Paper/Proposal Title
Workshop: Curating for Advocacy — Designing and Educating for Human Rights in Museum Spaces
Location
Room S2005, Curran Place; also presented remotely
Start Date
12-3-2021 4:00 PM
End Date
12-3-2021 5:30 PM
Abstract
Over the past two decades, museums have evolved from places for seeing to spaces for doing. Crafting compelling experiences has become a central part of the curatorial mission. This shift is nowhere more evident than in museums devoted to peace, human rights and historical memory. This workshop aims to bring together scholars, museum professionals, and human rights practitioners to consider how museums can use their physical spaces and virtual platforms to curate experiences of human rights advocacy. Traditional approaches, such as facilitating face-to-face encounters between visitors and survivors or witnesses to human rights abuses, will be considered alongside more innovative ventures, such as crowd-sourced mapping projects, social media campaigns, and digital rituals of remembrance.
Workshop: Curating for Advocacy — Designing and Educating for Human Rights in Museum Spaces
Room S2005, Curran Place; also presented remotely
Over the past two decades, museums have evolved from places for seeing to spaces for doing. Crafting compelling experiences has become a central part of the curatorial mission. This shift is nowhere more evident than in museums devoted to peace, human rights and historical memory. This workshop aims to bring together scholars, museum professionals, and human rights practitioners to consider how museums can use their physical spaces and virtual platforms to curate experiences of human rights advocacy. Traditional approaches, such as facilitating face-to-face encounters between visitors and survivors or witnesses to human rights abuses, will be considered alongside more innovative ventures, such as crowd-sourced mapping projects, social media campaigns, and digital rituals of remembrance.
