Museums and Migration Environment: A series of educational events

Topics such as interaction of people and meanings in the context of urban diversity and the perception of migrant processes are rarely considered by curators in Russia as a starting point for new exhibitions. Nevertheless, it is always necessary to reflect upon these issues, since migration has become one of the key aspects in the modus operandi of contemporary cities

Participants

Yulia Bardun, curator of the projects Kaliningrad 2018. Migration Card and Migration and Memory (Baltic Branch of NCCA affiliated with ROSIZO).

Sofia Simakova, coordinator of the project Our Land / Alien Territory (Moscow Manege).

Sona Stepanyan, curator of the exhibition Project with an Accent (Open Stage).

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The session is devoted to migrants’ social experiences and their reflection in artistic practices. The lector will discuss Western European theater spectacles involving migrants, their political implications, and the specificity of the representation of migrants within the Russian cultural environment

About the lecturer

Mark Simon, social studies researcher, docent at Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, senior associate at the Center for Theoretical and Practical Political Science at Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).

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The work of museum institutions with ethnocultural diversity embraces multiple components, where the very transformation of the museum space for visitors who speak different languages is one of the most visible aspects. The lecture will analyze several case studies from the experience of institutions that have opened their doors for audiences of all types.

About the lecrurer

Anastasia Podorozhnaya works in the education department at International Cultural Center, Krakow.

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The participants will discuss how contemporary museums develop education projects bearing in mind the issues of ethnic and cultural diversity—before delivering a workshop enabling the case study of education projects specific for various museum types.

Participants

Olga Dieva, coordinator at Garage Education Department

Polina Zhurakovskaya, senior fellow at the Contemporary Moscow department of the Museum of Moscow, curator of the exhibition Dear Muscovites and City Guests

Nikolay Komyagin, supervisor of the education center at The Museum of St. Petersburg Art (20th–21st centuries) 

Alexandra Philippovskaya, coordinator at Garage Inclusive Department

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