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Summer School

Museums, Democracy and Citizenship

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The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is organizing its third Summer School, with the theme ‘Museums, Democracy and Citizenship’.

This three-day event will convene researchers, museum professionals and creative minds for a stimulating discussion on the civic role of museums citizenship practices for fostering democratic values and competencies.

The Summer School programme offers a diverse range of topics. The opening day examines the impact of Artificial Intelligence on museums. The second day focuses on sharing power, and discusses new approaches to exhibiting historical art, participatory curatorship and collaborative networks. The third and final day, dedicated to sharing systems, explores digital empowerment, the role of museums in the construction and contesting of historical identities, and the role of youth creators and audiences as active agents of political and democratic life.

Programme

17:30 / Registration

18:00 / Welcome

Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, LisbonAntónio Filipe Pimentel – Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

18:30 / Artificial Intelligence: The End of Museums?

The explosion in popularity of advanced content-generation tools and models has sparked lively debate on the future of museums and the viability of professions related to them in the fields of thought and knowledge production. At the inaugural session of the 2024 Summer School, the keynote speaker will reflect on the potential and limitations of A.I. as a whole in museum work.

SHARING POWER

09:30 / Registration

10:00 / Revolutionised Museums: Yesterday’s Art, Today

Today’s social debates require us to rethink the ways of presenting museum collections. From permanent exhibitions to temporary installations, from the priority given to the museum’s voice to the polyphonic interpretations in the exhibition room, multiple strategies have been employed by European museums. This panel presents recent case studies that stand out for their innovative approaches and for demonstrating the risks taken by institutions with over a hundred years of history.
— Coffee break 30 MIN —

11:30 / Participatory Curatorship: Democracy in Action?

The participatory projects carried out in art museums are rooted in community museums and/or those relating to History and memory. By nature, they demand a share of power and of the stage. How do art museums benefit from the introduction of participative methodologies in their processes? The philosophies and methodologies chosen for the projects under discussion in this panel clearly demonstrate the need to take risks to create new paths.
— Lunch break 90 MIN —

14:30 / The Multiplying Effect: Networks and Partnerships in Action

For museums, choosing to operate as a network does not always appear to be the most appealing route. There is a need to manage different agendas, different speeds, different timelines. What, then, are the advantages of networks? The case studies presented here demonstrate the multiplying power of working in networks and partnerships, identifying common methodologies in diverse territories.
— Coffee break 30 MIN —

16:30 / Round Table

SHARING SYSTEMS

09:30 / Registration

10:00 / The Power of Youth and Digital Creativity

To be announced.
— Coffee break 30 MIN —

11:30 / The Museum as Citizen: Difficult Histories, Contested Identities

Museums and their collections become the subject of discussion and debate in the context of the construction of historical and identity-related narratives, as well as ethical questions of ownership and conflict. This panel presents case studies at varying levels of maturity in the research, identification of stakeholders, and negotiation these difficult processes require.
— Lunch break 90 MIN —

14:30 / Digital-something: Citizenship and Knowledge

Digital practices in museums oftentimes question the authorship, voice and the centrality of the technical and specialised knowledge that the museum possesses. This panel presents projects that resolved this conflict effectively, reformulating the museum’s role as not only a producer of knowledge, but also a mediator of the resulting information and creation.
— Coffee break 30 MIN —

16:30 / Round Table: Is the Future Today?

Presented by the Young Redactor attendees of the Summer School.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.

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