The Project and its Research Fields
MeLa* European Museums in an age of migrations is a four-year Research Project funded by the European Commission (FP7), which aims to delineate new approaches for museums in relation with the conditions posed by the migrations of people, cultures, ideas, information and knowledge in the global world. It aims moreover to evaluate how much these changes can interfere with the organization, the communication strategies, the physical structures and the architecture of the exhibition places. Its main objectives are to advance knowledge in the field and to support museum communities, practitioners, experts and policymakers in developing new missions and forms of museums and libraries in “an age of migrations”.
To fulfil its objectives the Project has been organized into different 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 of place. By analyzing the way museum actions have articulated and articulate the connections...
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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 relationship with identities and migration and to redefine its role in the social spaces of museums.
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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 cultural institutions around the themes of European cultural and scientific heritage, migration and integration, and ICT.
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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, historical and practice-based approaches, the research intends to prepare the way for thinking about new exhibition environments...
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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 enhancement of their role in articulating, questioning and representing personal and common identities.
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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 commonalities within European Cultural Heritage, in order to propose innovative practices for the mission and the design of museums in the contemporary inter-cultural society.
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