The MeLa* Project
MeLa* European Museums in an age of migrations is a four year long research project funded by the European Commission under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Program (FP7th). MeLa* is an interdisciplinary programme which reflects on the new museums role with the aim to define new strategies for contemporary museums in a context characterized by a continuous migration of people and ideas.
MeLa* News
In the last months, the MeLa Project has been promoting several outstanding activities, surveys, international conferences and exhibitions. The outcomes of these practices, which are focused on the improvement and experimentation of the research topics, can be learnt through the MeLa books that are available as open-access digital publications in the website “Documents” section.
In the next months, further MeLa related exhibitions and events will be promoted in several museums, among which the MeLa Mid Term Seminar, that will take place in Paris on September 24th. This public event, organized in cooperation with the Citè Nationale de l’Historire de l’Immigration, is aimed at reporting about the findings of the Project’s first phases, as well as gathering curators, directors and practitioners to discuss about “New Strategies for the Involvement of Multicultural Visitors and Local Communities”.
Research Fields
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Research Field 01
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Museums & Identity in History and Contemporaneity
Research Field 01
Museums & Identity in History and Contemporaneity Research Field 01 - Museums & Identity in History and Contemporaneity
Research Field 01 investigates the historical and contemporary relationships between European museum representations and identity within the contextual structure...
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Research Field 02
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Cultural Memory, Migrating Modernity and Museum Practices
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Cultural Memory, Migrating Modernity and Museum Practices Research Field 02 - Cultural Memory, Migrating Modernity and Museum Practices
Research Field 02 examines the question of memory as both individually and collectively understood, in its private and public forms, in order to reassess its rel...
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Research Field 03
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Network of Museums, Libraries and Public Cultural Institutions
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Network of Museums, Libraries and Public Cultural Institutions Research Field 03 - Network of Museums, Libraries and Public Cultural Institutions
Research Field 03 is devoted to investigating, identifying and proposing innovative coordination strategies between European museums, libraries & other public cu...
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Research Field 04
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Curatorial and Artistic Research
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Curatorial and Artistic Research Research Field 04 - Curatorial and Artistic Research
Research Field 04 explores the relationship between art, migration and representation within the contemporary exhibition sector. By combining philosophical, hist...
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Research Field 05
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Exhibition Design, Technology of Representation and Experimental Actions
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Exhibition Design, Technology of Representation and Experimental Actions Research Field 05 - Exhibition Design, Technology of Representation and Experimental Actions
Research Field 05 intends to explore and experience the potentialities of communication technologies in the renovation of museum actions, as well as in the enhan...
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Research Field 06
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Envisioning 21st Century Museums
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Envisioning 21st Century Museums Research Field 06 - Envisioning 21st Century Museums
Research Field 06 is meant to provide theoretical, methodological, phenomenological and operative contributions to the interpretation of diversities and commonal...
From the Blog
Save the Date! A Performance and a Talk to Rethink the Museum Space with a Different Approach to Vision (National Museum Luigi Pigori, 24-25 May 2013)
In the words of Giulia Grechi, one of the curators, we can identify the meaning of this dislocation of dance in the museum’ space: “Many have insisted on the approximate death of Museum, [...]“Milano&Oltre”. Workshops, Exhibitions and Performances Exploring “A Vision in Motion”
[...]May 9th, 2013. The 63rd Celebration of “Europe Day”
The European External Action Service (EEAS) will be joining the other European Institutions throughout the month of May to celebrate Europe Day worldwide. EU Delegations will be leading a range of... www.mela-blog.netDocuments
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Whitehead, Christopher, Rhiannon Mason, Susannah Eckersley and Katherine Lloyd
Books
March 2013 "Placing" Europe in the Museum Fd01 more -
MeLa Newsletter
Document
March 2013 MeLa Newsletter #06 Fd07 more -
MeLa Newsletter
Document
November 2012 MeLa Newsletter #05 Fd07 more -
Christopher Whitehead, Susannah Eckersley, Rhiannon Mason Category: Books
Books
November 2012 Placing Migration in European Museums Fd01 more -
Beatrice Ferrara
Books
November 2012 Cultural Memory, Migrating Modernities and Museum Practices Fd02 more -
Perla Innocenti
Books
November 2012 European Crossroads Fd03 more
Events
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LEM Conference on Adult Learning
Manchester, United Kingdom | The Manchester Museum
LEM Conference on Adult Learning 24 May 2013 more -
Impressions d’Afrique - Performing the Ethnographic Museum
Rome, Italy | Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini
Impressions d’Afrique - Performing the Ethnographic Museum Fd05 24-25 May 2013 more -
Material Culture Review on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Material Culture Review | Cape Breton University Press
DEADLINE: 31 May 2013Material Culture Review on Intangible Cultural Heritage 31 May 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more
Call for papers
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Material Culture Review on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Material Culture Review | Cape Breton University Press
DEADLINE: 31 May 2013Material Culture Review on Intangible Cultural Heritage 31 May 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
New Horizons in Education
Rome, Italy | Mercure West Rome Hotel
DEADLINE: 18 June 2013New Horizons in Education 25-27 June 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
Art & Mobility
InterArtive Journal | Art + Mobility
DEADLINE: 15 July 2013Art & Mobility 15 July 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
Opening up Social History Repositories: New Technologies and New Methods
Budapest, Hungary | International Association of Labour History Institutions
DEADLINE: 30 June 2013Opening up Social History Repositories: New Technologies and New Methods 26-28 September 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture: CfP on "Collaboration"
Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture
DEADLINE: 4 November 2013Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture: CfP on "Collaboration" 4 November 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
Exhibitions' Histories
Paris, France | Centre Pompidou, Université Paris 8, Palais de Tokyo
DEADLINE: 15 June 2013Exhibitions' Histories December 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
City Margins, City Memories
London, United Kingdom | Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
DEADLINE: 7 June 2013City Margins, City Memories 7-8 April 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS! more -
Border Rethorics
San Antonio, Texas | Marriot River Center
DEADLINE: 1 July 2013Border Rethorics 22-26 May 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS! more