MICROPOLITICS 2024: SEMINAR ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED MUSEUMS
MICROPOLITICS 2024: SEMINAR ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED MUSEUMS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024
5 – 8 PM
UHA / DAZ, TRG BANA JELAČIĆA 3/1
We invite you to an international seminar on socially engaged museum practices, in which we will, through three international case studies, initiate a discussion on neighborhood museums, the relationship between heritage and colonialism, and preservation of workers’ housing heritage. The following institutions will present themselves in the seminar: MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART from Belgrade, ORGANIZATION FOR A MUSEUM OF WORKING-CLASS HOUSING OF THE PARIS METROPOLITAN AREA, and the MUBIG COMMUNITY MUSEUM from Milan.
The seminar is free of charge, and no sign up is necessary. The working language of the seminar is English.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART / BELGRADE
The Museum of African Art in Belgrade was established in 1973, and it opened its door to the public in 1977. It is the first and only museum in the region dedicated exclusively to cultures and arts of the African continent. Considering the history of its collecting and exhibiting practices, this museum is a unique example of an ethnographic art museum derived from the Non-Aligned Movement. A historical overview of its foundation and collecting and exhibiting practices, as well as presentation of the museum’s current research, exhibiting, and art projects will indicate a specific positioning of this institution in current discussions on decolonization of museum practices.
L'AMULOP | ASSOCIATION POUR UN MUSÉE DU LOGEMENT POPULAIRE DU GRAND PARIS (ORGANIZATION FOR A MUSEUM OF WORKING-CLASS HOUSING OF THE PARIS METROPOLITAN AREA)
AMuLoP is an association from Paris, which works on a museum project dedicated to social housing and history of the working-class and their everyday life in a north Paris suburb. It gathers a collective of high school and university teachers, historians, sociologists, actors, and experts from the field of heritage. The aim of the project is to contribute to the affirmation of the working class heritage, which is often neglected and discredited in dominant narratives and institutions. Their most comprehensive program up to date is the exhibition ''HLM Life'', i.e. ''The Stories of Working-Class Housing Residents in Aubervilliers 1950-2000''.
MUBIG | MUSEO DI COMUNITÀ (COMMUNITY MUSEUM) / MILANO
MUBIG is a project of a community museum launched in 2020 in the Milanese working class neighborhood Greco. It was initiated by a collective of architects, educators, and urban planners, ABCittà, in partnership with the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, and in collaboration with Social Green Way, Stazione Radio Martesana, with the support of Gruppo FAS, Greco Positiva, IC Locatelli - Quasimodo. The aim of the project is to challenge the rapid rent increase in a gentrified city, such as Milan, where there is a widening gap between the poorest and the richest. The collective organizes arts and culture, as well as educational programs for the community (exhibitions, performances, urban tours, neighborhood audio tours, etc.) in the museum space. They also manage an online collection that records history of the neighborhood, and cooperate with volunteers active in maintaining a communal garden, local sports clubs, two centers for the homeless, and with other local organizations.
ORGANIZED BY: BLOK
PROFFESIONAL ASSOCIATE: Tea Kantoci
VISUAL BY: Neva Zidić
PHOTO: Luka Pešun
THE SEMINAR IS PART OF THE PRACTICUM FOR SOCIALLY ENGAGED APPROACH TO HERITAGE. IT IS ORGANIZED WITHIN THE PROJECT ‘MICROPOLITICS: WHOSE HERITAGE? MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, AND SOCIALLY NEGAGED PRACTICES’, SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OFFICE FOR CULTURE AND CIVIL SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF ZAGREB AND THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND MEDIA OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, AS WELL AS “TREŠNJEVKA NEIGHBOURHOOD MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS" , SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR ARTS INITIATIVES. BLOK’S ANNUAL PROGRAM FOR 2024 IS SUPPORTED BY THE "KULTURA NOVA" FOUNDATION.
