HAAR0135-1 : Trends in contemporary museology

Study Programmes 2015-2016

HAAR0135-1

Trends in contemporary museology

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in history of art and archaeology : archeometrics (120 ECTS)		5
Master in history of art and archaeology : general (120 ECTS)		5
Master in history of art and archaeology : musicology (120 ECTS)		5
Master in history of art and archaeology : general (60 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

André Gob

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This year, the question of "Museum and Politic" will be analysed.
Generally speaking, the museum project is a political project. Beyond the politician interactions wich could be positive or negative for the museum, I should point out two aspects:

the societal importance of museums;
the political responsability in creating, financing and controling museums.

After a brief theoretical introduction, the Seminar will be devoted to the analysis of several cases, including Louvre-Lens and Louvre-Abou Dabi, Federal belgian museums in comparision with Berlin situation, the Deutsche Hygiene Museum in Dresde.
Two cases will be presented by external reserchers : Laurent Olivier will speak about Archaeology and Nazisme and Michel Collardelle about the MUCEM project in Marseille.
Two day seminars will be organised in situ : the Red Star Museum in Antwerp and the Pôle muséal montois in Mons.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires