Lab Meeting Diaspora Objects - Connecting Diasporas of Objects and Peoples, March 14 + 15, 2016 at Museu de Cultures del Món in Barcelona.
Focus group for planning four Collaborative Exhibitions
Participating museums: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna [AT], “Luigi Pigorini” National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Rome [IT], and Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren [BE], Museu de Cultures del Món, Barcelona [ES]
In this lab-meeting collaborators and museums involved in four SWICH Collaborative Exhibitions met to discuss concepts, experiences and expected results.
Monday 14 March 2016
Museu de Cultures del Món de Barcelona – Aula Didàctica / Education Room
09:30 Welcome
10:00 Josep Fornés, director Museum of World Cultures-Ethnological Museum of Barcelona. Introduction / Previous experiences: “Afriques” project.
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Gemma Celigueta and Gabriel Izard, University of Barcelona. Presentation of the "Dialogues with Africa" project at the Barcelona Museum of World Cultures. With the participation of some members of the African diaspora who participated in the focus group sessions.
12:45 Discussion / questions and answers
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Presentation Weltmuseum Wien & Camilo Antonio
15:00 Presentation “Luigi Pigorini” National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Rome 16:00 Discussion / questions and answers
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Museu de Cultures del Món de Barcelona – Aula Didàctica / Education Room
09:15 Welcome
09:30 Presentation Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren
10:30 Discussion / questions and answers
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Joint discussion on the next steps of the activity: innovative collaborative exhibitions and publications
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 End of Lab-meeting
