BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Museum Studies Program, U-M Rackham Graduate School - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Museum Studies Program, U-M Rackham Graduate School X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Museum Studies Program, U-M Rackham Graduate School REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160317T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20160815T035347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000029-1458216000-1458216000@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:Building Collections\, Building Knowledge\, Building Publics: Diversity at the Huntington DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1919\, the Huntington Library\, Art Collections\, and Botanical Gardens originated with the collections of Henry and Arabella Huntington. As of 2014\, nearly three-quarters of a million people visit the grounds and buildings annually. In recent years\, the Huntington has become more intentional about reaching a broader audience and expanding its collections in directions that reflect the diversity of southern California. But what does it mean for an institution originally formed to preserve the home and possessions of a wealthy\, Europhilic white couple–an institution that is\, in fact\, still located in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in California–to embrace diversity\, inclusion\, and relevance? This presentation will discuss the Huntington’s past initiatives\, potential approaches\, and continued challenges in pursuing these goals. \nBrownBag_Tsay URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/building-collections-building-knowledge-building-publics-diversity-at-the-huntington/ CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160311T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20160815T034929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000037-1457697600-1457697600@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:"History Compels Us to be Daring": Sites of Conscience in Action Around the World DESCRIPTION:The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience was founded in 1999 with the radical idea that historic sites had an obligation to draw a connection between the history of their sites and their contemporary implications. Today\, we are more than 200 museums\, historic sites\, parks\, memory projects\, archives\, documentation centers\, and memorials around the world.  Whether remembering an era centuries or decades ago\, Sites of Conscience begin by facing all aspects of our history: stories of great cruelty\, great courage\, or everyday life. But we go a step further\, activating the historical perspective with public dialogue on related issues we face today and what we can do about them. I will explore what it means to be a Site of Conscience in practice today\, sharing a few of the ways that Sites of Conscience pick up the unfinished work of societies\, serve as safe spaces to tell multiple stories in contentious environments\, and provide a platform for individuals to share their stories. \nJulieta Cuéllar is the Global Networks Program Manager at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience where she supports global exchange and learning as well as the development and implementation of global programs for the Coalition’s members around the world.  Julieta is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin\, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Eastern European studies.  She also attended the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the School of International Training.  Julieta’s studies and research have focused on the politics of memory in Serbia and the Balkans. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/history-compels-us-to-be-daring-sites-of-conscience-in-action-around-the-world/ CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160219T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160219T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20160815T034821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000036-1455883200-1455883200@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:“But Is That Even a ‘Real’ Museum”? Exhibits and Their Objects at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum DESCRIPTION:In my brown bag presentation\, I will discuss my experience completing an exhibits (and sometimes curatorial and sometimes collections) practicum at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum (HHOF)\, a non-traditional museum located downtown Toronto.  With an entrance located off a mall food court\, HHOF is considered by hockey fans to be their mecca\, housing their holy grail\, the Stanley Cup.  HHOF is a place to view NHL trophies (including the Cup)\, to honor hockey’s legends\, to learn about the history of hockey and the National Hockey League\, and to play hockey-related games.  As a historical museum\, tourist attraction\, and Hall of Fame it serves as an intriguing non-traditional museum.  To observe and classify HHOF through the lense of Duncan F. Cameron’s “The Museum\, a Temple or the Forum?” the visitor would have to pick both.  Working on exhibits done within a museum that acts as both Temple and Forum (and a little bit playhouse) gave me a greater appreciation for the constant role that visitors\, in addition to the museum’s mission statement\, must play in the development and creation of exhibits. \nBrownBag_Juillet URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/but-is-that-even-a-real-museum-exhibits-and-their-objects-at-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-and-museum/ CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160127T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20160815T034728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000003-1453896000-1453896000@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:Where the Sacred and the Secular Meet: The Politics of Display at a Monastery Museum in Ladakh\, India DESCRIPTION:Removed from the sanctified spaces of temples and shrines\, and relocated to the secular sphere of museum galleries\, Buddhist objects are transformed from icons to artifacts\, from images to artworks. Within their new exhibition context\, new meanings and values are imposed on these objects based on the authority of the museum and the principles of research and education that it embodies.  But what if the museum is located within the sanctified space of a Buddhist monastery? How are the boundaries between art and relic\, aesthetic work and empowered icon\, scholarly authority and religious belief negotiated in these hybrid spaces? Who is the intended audience and what is the intended mission of a monastic museum? \nIn this presentation\, I will share my recent fieldwork at a museum project at Chemrey Monastery in Ladakh\, a Tibetan Buddhist region located in the western Himalayas of India. The proposed reconceptualization of an existing museum at this monastery has revealed the potential implications of wielding cultural preservation to respond to the growth of tourism and the expansion of modernization. Chemrey’s monastic museum offers a compelling case study for illuminating the widespread forces of change at play in the western Himalayas regarding the treatment and understanding of sacred art and local heritage\, and understanding the powerful resolution offered by the museum medium. \nBrownBag_Bloom URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/where-the-sacred-and-the-secular-meet-the-politics-of-display-at-a-monastery-museum-in-ladakh-india/ CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151204T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20150910T024842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000006-1449230400-1449230400@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:The God behind the Marble: Transcending the Object in the German Museum of Art DESCRIPTION:Alice Goff (PhD post-doc\, Michigan Society of Fellows) \nThis presentation explores the relationship between aesthetic philosophy and art objects in public museums of art in German states in the first half of the nineteenth century. It argues that during this revolutionary period a conflict emerged between the ideal and the material registers of the museum’s public mission. As German museums sought to create spaces where visitors could leave behind the constraints of the material world and experience an ideal realm of beauty\, they also confronted works of art that resisted transcendence: objects whose material condition\, provenance\, and art historical interpretation defied attempts to enlist them into a realm of pure ideas and meanings. By looking at the conflicts that emerged in early public museums’ efforts to create physical environments that conformed to theoretical principles\, this presentation also reflects on the resonance of this history within contemporary museum practice. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/title-tbd-2/ LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu GEO:42.276802;-83.738289 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Michigan Museum of Art First Floor Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street Ann Arbor MI 48109 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=525 South State Street:geo:-83.738289,42.276802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151120T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151120T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040343Z CREATED:20150910T024842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040343Z UID:10000067-1448020800-1448020800@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:Translating the Museum: Multicultural Accessibility at the National Museum of Japanese History DESCRIPTION:Esther Ladkau (PhD\, History) \nThe National Museum of Japanese History (known as Rekihaku)\, founded in 1983\, is the only national history museum in Japan with government sponsorship.  Its purpose is to represent the whole of the Japanese archipelago’s history and folk cultures.  Since its reconception in 2002\, Rekihaku has aimed to improve accessibility for minority and international visitors through a variety of means.  This presentation discusses some of the methods in use by Rekihaku that open the galleries up to minority and non-Japanese language speakers along with some of the barriers that remain.  Ultimately\, translating museum exhibits for multicultural audiences requires much more than translating words on paper. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/translating-the-museum-multicultural-accessibility-at-the-national-museum-of-japanese-history/ LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu GEO:42.276802;-83.738289 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Michigan Museum of Art First Floor Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street Ann Arbor MI 48109 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=525 South State Street:geo:-83.738289,42.276802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151023T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040403Z CREATED:20150910T024842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040403Z UID:10000066-1445601600-1445601600@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:Spending Some Time on the Inside: Jackson's Cell Block Seven Prison Museum DESCRIPTION:Amy Reimann (Executive Director\, Ella Sharp Museum) \nIn 2013\, the Ella Sharp Museum of Jackson\, Michigan\, was approached about developing a plan for a museum at an operating penitentiary dedicated to telling the story of the Michigan Department of Corrections.  