
Phone: +91-7358517637
+91-442257-6540
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