NEMO Annual Conference 2015

1. Maria Vlachou
NEMO Annual Conference, Pilsen, 6.11.15
Are we failing?
Considerations on the role museums may currently have
in education

2. What are museums about?

3. heritage
identity
memory
past
present
future
What are museums about?

4. heritage
identity
memory
past
present
future
knowledge
encounter
dialogue
respect
tolerance
What are museums about?

5. heritage
identity
memory
past
present
future
knowledge
encounter
dialogue
respect
tolerance
educational
social
What are museums about?

6. Gaza, 2014
Dogs are allowed to
enter, but Zionists under
no circumstances!
Belgium, 2014

14. Syrians, 2015

15. Greeks, 1922

16. Hungarians, 1956

17. Bosnians, 1995

18. European Heritage Days 2015
Industrial and Technical Heritage

19. European Heritage Days 2015
Violence and tolerance: Europe’s diversity

20. Collection of clothes
for the Syrian refugees
at the Archaeological
Museum of Chalkida

21. “A civilized person is
one who is able, at all
times and in all places,
to recognize the
humanity of others
fully.”
Tzvetan Todorov in The
Fear of the Barbarians

22. “(…) any movement toward greater cultural and
racial understanding and communication must
be supported by our country’s cultural and
educational infrastructure. Museums are a part
of this educational and cultural network.”
#museumsrespondtoferguson

23. “(…) the silence of other museum organizations
sends a message that these issues are the
concern only of African Americans and African
American Museums. We know that this is not
the case.”
#museumsrespondtoferguson

24. “140 Characters”
São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, 2014

25. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014

26. Rapid Response Collecting
Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014

27. “The ultimate measure
of a man is not where
he stands in moments
of comfort and
convenience, but
where he stands at
times of challenge and
controversy.”
Martin Luther King

28. Thank you!
mariavlachou.pt@gmail.com
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