| CODE | ACA5068 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Representation, Access and Difference | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit shall present a broad overview of museums today and how this has evolved from the stereotypical understanding of what a museum should be to relate more to critical, participatory, inclusive, radical and other museological theoretical frameworks. It shall then explore the ways and means how museums are responding to communities and contexts by taking on a proactive role that goes beyond being collections and object-centered. The case studies presented for discussion shall be guided by the chosen three values, representation, access and thinking, and the ways and means how this reflects in the latest, cutting-edge museological thinking. The study-unit shall also focus on inclusive education and explore how museums work with space, objects and communities in the context of local politics and global processes. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to raise students’ awareness to the latest developments in museological thinking and the ways and means how this informs the workings and relevance of the 21st-century museum. It shall explore the ways and means how representation, access and difference features and the various museological frameworks that shape it. Students shall gain the skills to understand and participate in the organization of learning museum experiences that cut across museum organogram, explore participatory and co-creative approaches, and understand the potential that technology holds, particularly the digital, for museum learning. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. relate to contemporary museology and the museum idea, including its latest evolution, by evaluating the latest developments in the international museum ecosystem and its post-COVID19 recovery. ii. define the 21st-century museum experience through direct reference to theory and the latest museological thinking in the field by evaluating the literature in this field. iii. describe the workings of museum institutions and the ways and means how these are impacted by the ever-changing character of contemporary societies through the analysis of specific case studies from the field. iv. identify the ways and means how the difference in representation can be given access in the 21st-century museum not just through collections and material culture but also through a broader range of tools by evaluating the latest best practices in the field. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. Demonstrate critical thinking skills by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of long-standing stereotypical museum ideas through the lens of the latest developments in museology and museological thinking. ii. Given a case study, interpret the context and background of a museum institution and prepare a detailed assessment of its innovative, forward-thinking vision and mission guiding operations and outreach. iii. Students shall be able to prepare and develop educational content for museums guided by the latest museological thinking informing representation, access, and difference. iv. Students shall be able to refer to the latest best practices in the field, evaluate and critically review them, in order to contribute to the development of museum pedagogical experiences across all levels of museum experience, outreach, and programming. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Fiona Cameron and Brett Neilson (2015), Climate Change and Museum Futures, Routledge. Eilean Cooper-Greenhill (2007), Museums and Education: Purpose, Pedagogy and Practice, Routledge. Sandro Debono (2022), Thinking Phygital - A Museological Framework of Predictive Futures, Museum International, 73 : 3-4. Sandro Debono (2021), Collecting Pandemic Phenomena: Reflections on Rapid Response Collecting and the Art Museum, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 17 (2). Jan Dolak(2022), Museology and its Theory, Brno, Technical Museum. Kirsten Drotner et al. (2019), The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication, Taylor and Francis. Luca Basso Peressut et al. (2013), European Museums in the 21st Century: Setting the Framework, 3 Vols., MELA Books. Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum, Museum 2.0, 2010. - Online Bruno Brulon Soares et al. (2017), Defining museums of the 21st century: plural experiences, ICOFOM. Bruno Brulon Soares (2019), A History of Museology - Keh authors of Museological Theory, ICOFOM. Andras Szanto (2020), The Future of the Museum - 28 Dialogues, Hatje Canz. M. Elizabeth Weiser et al. (2022), Taboos in Museology: Difficult issues for Museum Theory - Materials for a discussion, ICOFOM. Supplementary Readings: Kenneth Hudson (1975), A Social History of Museums, Macmillan Press. Smith L., The Uses of Heritage, London & New York: Routledge, 2006. Andrea Witcomb, Kylie Message (2015), Museum Theory, Wilry Blackwell. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: First degree | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Sandro Debono |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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