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ICOM CECA conference | Digital monday 26.10

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25.10.21
M Leuven, foto: Yves Schepers

From 25.10 until 30.10.2021, M would like to welcome you inside and outside the museum walls for the annual ICOM CECA conference. We start with two digital days full of interesting lectures, research, best practice awards and two interesting keynote speakers. None other than Nina Simon and Pat Villeneuve will speak about the theme of the conference: participation inside and outside the museum walls.

Programme overview

Chair of the day: Peter Carpreau | Head of the department of Old Masters, M Leuven

 

01:15 PM – 01:30 PM | Virtual start & welcome

  • Speakers: Stéphanie Masuy and Sofie Vermeiren | National correspondents ICOM CECA Belgium

 

01:30 PM – 02:00 PM | Opening messages in English, French and Spanish

  • Marie-Clarté O’Neill | President CECA
  • Alexandre Chevalier & Sergio Servellón | Chair & Vice Chair ICOM Belgium
  • Peter Bary | Director M Leuven


02:00 PM – 02:30 PM | Keynote speaker Nina Simon | The participatory museum

Nina Simon has been described as a “museum visionary” by Smithsonian Magazine for her community-based approach to design. She is an Ashoka fellow, cultural manager, author, and a leader in the movement for more inclusive and relevant cultural and civic organizations.

 

Nina is the founder of OF/BY/FOR ALL, a global nonprofit that creates digital tools to help civic and cultural organizations become more inclusive, relevant, and sustainable. The OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network includes over 100 museums, libraries, parks, theaters, and community organizations around the world.

Prior to founding OF/BY/FOR ALL, Nina was the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, where she led a dramatic turnaround and eight years of growth rooted in community involvement.


Nina is the best-selling author of The Participatory Museum (2010) and The Art of Relevance (2016). She lives in the mountains of Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

 

  • Language: English, subtitles in French and Spanish

 

02:30 PM – 02:45 PM | Break

 

02:45 PM – 04:00 PM | Two parallel sessions

Theme papers

  • Kazuyoshi Sasaki, Hideto Okuyama, Akemi Oshino and Yuuka Sato, National Ainu Museum, Japan | Co-creation with  the National Ainu Museum and source communities for educational role of museums which focuses on indigenous culture
  • Sofie Vermeiren, M Leuven, Belgium | Broadening horizons: Co-creation in M Leuven
  • Dr. Alan Kirwan and Alexandra Bennett, Butler Gallery, Ireland and Museum Learning Consultant, Scotland | Finding our voices – the key roles of educators in creating successful participatory practice
  • Dinara Khalikova and Olga Sinitsyna, ICOM Russia, Russia | Co-creation in museums in the context of personal migration stories

Research papers

  • Sandra Debono, University of Malta, Malta | Curators as Orchestra Conductors: Anticipating the human-centred museum idea
  • Thi Hoa Mai Lambrechts, Bonnefantenmuseum, the Netherlands | Research on the impact of YOUNG OFFICE, the youth department of the Bonnefantenmuseum
  • Frederike Van Ouwerkerk, Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands | Co-creating: a leading role for educators

Language: English, simultaneous translation in French and Spanish

 

04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Break

 

04:30 PM – 05:30 PM | Two parallel sessions

Market of Ideas, session A

  • Sam De Schutter, Huis van Alijn, Belgium | Nowruz in the House of Alijn
  • Hester Huitema, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, the Netherlands | HERE. Black in Rembrandt’s Time
  • Naomi Vandenbroeck, Photomuseum Antwerp, Belgium | Nightwatch Young Entrepreneurs Program: Advocating a Horizontal Approach
  • Kirsten Münch, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany | Green Laboratory on the Road
  • Isabel Vermote and Marie-Suzanne Gilleman, Royal Fine Arts Museum of Belgium – Brussels, Belgium | Museum in Dialogue and the impact of co-creation
  • Wytske Visser, Museum De Lakenhal, the Netherlands | Open Call - If Things Grow Wrong
  • Christine Dupont and Ana Salvador, House of European History, Belgium | Embarking on a co-creation project: why does it feel so scary?

Language: English, simultaneous translation in French and Spanish

 

Market of Ideas, session B

  • Malvika Agarwal, Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore | Co-Creating with the Community – The Sikhs in Singapore Exhibition at the Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore
  • Lies Kortleven, de Rode Antraciet vzw, Belgium | Within each other's walls: about cooperation between museums and prisons in Flanders and Brussels
  • Hidde van Schie, S.M.A.K., Belgium | S.M.A.K. moves
  • Odette Peterink, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Belgium | Participation and Co-creation in the Museum Plantin-Moretus: a horizontal objective in museum policy
  • Frieda Maria Marti, National Museum, Rio de Janeiro (MN/UFRJ), Brazil | The use of memes as a conversational tool for the co-creation of knowledge in the context of Online Museum Education
  • Lyda Vasquez, MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO DE BOGOTÁ, Colombia | MAMBO virtual traveller - Mobile application
  • Flor Alba Garzon Gacharna, Corporación Colombiana TransiciónEscrecer, Colombia | Expedición Bogotánica, diversity and inclusion

Language (1-5): English, simultaneous translation in French and Spanish

Language (6-7): Spanish, simultaneous translation in French and English

 

05:30 PM – 06:00 PM | Research paper (Award Colette Dufresne- Tassé)

Simultaneous translation in English, French and Spanish

 

06:00 PM – 06:45 PM | Break

 

06:45 PM – 08:00 PM | Two parallel sessions | Focus on co-creation in Belgium

Theme papers

  • Nicole Gesché-Koning, network of Museums of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium | Historical perspective of co-creation in CECA
  • Hildegarde Van Genechten, FARO. Vlaams steunpunt voor cultureel erfgoed vzw, Belgium | Cocreation: opportunities for individual and social learning
  • Ine Van de Velde, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium | The Hundred Finest
  • Bram Beelaert en Samuel Pinillos, Red Star Line Museum, België | DON’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED: Co-creation in the Red Star Line Museum

Language: English, simultaneous translation in French and Spanish

 

Research papers

  • Marijke Van Eeckhaut, Bamm!, Belgium | Engaging in co-creation and other forms of participation: developing a methodology
  • Julie Rodeyns, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium| Through art we care
  • Ilenia Borrello - Marine Lagasse, Pôle Muséal de la Ville de Mons, Belgium | MuseumLab; a place for co-creation and the ADD-Muse project

Languages: English and French, simultaneous translation in French/English and Spanish

 

08:00 PM – 08:30 PM | Live Q&A with keynote speaker Nina Simon

Simultaneous translation in English, French and Spanish

 

08:30 PM – 08:40 PM | Closing messages

  • Speaker: Host of the Day

Simultaneous translation in English, French and Spanish