City museums as strategic places of diversity

Paul van de Laar

Migration:Cities Workshop in June the 2nd 2018, Historical Museum Frankfurt. Prof. dr. Paul Th. van de Laar is endowed professor in urban history at the Erasmus University School of History, Culture and Communication. Besides, he is a managing director of Museum Rotterdam (the City Museum), responsible for the new focus on city museums and their role in a changing urban context, in particular the role of cultural heritage in superdiverse cities.

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After studying Bachelor in Classical Archaeology in Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, I attended archaeological excavations such as Smyrna and Pergamon. I studied at the University of Bonn as an Erasmus exchange student. I finished my Master's at the University of Maastricht in Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education. I did my internship in Museum Rotterdam and wrote my masters thesis about the museum's community practice Authentic Rotterdam Heritage.

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. In collaboration with Hiromi Takao & Kaori Akazawa, Chunni (Jenny) Chui is focusing on "(Im)migration and museum trends in Japan". Chunni Chiu (Jenny) … [read more]

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. In collaboration with Hiromi Takao & Kaori Akazawa, Chunni (Jenny) Chui is focusing on "(Im)migration and museum trends in Japan". Chunni Chiu (Jenny) received her MA in Art Management in 2009 at National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Studies, School of Cultural and Social Studies, in The Graduate University for Advanced Studies of Japan, working on her research and studying as members of National Ethnology Museum. Her main research interest is in city museums and cultural heritage, and the relationship between city museums and communities. She is currently working with ICOM Japan to organise the ICOM Kyoto 2019 General Conference. Hiromi Takao received her BA in Education at Hokkaido University of Education. Her interest in museums as lifelong learning spaces was fostered volunteering at Sapporo Salmon Museum – where on graduating she worked in research and education, fish [hide]

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. "This has to last 40 years" is about future planning and community collaborations of the Manitoba Museum.

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Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Mtro. Francisco Javier Guerrero Mendoza is Principal Investigator “C” of the Department of Ethnology and Social Anthropology (DEAS) at the Institute of … [read more]

Migration:Cities Workshop, Mexico 2017. Mtro. Francisco Javier Guerrero Mendoza is Principal Investigator “C” of the Department of Ethnology and Social Anthropology (DEAS) at the Institute of Anthropology and History. He analyses the transculturation between Mexico and the United States and currently works on the project: Origins and development of national culture under conditions of late capitalism. Phase III. He is a member of the Permanent Seminar of Chicano Studies and Frontiers (SPEChF) DEAS-INAH. He has a Masters in anthropological sciences from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) and a doctorate from the Faculty of Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is a Professor of the UNAM, ENAH and other institutions of higher education and the author of texts such as functions of religion and magic in the social structure of the Maya, The economy in primitive societies, The elections of 88, National question and urban literature, The im [hide]