ICOM-ICME Annual Conference 2011
2 - 5 October 2011
Bad Staffelstein, Germany | Banz Monastery
Dissolving boundaries. Museological approaches to national, social and cultural issues, from the point of view ofethnographic museums. Borders, boundaries, exclusion, delimitation or the dissolution of boundaries as a result ofgeographical, political, social and cultural parameters in long-term perspectives are not static. They are linked to asteady influence of different forces. Such processes take place quietly without conflict or they end in graduatedcollisions.
Borders, boundaries and dissolution are not limited to the grand level of nations or levels of policy planning systems.
They also concern the social and cultural constitution of formal and informal groups. Terms like “equal" and "different" are often determined by everyday life experiences. Religious and ethnic identity constructions as well ascomprehensive examples of migration, gender or age-specific distinctions present boundaries expressed byexclusions which need to be overcome.
The variety of borders and their delimitation contribute towards political andsocial life.
- How do museum ethnographers document and present political and social processes of these types?
- What is the role ofplace(in situ, museum, information center) and the role played by authentic objects, photographs, texts?
- What is the response of male and female and other visitors?
Promoted by:
ICME (ICOM) in collaboration with the University of Bamberg/Department of European Ethnology