Nature is the ideal model of diversity. To best understand this, we need to look into a garden that grows on its own, wildly. Contrarily, when cash crops were introduced in India for higher productivity and material returns, most Indian fields lost their natural fertility. As a result, fertilizers were introduced to improve productivity. In […]
How many hours and days have we remained in this situation called ‘current’? We work from home; we create an institution from home. We can join meetings wherever we are, regardless of wide dispersion. It doesn’t matter in what part of the world you are, probably this place is a couch. One doesn’t have to […]
Read More… from IMD Think Piece by Dominika Jagiełło, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Crises, whatever their nature may be, require change, transformation and, indeed, adaptation. The COVID-19 health crisis will necessarily also impose such. Over the past two months, the culture sector, like other industries, has had to cope by rethinking its model. Therefore, I think that in the future, for more inclusion and diversity, a few points […]
Read More… from IMD Think Piece by Mohamed A. Cissé, independent curator and art advisor, Senegal
Times of crisis, like COVID-19, present huge challenges for museums’ resilience. Museums in Taiwan, relatively speaking, survived during this pandemic due to an early and fast response from the government on epidemic prevention for all. Most museums remain open with limited attendants and social distancing on the one hand, and the transfer into digital services […]
While the Covid-19 pandemic initially pulled Legacy’s small ‘mini museum’ activities to a sharp standstill, along with ongoing plans to celebrate Legacy’s 25th anniversary, it has most definitely given a big kick-start to ambitions laying on the back burner, such as making greater use of digital technology. Like others, since the lockdown we have joined […]
Read More… from IMD Think Piece by Kofo Adeleke, President, Legacy1995, Nigeria
International Museum Day (IMD) takes place on Monday 18 May 2020. The theme selected by ICOM for 2020 is Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. Visit ICOM’s IMD website for more information on the theme and to see the map of events taking place digitally across the world http://imd.icom.museum/ To mark IMD2020, ICOM UK and the […]
Read More… from IMD2020 Think Piece by Gus Casely-Hayford, Director V&A East, London
International Museum Day (IMD) takes place on Monday 18 May 2020. The theme selected by ICOM for 2020 is Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion. Visit ICOM’s IMD website for more information on the theme and to see the map of events taking place digitally across the world http://imd.icom.museum/ To mark IMD2020, ICOM UK and the […]
ICOM UK member Luigi Galimberti interviews Wilbert Tabone about the MUŻA, Malta. Wilbert Tabone is a researcher in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction and the application of technology for digital cultural heritage. Wilbert is involved in the cultural, technology and education sectors and is also an activist for a number of Maltese and […]
ICOM UK member Luigi Galimberti interviews Maria Eugenia Salcedo about the Inhotim Institute, Brazil. Maria Eugenia Salcedo Repolês is an educator and researcher. Since before the official opening of Instituto Inhotim in 2006, and until July 2019, she had been working there as Education Manager and, more recently, as Deputy Artistic Director. In 2008, she […]
Read More… from Interview with Maria Eugenia Salcedo, Inhotim Institute, Brazil
