Bridges and Boundaries:Reframing Professional Education for Museums + Heritage?
ICTOP Call for papers, Amsterdam Sept. 13-15, 2012
Speakers: Dr. Mary Bouquet, University Lecturer and Fellow at University College Utrecht[i].
.Future Directions for ICOM
and ICTOP A panel of museums studies
and heritage studies world experts
.Paula Assuncao dos Santoson sociomuseology, museums and heritage and pedagogy Board member of ICTOP and MINOMtbc
Others to be confirmed.
ICTOP, the ICOM International Committee for the Training of Personnel, invites papers for the ICTOP annual conference to be held in Amsterdam Sept. 13-15 2012. Our meeting this year will be hosted by the Reinwardt Academy for Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam, School of the Arts. This international meeting will focus on the theme of “Bridges and Boundaries: Reframing Professional Education for Museums + Heritage?” We invite proposals for paper presentations of 15 minutes, multi-paper panels, virtual papers by video or other modes of communication, which analyse current and emerging issues in the field of museum professional development.
Presentations should examine how professional development education is or is not shifting from a variety of global perspectives and the implications for the conceptualization of our museums/heritage sector and professional preparation.
As an interdisciplinary field, museology/museum studies crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, especially as new needs, emphases and professions emerge. This leaves the boundaries of our profession, its study and delivery unclear at best. But then where and when do we identify new fields for naming our offerings? In some parts of the world, for example, museum studies/museology programs have been extended to include heritage studies in their title or content. The broader term ‘heritage’ may seem like a solution to our vague definitions of the ‘museum’ but does the term ─ and its field ‘heritage studies’ ─ bring more problems than it solves?
Presenters may address how prevalent (or not) this trend is across continents or speak to specific case studies as we reflect on the general implications for the field, other programs and the development of curriculum/a?
§ Is there a genuine shift in concepts and the profession or a pragmatic move that responds to governmental policy and job opportunities? § What are the challenges for museology programmes, or other developers, in adopting wider definitions such as that of heritage?
§ Are there other tendencies in our pedagogy representing either the voices of traditional or new disciplines ─ such as cultural studies, management, curatorial studies, gallery studies, informatics ─ or emerging topics or issues ─ such as development, sustainability, inclusion, career planning and employability ─ that are compelling changes?
§ Where is the profession in this discussion?
§ What guidelines or competencies might be needed in this complex situation?
Program
We will have a mix of
keynotes and parallel paper sessions as well as breaks and lunch sessions over two days Sept. 13-14, and then on the 15th a bus tour outside of Amsterdam, likely to Haarlem.
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Location
Our location for the
conference sessions will be in the main at the Reinwardt Academy.
A reception is being organized for the Thursday evening tbc.
A map to the Reinwardt Academy where our meetings will be held can be found here:
http://www.ahk.nl/en/reinwardt/search/contact/
Dapperstraat 315
1093 BS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)20 527 7100
Fax +31 (0)20 527 7101
Email: rwa-info@ahk.nl