Pulling the past into the present

Islamic art and the museum today

Stefan Weber highlighted the Museum für Islamische Kunst’s work on participation and representation as democratic pillars in the face of rising racism and extremism.
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26 Oct 2024 37 min
Summer School

The Summer School gathered experts to discuss topics such as the impact of Artificial Intelligence on museum work, participatory curatorship, collaborative networks, and the role of museums in constructing and challenging historical identities.

In his presentation, Stefan Weber talked about the work developed by the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art), in Berlin, related to issues of participation and representation as basic elements of democracies in times of racism and extremism. This talk was part of the first panel of the conference, titled Revolutionised museums: yesterday’s art, today.

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