Open Museums: spaces of social participation

Fabienne Venet

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Fabienne Venet is currently director of the Institute of Studies and Dissemination on Migration A.C. (INEDIM) and is Fellow Ashoka. She was coordinator of the Migration Studies Program of the Mexican Human Rights Academy (AMDH), consultant for the Regional Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and founder and director of Sin Fronteras IAP. She has also been a guest scholar at the Center for Inter-American Studies and Programs (CEPI) of the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and member of the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (CONAPRED). She has worked for more than 25 years on issues of migration, asylum and human rights from civil society, seeking to promote dialogue and the development of more just and adequate public policies.

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Nicole

Curator at Museum Rotterdam

How to add a case study - Step 1

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Welcome! First of all, thank you for considering to contribute. We designed a four-part kit to guide you through the process of becoming an active contributor to Migration:Cities. In this file, you … [read more]

Welcome! First of all, thank you for considering to contribute. We designed a four-part kit to guide you through the process of becoming an active contributor to Migration:Cities. In this file, you can find the aims, vision, long and short-term objectives, the scope of the initiative and general information on portal's content. If you are curious to find out more, check out the next steps in RESOURCES. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. [hide]

Workshop: working outside your comfort zone

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Linda Norris is Global Networks Program Director at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global network of historic sites, museum and memory … [read more]

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Linda Norris is Global Networks Program Director at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global network of historic sites, museum and memory initiatives connecting the past struggles to today’s movements for human rights and social justice. Before joining the Coalition in 2017, Linda was an independent museum professional, facilitating action on how creativity can shape compelling narratives and create deep community connections. She is co-author, with Rainey Tisdale, of Creativity in Museum Practice and blogs at The Uncatalogued Museum. [hide]

(Im)migration and museum trends in Japan

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. In collaboration with Hiromi Takao & Kaori Akazawa, Chunni (Jenny) Chui is focusing on "(Im)migration and museum trends in Japan". Chunni Chiu (Jenny) … [read more]

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. In collaboration with Hiromi Takao & Kaori Akazawa, Chunni (Jenny) Chui is focusing on "(Im)migration and museum trends in Japan". Chunni Chiu (Jenny) received her MA in Art Management in 2009 at National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Studies, School of Cultural and Social Studies, in The Graduate University for Advanced Studies of Japan, working on her research and studying as members of National Ethnology Museum. Her main research interest is in city museums and cultural heritage, and the relationship between city museums and communities. She is currently working with ICOM Japan to organise the ICOM Kyoto 2019 General Conference. Hiromi Takao received her BA in Education at Hokkaido University of Education. Her interest in museums as lifelong learning spaces was fostered volunteering at Sapporo Salmon Museum – where on graduating she worked in research and education, fish [hide]

This has to last 40 years - Manitoba Museum

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. "This has to last 40 years" is about future planning and community collaborations of the Manitoba Museum.

Migration and museums.the whirlwind of the ambulat

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Mtro. Francisco Javier Guerrero Mendoza is Principal Investigator “C” of the Department of Ethnology and Social Anthropology (DEAS) at the Institute of … [read more]

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Mtro. Francisco Javier Guerrero Mendoza is Principal Investigator “C” of the Department of Ethnology and Social Anthropology (DEAS) at the Institute of Anthropology and History. He analyses the transculturation between Mexico and the United States and currently works on the project: Origins and development of national culture under conditions of late capitalism. Phase III. He is a member of the Permanent Seminar of Chicano Studies and Frontiers (SPEChF) DEAS-INAH. He has a Masters in anthropological sciences from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) and a doctorate from the Faculty of Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is a Professor of the UNAM, ENAH and other institutions of higher education and the author of texts such as functions of religion and magic in the social structure of the Maya, The economy in primitive societies, The elections of 88, National question and urban literature, The im [hide]