The Cell Block Seven Prison Museum opened for operation in June 2014 and continues to develop with support and direction from the MDOC.  We will discuss the initial goals for the museum\, what’s been learned over the past year\, and where it is headed over the next four. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/title-tbd/ LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu GEO:42.276802;-83.738289 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Michigan Museum of Art First Floor Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street Ann Arbor MI 48109 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=525 South State Street:geo:-83.738289,42.276802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20151009T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20151009T120000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040403Z CREATED:20150910T024842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040403Z UID:10000058-1444392000-1444392000@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:Gentrifiers or community anchors: are art museums good for urban neighborhood residents? DESCRIPTION:Justin Meyer (PhD candidate\, Urban Planning) \nMy dissertation research examines how urban art museums impact their adjacent neighborhoods to understand when they contribute to gentrification (and the subsequent isolation or displacement of ethnic minorities and poorer households) and when they might help ‘anchor’ or even build diverse communities. Methodologically\, I use qualitative methods (interviews and participant observation) in a critical case study of the Portland Art Museum in Oregon to identify how and why the museum has benefitted its diverse surrounding neighborhood\, as well as how and why the museum has been complicit in gentrifying the neighborhood and creating exclusive space. I also employ a broader\, longitudinal analysis of socio-economic change between 1970 and 2010 in 158 neighborhoods adjacent to 60 art museums located across the country. This analysis gives me a more generalized view on whether art museums have anchored neighborhood diversity and population over the past several decades or whether their presence has corresponded with neighborhoods becoming more expensive and less diverse. \n  \nThe results of my qualitative research suggest that the health of the regional economy\, thephilosophical dispositions of a museum’s staff linked with an autonomy to pursue their own projects\, and the availability of funding dedicated to specific museum operations are the most important factors in whether or not an art museum benefits its diverse surrounding neighborhood. Results from my longitudinal\, socio-economic analysis of selected art museum neighborhoods suggest that art museum neighborhoods have been less likely than similarly located neighborhoods to experience the displacement of nonwhite populations\, more likely to experience a large increase in wealth\, and recently\, more likely to experience an increase in population\, especially in regions where population is in general decline. These results together suggest that art museums are valuable components to stabilizing neighborhood diversity and population\, attracting human capital\, and under the right conditions\, providing accessible\, valuable amenities for diverse neighborhood residents. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/gentrifiers-or-community-anchors-are-art-museums-good-for-urban-neighborhood-residents/ LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu GEO:42.276802;-83.738289 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Michigan Museum of Art First Floor Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street Ann Arbor MI 48109 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=525 South State Street:geo:-83.738289,42.276802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150925T130000 DTSTAMP:20160815T040403Z CREATED:20150910T025352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160815T040403Z UID:10000049-1443182400-1443186000@ummsp.rackham.umich.edu SUMMARY:The Emperor’s New Ethnography: Debates at the Musée africain de Lyon DESCRIPTION:Abigail Celis (PhD candidate\, French Language and Literature) \nHow do you do new ethnography with old tools? \nEthnographic museums\, in the past two decades\, have been dancing a funny limbo. The academic fields that shaped them have abandoned many of the methods and primary assumptions that were once the raison d’être for these museums. The regimes of imperial power that founded them have been\, perhaps not fully dismantled\, but heavily deconstructed. And the communities they once spoke for are increasingly able to make demands on the institutions that purport to represent them. \nThough many museums recognize these changes\, unless they are able to immediately undertake massive renovation and acquisition projects\, they are nonetheless saddled with collections and displays that served previous regimes of knowledge and power. In my MSP internship at the Musée africain de Lyon\, I was able to observe first-hand a museum that was grappling with how to convert its collections and displays into something that could meet contemporary demands and interests in an ethically and academically sound manner. This talk outlines how these debates took shape in this particular museum context\, and traces how they are tied to larger questions about why and if museums need objects. URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-emperors-new-ethnography-debates-at-the-musee-africain-de-lyon/ LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu GEO:42.276802;-83.738289 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Michigan Museum of Art First Floor Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street Ann Arbor MI 48109 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=525 South State Street:geo:-83.738289,42.276802 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR