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ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 1 ICME NEWS ISSUE 86 JANUARY 2019 ICOM-ICME 51ND Annual Conference JAPAN 2019 Call for Papers - Call for ICME Fellows Committee Announcements / Exhibitions and Conferences: Announcements and Reviews / Essays
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CONTENTS Opening Words
Report on working group questionnaire “What we do”............... 3
Committee Announcements
Re-imagining the Museum in the Global Contemporary, ICME’s
51st annual conference, 9 - 12 October 2018, Estonian
National Museum Tartu by Dr Viv Golding.................................9
51st Annual ICOM ICME Fellow’s Conference Report
by Tatjana Bugarski.....................................................................12
51st Annual ICOM ICME Fellow’s Conference Report
by Suvdaa Sampil........................................................................16
Towards Developing Ethnographic Museums in Egypt:
An ICME Fellow Report by Abd Elrahman Othman ...................21
The post-conference tours to Tallinn and Helsinki
by Agnes Aljas............................................................................24
Exhibitions and Conferences: Announcements
and Reviews
Diversity and Universality ICOM-ICME 52st Annual
Conference 2019, September 1-7.2019, Kyoto, Japan
Call for papers............................................................................ 26
Call for ICME fellows.................................................................. 28
Essays
Unforgettable Experience at the Best Museum −
The British Museum, by Rema Zeynalova.................................30
‘State’ - An Exhibition, by Saamia Ahmed.................................. 34
The Time of the Huacas: Questioning the Exhibition of
Amerindian Human Remains through Art and Activism
by Filipa Cordeiro and Rui Mourão............................................ 36
Decolonization in Brazilian Museums, by Adriana Russi.......... 38
Bååstede – A Repatriation Project That May Benefit
Indigenous Museums Worldwide, by Leif Pareli....................... 39
Words from the Editors........................................................... 43
On the cover:
Estonian National Museum, Finno-Ugric
exhibition Echo of the Urals. Photo: Arp Karm Contact the News.....................................................................44
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 3 opening words
REPORT ON WORKING GROUP
QUESTIONNAIRE “WHAT WE DO”
ICME ICOM Annual Meeting Tartu, Estonia, October 9 - 12, 2018
Over the past few years, there has In spring 2018, a call went out to the member and Webmaster, contrib-
been lively discussion among some entire ICME membership soliciting uted significantly to our efforts in
ICME members about our commit- interested candidates for the Working formatting the questionnaire. Both
tee’s identity. ICME, ICOM’s interna- Group; in May our Working Group Mario and Sylvia Wackernagel, ICME
tional committee for Museums and was formed. The team includes Susan Secretary, distributed the question-
Collections of Ethnography, repre- Faine, independent museum con- naire widely on Social Media and
sents a broad range of museums of sultant from Australia, Doris Prlic, of provided as many statistics about
culture, administered by various gov- Weltmuseum Vienna, Eveline LaMeer, our membership as possible. Mem-
erning bodies and reflecting different recent graduate in Museum Studies, bers were given approximately one
types of cultures and communities University of Leiden, and Graeme month to reply to the questionnaire
(i.e., local, native, indigenous, mi- Were, Chair and Professor of Anthro- and sent two reminders within that
grant, foreign, diaspora, etc.). Some pology at University of Bristol, UK and time frame.
of these museums have undergone ICME board member.
tremendous change in the past few The balance of this report summarizes
decades that have challenged both The team worked hard and collabo- the results of these efforts.
those who work in and for these mu- ratively to assemble a questionnaire
seums, as well as the societies they intended to gather basic informa- Number of Respondents
are a part of. In recent conversations,
tion about how members identified and Statistics
topics no less profound than a name themselves and the museums where A broad distribution of our ICME
change for our committee and an they worked or conducted research. questionnaire to the entire member-
appropriate mission statement have Four groups of questions, the majori- ship of 402 individuals and institutions
been addressed, proposed, debated, ty of which were presented in multi- (as of 2017) resulted in 37 responses.
and ultimately deadlocked. ple-choice format, were asked. The 29 people responded via Google and 8
headings were: 1) About Your Muse- responded via Word.
A solution to carry these issues um, 2) Terminology and Attitudes
forward and bring the discussion to Toward Collecting and Exhibiting at 29 respondents represented a muse-
the entire ICME membership was to Your Museum, 3) ICME and You, and um or a collection, and 8 were individ-
create a Working Group for ‘What We 4) Defining ICME. To make the ques- ual members. Of 16 ICME board mem-
Do.’ ICME President Dr. Viv Golding tionnaire as user-friendly as possible, bers, 7 replied to the questionnaire.
made this suggestion and invited me, it was distributed as both a Google In total, we received less than a 10%
a second-term ICME board member, to document and a Microsoft Word response rate from the ICME member-
form the group. form. Mario Buletić, ICME board ship to the questionnaire.
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36 percent of the respondents came Museum Studies Program, University Committee for Museums and Collec-
from a National Museum and 25 of Leicester, UK; Horniman Museum, tions of Costume; COMCOL (2011) In-
percent represented regional or local London, UK; Museum of Cultural ternational Committee for Collecting;
museums. Broken down by number, History, University of Oslo; Norway ICOMOS (1965) International Council
14 respondents represented national Ethnographic Collections of Ghent on Monuments and Sites; ICOM-CC
museums, 10 represented regional University; Belgium Musee Cantonal (1967) International Committee for
museums, and another 10 represented d’archeologie et d’histoire, Lausanne, Conservation; ICTOP (1968) Interna-
local museums. Switzerland; National Museum of Eth- tional Committee for the Training of
nology, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; and Personnel; CAMOC (2004) Internation-
63 percent of respondents stated that The Museum of Urban Everyday Life, al Committee for the Collections and
their museums do not have the term Rousse, Bulgaria. Activities of Museums of Cities; CECA
“ethnography” in their title, although National Museum of World Cultures, (1968) International Committee for
71 percent of respondents identified The Netherlands (Tropenmuseum, Education and Cultural Action; CIDOC
their museums as ethnographic. Museum Volkenkunde, Afrika Mu- International Committee for Docu-
seum, Wereldmuseum); National mentation; ICOFOM (1977) Internation-
Of seven world continents, respond- Ethnographic Museum, Bulgaria; al Committee for Museology
ents represented Europe, North The National Museum of Australia
America, Australia and Asia (with only Ethnographic Museum, University of National committees: ICOM Bulgar-
one respondent). No one replied from Zurich, Switzerland; Wallachian Open ia-non ICME Member respondent;
Africa, Central or South America. Air Museum, Czechia Folklife and ICOM Greece; ICOM Germany
Ethnological Museum of Macedonia
We learned recently from former ICME – Thrace, Greece; Volkskundemuse- Reflection by Working
President and current ICOM ex officio um Wien/Austrian Museum of Folk Group Members
Per Rekdal of Norway that of ICOM’s 30 Life and Folk Art, Vienna; Queens-
international committees, ICME is the land Museum, Australia; Museum of 1. About your Museum
third lowest in terms of members, with Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia; Slovene Based on member responses and some
only ICR (International Committee for Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, self-reflection by the Working Group, it
Regional Museums) and the Commit- Slovenia; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, became clear in the first section “About
tee on Glass lower. Along with four Canada; Estonian National Museums, Your Museum,” that certain museum
other international committees, ICME Tartu; Museum Europäischer Kulturen/ types were not included in the multi-
is among the oldest, founded in 1948. Museum of European Cultures, Berlin, ple choice options. The most notable
Germany; Museum / Cultural Institute omission was university museums,
Institutions and ICOM of the James Bay Cree Nation, Quebec, which as Doris Prlic points out, often
committees represented Canada; Library, USA have a slightly different, perhaps more
in the Questionnaire research-based focus and should be
The following institutions were men- Respondents listed additional mem- singled out as their own category.
tioned and represented by respond- bership in the following international
ents to the questionnaire: and national ICOM committees: Other types of museums not iden-
Ethnographic Museum of Istria, UMAC (2001) International Committee tified in the questionnaire were eco
Croatia; Mathers Museum of World for University Museums and Collec- museums, open air museums, and
Cultures, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; tions; COSTUME (1962) International Indigenous/tribal Museums. An
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 5 individual from the Cultural Institute Although ecomuseums did not seem and list them as a category. This was of the Cree Nation identified a critical to be represented in the responses, a point well taken and should be pur- problem in our option categories (i.e., they are mentioned here as another sued in any follow-up associated with national vs. regional vs. local) when category that is potentially relevant this survey. she said national culture is implicitly to ICME, because of their focus on colonial and that “it is possible for an local cultures and traditions, even One respondent suggested that indigenous culture to be considered though ecomuseums do have their rather than asking for people to sign their own nation/national culture.” own ICOM international committee the questionnaire with their names Another respondent from the Glen- dedicated solely to them. There was that they give their ICOM member- bow Museum described his museum some dialogue between an Ecomu- ship number, as this could ensure as non-governmental but with funds seum consortium and ICME during that respondents were ICOM ICME from the provincial government, the Milan triennial in 2016. More members and maintain their ano- and offered another approach to follow-up work should be conducted nymity if they wanted to. In general, managing First Nations/Indigenous with this group. the Working Group thought it help- collections. He said, “Our Indigenous ful to have identifying information Studies collection used to be called At least two open air museums were about the respondents. Respondents the Ethnology Collection. We work represented in the questionnaire had two chances to identify them- collaboratively with local first nations responses. This is interesting because selves—one with their email ad- groups (and other groups when pos- ICOM has another international com- dress, which was required, the other sible). Our Blackfoot gallery is now mittee devoted specifically to open air with the name of their institution, interpreted by Blackfoot interpreters museums. One respondent from the which was optional. only.” In the case of the Glenbow Mu- Norwegian Museum of Cultural His- seum, it seemed that the term “eth- tory carefully explained that his choice 2. Assessment/Analysis nology” and collaborative work with of joining ICME was due to a personal Statistics tell us that 63 percent of local groups did not mean the same association with Per Rekdal, a former respondents stated that their museum thing. From these comments and ICME President, and his own discipli- does not have ethnography in its title. others, it seems that in some places nary training in anthropology. And whether or not they described Indigenous peoples/First Nation peo- their museum’s collections as ethno- ples want their stories told by them The questionnaire was intended to graphic, they chose social history as in their own spaces while in others, be museum-focused, addressing the the second most chosen topic with they want to be respectfully integrat- various types, focuses, and termi- which to identify. ed into ‘mainstream’ spaces. In some nologies surrounding institutions national museums representing the associated with ICME. Though it was Many respondents checked multiple histories of that nation, the institu- assumed that scholars and others not boxes in the section that asked how tion may be independent; in other employed permanently by museums they defined their collections, includ- places there may be ‘arm’s length’ would base their answers on insti- ing the terms immigrant, indigenous, involvement from government, or tutions they know from their private ethnic, living history, etc. just plain involvement. Either way, research or consulting contracts, a Indigenous/First Nation museums couple of respondents suggested that Eveline Lameer notes that this statistic and collections need a clearer voice the questionnaire be more inclusive may show that some member museums within ICME. of independent professionals in ICME from ICME are not presented as ethno-
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graphic institutions toward their public. Several respondents emphasized the Norsk Folkemuseum is now called in
Susan Faine noted a common lan- need not to politicize ICME; many English The Norwegian Museum of
guage and terminology in much of the mentioned de-colonizing practices Cultural History. (According to curator
respondents’ descriptions, with terms and co-curation/collaboration – all Leif Pareli, the English term Folk mu-
such as new voices, inclusivity, com- of which came under the auspices of seum was felt to be too narrow for the
munity involvement, work with source ‘ethnography’ – particularly so as a scope of this museum, which in theory
communities, collaborative approach, term that incorporates contemporary works with all aspects of daily life in
multi-vocality, diversity, decoloniza- collecting or a desire to do that. Norway since the Reformation in 1537).
tion, collections about culture, co-cu- As mentioned above, at the Glenbow
ration, power relations, etc. Mention of politics did come into play in Museum in Canada, the Indigenous
a number of responses. Some individu- Studies collection used to be called the
The Netherlands Museum of World als felt that human rights had a role to Ethnology Collection.
Cultures was explicit in its attention play in ethnographic museums, in terms
to terminology, stating in the ques- of representing racism and the cultures Current ICME President Viv Golding
tionnaire: ‘we also pay attention to the of LGBT, refugee, and migrant commu- put forth this view about terminol-
words we use and the colonial herit- nities. Others said that even if social ogy: ‘I think keeping ethnography
age and its consequences that our type action is an approach of ethnographic in the title points to the difficult
of museum brings.’ museums, that political positions and/or histories that linger in the pres-
social action need not be in the group’s ent but perhaps the words 'world
The problem, we found, was a lack of title. Susan Faine suggested that ICME culture' could be added, and 'diver-
definition or exploration of what “our should not propose an overarching sity'’. ICOM President Suay Aksoy
type of museum” is. Graeme Were political platform when it purports to advised us to change our name in
suggests that the responses reveal a represent members whose situations Paris this year. She said we will lose
lot about the attitudes of members and contexts vary enormously. members to new committees and
to the term ‘ethnography’. It seems a couple more are in the pipeline.
that the term is recognized by most A respondent from the Australian Na- Former ICME President and Current
as a means to identify, unify, and tional Museum argued that while not ex-officio ICOM member Per Rek-
represent collection types – whether all museums have a department, col- dal said that Suay Aksoy ‘is keen to
they be in cultural, historical, ethno- lection, or exhibition space designated get a 'Diversity' group established.
logical, tribal, or art collections. ICME 'ethnographic', many museums have The process of name change was so
appears to be a go-to committee for researchers, collections and content divisive when we tackled that earlier.
representation of such collections that embrace 'ethnographic' in their Perhaps reaching consensus is a
and the term ‘ethnography’ does not professions (historians, archaeologists, long job but necessary ... The 'new'
seem to be problematized; rather, anthropologists) and in their museum definition is by no means perfect in
Were suggests, the important thing areas (Indigenous Studies, etc). The my view but it does point to VITAL
to recognize is that the institutions definitions within ICME should em- current concerns.’
themselves are making changes [vis a brace all researchers, curators, etc with
vis] their collecting histories, mis- an interest in cultures. Some discussion was had among
sions, relation to communities, etc – Working Group members over the
and that ICME seems to provide a way At least two respondents discussed a term ‘world culture,’ which was felt
to communicate this. name change in their museums. The to be a homogenous term and the
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suggestion was made to replace it 3. ICME and YOU categories does not speak to all com-
with ‘cultures of the world.’ Doris I am not a member, but I fill out this munities’ sense of self and relationship
Prlic also noted that the name ‘world questionnaire for empathy with the to material culture.
culture’ or ‘world cultures’ has been a problem "What we do" (ICOM Bulgaria)
preferred name for many museums Where do we go from here?
in recent years and so an ongoing 4. Defining ICME This questionnaire was intended to
discussion of these terms is warrant- Most respondents answered the final open a dialogue among the entire
ed. In 2013, the museum where Prlic question of the survey, although they ICME community about ICME’s identi-
works, currently called Weltmuseum- offered no clear definitions for ICME. ty, mission and terminology. Although
vien (World Culture Museum Vienna) Rather they suggested the types of in reality, very few respondents
changed its name from Volkerkunde- collecting (collaborative, inclusive) that proposed ideological or terminological
museum (Ethnology Museum). Such should take place and many seemed changes for ICME, they elaborated
new terminologies are not without unconcerned with the title ethnog- on the various approaches that their
ongoing debate. In a May 2013 article raphy. Some argued that the old museums take toward collection
from the journal Modern Ghana, Dr. definition, based on the profile of the interpretation and exhibition, em-
Kwame Opaku suggested, ‘The notion collections, is a fairly good description phasizing how these approaches have
of 'world museum' as applied by many of what unites us, although qualified changed over time. For many, it seems,
is obviously more than problematic that “this should not hinder us from the changing approaches and renewed
for these museums are all national questioning the history and the nature emphasis on working with source
museums and the designation is very of those collections or to choose a communities to collect, interpret and
misleading.” more activist attitude concerning the exhibit cultural objects takes the form
(www.modernghana.com/ many issues that can arise from work- of a definition in and of itself.
news/463317/ethnology-museum-vi- ing with such collections.”
enna-changes-name- to-world-muse- From the responses, we also gleaned
um-vienn.html) One respondent from the Open Air a sampling of the range of museums
Museum in Czechia stated that ICME is that belong to ICME (open air, univer-
As an addendum to this, at the rather open to different kinds of muse- sity, First Nation, encyclopedic, etc.)
current meeting, Dr. Golding has ums. As an open-air museum, regional and got a sense of how they relate to
proposed a new name for our com- in scope of presentation, we feel we are the committee. As Susan Faine noted,
mittee, adding the terms Diversity a 'minority' organization among large though, more than defining the varied
and Indigenous Peoples to our title, national museums oriented towards museums associated with ICME, what
making it ICMEDIP (International indigenous collections from all parts of is important is to bring together those
Committee for Museums of Ethnog- the world. Limiting the definition may who work with people and cultures.
raphy, Diversity and Indigenous Peo- mean diminishing the dialogue and
ples). There was widespread approval variety of views and experience. However, to gain a further apprecia-
for keeping the acronym ICME and tion for the institutional and individ-
discussing the addition of additional A representative of the Queensland ual diversity in ICME, a larger sample
descriptive words with the member- Museum of Australia suggested that of questionnaire responses is needed.
ship via the yahoo list and newsletters ICME’s definition needs to be broad It is possible that the questionnaire
prior to making a final decision as boundaries of collection types could be translated into additional
in Kyoto 2019. imposed by museum definitions and languages to reach more people. It
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Laurie Calb Cosmo
could also be made available onsite at ICME has lost members to other in- yahoo groups and follow us on FB
ICME conferences. ternational committees over the past and other social media. A priority for
few years, and we should understand ICME should be how to engage better
In addition, more research could be where ‘our’ members have gone and with its members.
done on other ICOM international why. More statistics and other data
committees and how older ones such are needed to explore the issue of The Working Group’s efforts have
as ours have updated their missions to waning membership in ICME. Susan been just a beginning. We hope that
better reflect their goals and constitu- Faine has asked if an international this questionnaire and the points it
ents, and also to explore how and why committee becomes a threatened has raised will offer a stepping stone
newer international committees have species if numbers drop to a threat- for continued dialogue about this
been formed. CECA, the international ened level (50 members). A deeper critical topic.
committee for Education, recently problem may be with the engage-
became the Committee for Education ment of the existing membership. Respectfully submitted on October 11,
and Cultural Action, adding agency to Only about half of ICME board mem- 2018,
the topic they represent. bers responded to this questionnaire The ICME Working Group on “What
as did less than a tenth of its mem- We Do”: Laurie Kalb Cosmo, Susan
While the ICME membership has bers. It would be helpful to know how Faine, Eveline Lameer, Doris Prlic,
grown over the years it is true that many members subscribe to the ICME Graeme Were
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 9 Committee Announcements
Re-imagining the Museum in
the Global Contemporary
ICME’s 51 annual conference
st
9 - 12 October 2018, Estonian National Museum Tartu
Dr Viv Golding
Introduction Conference numbers felt energized and inspired rather
ICME are very grateful that their 51st The theme, Re-imagining the Museum in than tired. At ENM, delegates really
annual conference was so generous- the Global Contemporary, and four inter- appreciated thirty hugely interesting
ly hosted by the Estonian National nationally renowned keynote speakers and well-presented Paper Sessions
Museum (ENM) Tartu, Estonia, from 9 – Professor Andrea Witcomb, Professor (excluding our keynotes) and seven
to 12 October 2018. Director Alar Karis Wayne Modest, Dr Philipp Schorch and excellent Lightning Talks and Poster
opened the conference with a warm Dr Pille Runnel – attracted considerable Presentations organized under eleven
welcome address. In his historical interest and an overwhelming response sub-themes 1: Museums and the
outline of the National Museum, he to our call for papers. Despite some World at Stake; 2: Cooperation and
highlighted the way the stories and unresolvable visa problems we were de- Partnership; 3: Migration and Belong-
artefacts of common people, their lighted that there were 90 participants ing; 4: Museums and the Digital; 5:
diverse backgrounds, worldviews and from 30 different countries attending Object Focus; 6. The Affective Muse-
life stories take centre stage in the this annual meeting, which makes 2018 um; 7: Collections, Representations
museum today. one of our best attended conferences and Cultural Dynamics; 8: Visitor
for some years. The precise attendee Engagement; 9: Ownership: Whose
Our staggeringly beautiful confer- figures are: Australia 2, Belgium 2, Knowledge Whose Truth?; 10: Mu-
ence venue, designed by the DGT Benin 1, Bulgaria 3,Canada 1, Croatia 1, seums and Stakeholders; 11: Shared
Architects (Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane) Denmark 1, Egypt 1 , Estonia 27, Finland Knowledge, Shared Power, Shared Au-
and completed in 2016, speaks 1, France 2, Germany 5 , Hungary 8, Is- thority. Four extremely thought-pro-
poetically to the landscape and the rael 1, Italy 1, Japan 2, Latvia 3, Lithuania voking keynote papers served to
history of Estonia. ENM has justly 1, Mongolia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway introduce key themes presented.
won multiple awards including: 3, Poland 1, Republic of Korea 1 , Russia
Best Exhibition from the Republic of 4, Serbia 1, Sweden 2, Switzerland 1, Framing the conference days
Estonia’s Ministry of Culture in 2017 Thailand 2, UK 5, USA 5. Professor Andrea Witcomb, whose
for Echo of the Urals and the Kenneth scholarship inspired our 2018 meeting,
Hudson Award in 2018 for making The conference programme was or- opened the conference with ‘From
an ‘inclusive and creative learning ganized over four long days to include “a Place for All of Us” to a Place that
environment for all’. a range of experiences and so we all Explores “What It Is to Be Human”:
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 10
ICME 2018 participants. Photo Arp Karm
Museums in the Age of Global Mo- nographic) Museum in the Global Jetnil-Kijiner performing her poem
bilities’. Andrea began by sharing her Contemporary’. Wayne began with ‘Tell Them’, which creatively reflects
auto-ethnography and life story of the words ‘I am afraid’, pointing to the on the colonial history, enduring tra-
migration, which has long been of fear of ‘Others’ and rise in racism as ditions and dynamic cultures of the
concern for ICME conferences. She governments worldwide turn to the Indigenous Peoples of the Marshall
continued to pursue her theme by right. In outlining his understanding Islands in Oceania.
discussing pedagogies of looking, of ‘Care’, and drawing on the femi-
reading, listening and feeling as ways nism of authors such as Audre Lorde, In his keynote speech ‘Conceptualis-
to recognize our common humanity in Wayne explored current work on ing Curatoria’ on day three, Dr Philipp
museums. Andrea left us pondering the value of the museum to society Schorch discussed the concepts un-
Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope and today. He specifically considered the derpinning his forthcoming volume
the possibilities of its impact on the conceptual shifts, creative and cultur- of essays, Curatopia: Museums and the
contemporary museum. al action needed when global warm- Future of Curatorship, co-edited with
ing threatens humans and non-hu- Conal McCarthy and to be published
On the second day of the conference, mans – the homelands of Indigenous by Manchester University Press later
Professor Wayne Modest delivered Peoples – memorably illustrating this year. The book Curatopia, which
‘Spaces of Care: Rethinking the (Eth- his argument with a video of Kathy has a geographical span across Eu-ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 11
rope, North America and the Pacific, a more performative aspect of mun- ence, the clothing journey of a Seto
includes chapters from esteemed dane everyday practices’. To take just woman, from her girlhood costume
colleagues such as James Clifford, one example, Pille shared with confer- through to her wedding day when she
Ruth Phillips, Andrea Witcomb, Jette ence some really beautiful drawings wore a great weight of beautiful silver
Sandal, Wayne Modest, as well as and comments from youth audiences, jewelry, most notably the domed
myself. Philipp’s presentation noted noting the need for positive changes ‘soul protector’ at her breast. We were
‘the mutual, asymmetrical relations to the living spaces outside of the mu- invited to join the leelo song circle
underpinning global, scientific en- seum walls and making suggestions to that was added to the UNESCO world
tanglements of the past’. He further fulfill their ideas. cultural heritage list in 2009. To be
examined how Indigenous Peoples’ part of a Seto woman singers group,
knowledge systems and traditions of Programmes outside of enveloped in what seemed to be a
safeguarding cultural heritage might the conference hall protective cloak of sound harmonies
benefit museums around the globe Alongside the paper sessions, ENM and improvisations, was remarkable.
to become effective sites and forums arranged eight Behind the Scenes I came to a better understanding of
for more ‘reciprocal, symmetrical tours of the Museum (including the the final chapter in Toni Morrison’s
forms of cross-cultural curatorship’ Encounters and Echo of the Urals exhibi- Nobel prize winning novel Beloved,
today. He made a strong argument tions, the conservation and collections where the women gather in a cir-
that this might progress meaningful departments and the cultural heritage cle and raise their voices in song to
curatorial practice. study centre). protect the shero Sethe. At all these
locations our knowledgeable guides
Dr Pille Runnel’s presentation We also greatly enjoyed three study proved to be riveting tellers of tales,
‘Searching for Cultural Participation visits to the museums and heritage outlining how they develop the muse-
in Museum Practice’ discussed the sites in the nearby regions of Seo- um sites and safeguard their crafts.
extraordinary research and communi- toma and Peipsimaa on the Estonia
ty collaboration that underpinned the Russian border as well as Tartu City Concluding thoughts
public opening of the Estonian Nation- Museums. It was my great privilege This richly varied programme, the
al Museum (ENM) in 2016. Her paper to join the Seotoma group where we superb receptions and entertain-
focused on the engagement of audi- first visited a farm museum, where ments as well as our delicious lunches
ences within a framework of cultural the freshness of the clean air and and coffee breaks kept everyone alert
participation. Making reference to a the autumn colours had a wonder- and engaged. We cannot thank ICME
wide range of key theorists, including ful calming effect as we wandered board member Agnes Aljas and her
Nina Simon and Shelly Arnstein, she around the traditional buildings. Our wonderful team at the ENM enough
outlined the diverse ways ENM serves second visit, to a maker of tradition- for making the annual conference this
as starting point for discussions that al soaps, gave us the chance to buy year so thought provoking and suc-
progress critical thinking and active some gifts, including a soap made cessful. Overall, our 2018 ICME meet-
citizenship amongst audiences. Her with holy water. Finally, we visited ing allowed us to not only learn a lot,
talk was illustrated with creative the traditional crafts museum where but also to enjoy ourselves, strength-
examples of the ways ENM facilitate we were able to not only touch the en our collegiality and deepen our
different modes of cultural participa- precious costumes but also volunteer friendships. We are looking forward
tion ‘as a form of cultural consump- to wear them. Our excellent guide to Kyoto in 2019 and we hope as many
tion, as shared decision making and as gave me a once in a lifetime experi- of you as possible can join us!ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 12
51 Annual ICOM ICME
st
Fellow’s Conference Report
Tatjana Bugarski
ICOM Estonia and the Estonian Na-
tional Museum hosted the 51st Annual
ICOM-ICME Conference 'Re-imagining
the Museum in the Global Contem-
porary' (9-12 October 2018). Almost
100 museum professionals from more
than 20 countries joined the confer-
ence that took place in the astonishing
new building belonging to the Esto-
nian National Museum. Viv Golding,
ICME president, opened the confer-
ence. In his welcome, the Director of
the Museum, Alar Karis, pointed out
the role of infrastructure, but also the
passion and knowledge that made
this museum so successful. It was also
what made us all feel so welcome in
this museum during the conference.
Keynote speakers Dr Andrea Witcomb
(Australia), Dr Wayne Modest (Neth- Keynote presentation by Dr Andrea Witcomb
erlands), Dr Philipp Schorch (Germany)
and Dr Pille Runnel (Estonia) presented In the spirit of keynote presentations, crises, cooperation and partnerships,
their experiences and analyses of past other presenters also shared their profes- migrations, knowledge production, the
and present ethnographic museum sional experiences, introducing the per- role of digital media, and art, power and
practices. They emphasized the re- spectives of feelings, fear, hope and care. authority. I appreciate the opportunity
sponsibilities of museum ethnography Presentations were based on museum I had to present a poster and talk about
and the importance of seeing it as a practices and studies, questioning and my work and the Museum of Vojvodina.
very delicate form of human interac- rethinking museum objects, histories
tion with a constant need to question and biographies of collections, visitor en- During the conference, participants
its own legacy for the human and gagement, decolonization, repatriation, enjoyed inspired guided tours of per-
non-human world that we live in. current environmental and economic manent exhibitions, conservation de-ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 13 Keynote presentation by Dr Wayne Modest Dr Philipp Schorch partments and collections and a cul- tural heritage study center. Encounters is one of the permanent exhibitions of the Estonian National Museum, presenting everyday life and culture in Estonia in different historical con- texts. The exhibition is organized as a plurality of interpretations of various aspects of the everyday: language, housing, statehood, food, trade, and religion, introducing many personal stories related to specific objects that show how important historical mo- ments are reflected in life or people through the interaction of the natural environment, social structure, tradi- tions and creativity. The design of the exhibition is an interesting combina- ICME president Dr Viv Golding with ICME fellows: Suvdaa Sampil, Tatjana Bugarski and Abdelrahman Othman
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 14
nological knowledge, rich collections
and effects that present folklore and
natural environment, which creates
an almost fairytale-like atmosphere.
The temporary exhibition DIY Estonia
was also very interesting to conference
participants. For me it was a chance
to learn more about recent Estonian
history, and, at the same time, to make
connections to my own memories and
experiences of my generation from the
transitional, post-socialist period.
As a part of the conference program,
we also had opportunities to join study
trips to Setomaa or Peipsimaa, or to
visit Tartu museums. My choice was
Setomaa, where we experienced the
warm welcome of the Seto people and
a presentation of their culture, espe-
cially Seto Leelo, a polyphonic singing
tradition which is inscribed on the
Representative List of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
After four days of conference, a
number of participants joined the
post-conference tours in Tallinn,
Estonia (October 13th) and Helsin-
ki, Finland (October 14th and 15th).
The Estonian History Museum is a
complex museum with new perma-
nent exhibitions, focusing on the
Estonian history of the 20th century,
with interesting and unusual pres-
Echo of the Urals guided tour by professor Art Leete
entations of Estonian contemporary
culture (social and cultural move-
tion of the showcases and a variety languages. Echo of the Urals is a perma- ments, economy and other aspects of
of digital media, with e-ink texts and nent exhibition which is dedicated to everyday life). Children’s Republic is a
labels that can easily be changed Finno-Ugric peoples. The exhibition is special part of the museum, created
and adjusted to visitors in several an astonishing combination of eth- as a place for creative, interactive andICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 15 fun learning. The Estonian Maritime Museum, Vabamu Museum of Occu- pations and Freedom and Kumu Art Museum also welcomed participants of the conference with their fascinat- ing exhibitions. The Helsinki tour was organized with ICOM Finland and we visited the National Museum of Finland, Helsin- ki City Museum, Helinä Rautavaara Museum and Gallen-Kallela Museum on the first day, with the special expe- rience of a traditional smoke sauna. On the second day we visited the Collections and Conservation Cen- tre in Vantaa, the National Archives of Finland and the National Library, where we were welcomed by our hosts who also shared their “passion and knowledge” with us. Some of the visits inspired discussions that became small workshops on various themes. I joined the 51st Annual ICOM-ICME Conference and post-conference tours as an ICME Fellow and I wish to thank ICOM-ICME for the Fellowship and the opportunity attend the conference. I also wish to thank the organizers and hosts who made my whole trip so special and all the colleagues and presenters who selflessly shared their experiences and thoughts. Poster presentation by Dr Tatjana Bugarski
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 16
51 Annual ICOM ICME
st
Fellow’s Conference Report
Suvdaa Sampil, Museum of Tuv Province, Mongolia
First of all, I would like to express my During the conference I observed which visitors can be curious about
great gratitude to the 2018 ICOM-IC- the differences between Asian and and understand the exhibits. As a
ME team and ICOM-ICME Fellowship European museums and their dis- result of economic growth, cultural
Committee that gave me the chance plays. Previously, I have seen several heritage storage is being improved. In
to participate in the 51st Annual museums in China, Estonia, and some developing countries, cultural
Conference held in Tartu, Estonia. I
was granted a Fellowship award from
Mongolia to attend the conference,
and this gave me the full possibility to
gain knowledge of contemporary and
future trends in international ethno-
graphic museum practice, but also to
exchange my experiences about recent
projects and activities of Ethnography
museums throughout the world and
their results with their staff.
The conference was held under the title
Re-imagining the Museum in the Global
Contemporary. The presentations about
ethnography and anthropology were
presented in different areas and in
different conditions and they were all
connected by the general idea of Eth-
nography. The differences between the
countries in the world are their culture,
tradition and language, as well the
ethnographic artifacts and the exhibits During the conference, in Estonian National Museum
in the museums and the museums that
display them. So all the presentations Finland that used modern technolo- heritage storage is facing some prob-
were newsworthy and showed their gy. Using modern technology in the lems because of poor economic situ-
own countries best features. museum display is a key means by ations, and the problems are mostlyICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 17
During the conference, in Estonian National Museum
the same. The conference and tour ethnography and culture, to form infor-
certainly showed me the possibilities mation data for heritage, to advertise
for display and strategy in small mu- heritage to citizens and society.
seums with small budgets.
Even though the museum situation in
I had chosen to participate in the ICME Mongolia is not highly developed as yet,
Annual Conference 2018 in order to gain museum staff still need to be highly
higher knowledge and experiences. This educated in order to be of benefit for
participation gave me a unique oppor- the further development of this field
tunity to gain a wide range of useful of human culture. So I am happy to
knowledge and experience in the man- pass the information to my colleagues
agement of ethnographic museums from Mongolia about the conference.
and collections, as well as to study the I deeply want to implement my work
research and exploration work regard- exchanging ideas with the members
ing regulatory and legal practices, and and participating in the activities that
to register objects kept in memory of are held by ICOM-ICME.ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 18
During the conference, in Estonian National MuseumICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 19 Setomaa and the Obinitsa museum in Estonia
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 20 Setomaa and the Obinitsa museum in Estonia Estonia Seaplane Harbour (Estonian Maritime Museum)
ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 21
Towards developing
Ethnographic Museums in Egypt:
An ICME Fellow Report
Abd Elrahman Othman, Curator, Religions Museum, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Last October 2018, I had a great op- grants this year to present my paper
portunity to add new achievements ‘Is it time for new approach at Ethno-
to my museological experience when graphic Museum in Egypt?’ to many
I gained an ICOM-ICME grant to hundreds of international profes-
participate in the ICOM-ICME Annual sionals in Ethnographic museums.
Conference 2018 in Tartu, Estonia. Through my presentation, I discussed
the importance of ethnographic
During the ICOM-ICME conference in museums in Egypt and their role in
Tartu and the post-conference days preserving the cultural heritage and
in Helsinki, Finland, I met interna- their attempts to engage their com-
tional professionals in ethnographic munities in my educational initiative
museums from around the globe and ‘My Museum in Your Classroom’ along
discussed many issues related to my with our objectives, and the proce-
paper presented there, on the idea of dures, outcomes and challenges we
establishing a museum of religion in face. It was a dream to do that!!!
Egypt and the possibility to develop
this concept according to interna- My participation in ICOM-ICME con-
tional standards. It was my first time ference and post conference was very
participating in a general conference important for many reasons; Recently,
of ICOM-ICME and also visiting Tartu, I’ve been promoted to work as a cura-
Tallinn, and Helsinki city; I felt it was a tor for Regional Museum, Bibliotheca
dream to be there, in the ‘City of good Alexandrina, as one of Egypt’s new
thoughts’. 16 ethnographic museums and got a
great opportunity to discuss a lot of
As one of ICOM-ICME’s objectives issues with ethnographic professionals
to encourage young professionals there related to the religion museum
to participate and interact with new scenario, concept, collection process,
trends of ethnographic museums, community engagement and building
I was awarded one of ICOM-ICME’s contacts with some curators who areICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 22
working in museums of religion - I was ‘Museums and the Anthropocene: an workshops for reuse or repair lefto-
lucky to receive a lot of scientific mate- exhibition on Waste in the Museum vers or collective rubbish collection in
rials from these professionals. for European and Mediterranean civ- the town. What an amazing lecture!
ilizations’ (Marseilles). I knew of the
During the conference days all speak- project, and I was so curious to see On the other hand the presentation of
ers were rock stars and presented the results of his field study on many Kristel Rattus, Curator for the Estonian
wonderful presentations and ideas. countries in Mediterranean regions National Museum presented ‘Dis-
There was some presentations deal- including Zabbaleen community in playing Cultural heritage with digital
ing with ethnographic issues related Egypt. Denis succeeded in showing Means: the case of Estonian national
with my culture and I had the oppor- the results of his exhibition and other Museum’s core exhibition “Encoun-
tunity to discuss those speakers. Dr public manifestations linked inside ters”’. Through her presentation, she
Denis Chevallier’s presentation was and outside his museum such as discussed the role of digital media inICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 23
displaying and interpreting multiple
and continuously changing cultural
heritage in a museum exhibition.
After this amazing lecture with the
opportunity to visit the Encounters
exhibition and to identify examples of
how digital technologies were used in
interpretation and interactivity.
On the last day I attended an impor-
tant brainstorming discussion, about
changing the name of ICOM-ICME
form International Committee for
Museums and Collections of Ethnog-
raphy - ICME to International Com-
mittee for Museums and Collections
of Ethnography, Diversity, and Indige-
nous Peoples – ICME DIP. The attend-
ees discussed the proposed name
suggested by the ICME board and in
the end postponed this suggestion to
make a working group to study this
idea and implications.
The post-conference tours were
fantastic and so were the study trips,
where we had chance to explore the
local heritage and many institutions.
Finally, I felt very welcome at ICME
group, I’d like to thank ICME’s Execu-
tive Board for awarding me this grant,
and the chance to meet highly respect-
ed colleagues from around the world.ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 24
The post-conference tours
to Tallinn and Helsinki
Agnes Aljas
Tallinn the new building of the Estonian Art The second group selected the newly
Estonia is famous for its numerous Museum, guide Ruth Rappold spent opened Estonian History Museum,
museums and visitor numbers, having two hours showing the group through which has a complex by the sea
around 1.3 million inhabitants, 250 the permanent exhibition and tem- comprised of the History Museum’s
museums, and an annual number of porary galleries. In 2008 Kumu was new permanent exhibition, the
approximately 3.5 museum visits. So for awarded the EMYA (European Museum Estonian Film Museum, the Music
the organisers it was a hard choice to of the Year Award) and in the years Museum’s exhibition of pop-music
choose which museums would suit the which followed it has become known and also the Soviet Sculpture Park.
ICME post-conference tour the most. for its exhibition quality, diversity of Cäroly Antons had to repeat the tour
programming, and its pedagogical work also after lunch, when the other two
On the morning of the 13th November in supporting cooperation between groups were running to the impressive
the trip started from Tartu. At Kumu, Estonian and Russian communities. building of Seaplane Harbour (theICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 25
Estonian Maritime Museum) and to A walk through the sunny Helsinki of course the best award for museum
the Vabamu Museum of Occupations centre took us to the Helsinki City has been the 1 million visitors who
and Freedom. The Seaplane Harbour Museum, where director Tiina Mer- they received this autumn.
exhibitions, collections and concept isalo and Head of Collections Minna
were introduced profoundly by the Sarantola-Weiss welcomed us in The bus trip took us to the WeeGee
researcher Teele Saar. In Vabamu, Centre, where the Helinä Rautavaara
director Merilin Piipuu presented the Museum is located. The producer
new multimedia centred museum Kristiina Tohmo introduced us to the
permanent exhibition which was amazing lady Helinä Rautavaara was,
opened only a few months ago. and the collections from all around the
world she collected to introduce Fin-
Helsinki land to the richness of world culture.
ICME also had the pleasure to have The dinner took us to the Gallen-Kalle-
a post-conference tour to Helsinki. lan Museum, where Head of Collec-
This conference tour was organised tions Minna Turtiainen welcomed us
by ICOM Finland’s Eero Ehanti and with an introduction to the museum
Heli-Maija Voutilainen. and a delicious Finnish dinner. For sure
the main surprise was the 150 year-old
The trip started with a boat trip from smoke sauna, which the ICOM Finland
Tallinn to Helsinki, with the views members had been heating from 8
to the Tallinn old town and harbour. o’clock that morning.
Travelling across the Gulf of Finland,
in two hours we had arrived in Helsin- The second morning took us to the
ki. The first stop was in the National Collection and Conservation Centre
Museum of Finland, where the Head of the Finnish Heritage Agency. Eero
of the Conservation department and Ehanti guided us through thousands of
Chair of ICOM Finland Eero Ehanti square meters of amazing stores, iso-
welcomed us. We had overview of the lators, laboratories and databases. The
museum and a tour of the temporary trip continued to the other heritage
exhibition ‘10 000 years of design intuitions and to their work – for exam-
– Man, Matter, Metamorphosis’. ple, to the National Archives of Finland,
The exhibition intrigued us with its where researcher Pertti Hakala intro-
interdisciplinary and fresh view on duced us to Finnish archival treasures
material culture, as it was presenting and contemporary duties, as well as
the development of Finnish mate- the 1980s style meeting room. The a look in the stores. The last stop was
rial culture and design as the result museum is well acknowledged, two the National Library of Finland, where
of a dialogue between society and years after opening, for being a meet- Communications Officer Marko Oja
ecosystem, starting from the Ice Age ing place, and one of the most child introduced us to the amazing building
to nowadays. friendly museums in the country. And and different archives.ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 26 Exhibition and Conference Announcements and Reviews
Diversity and Universality
ICOM-ICME 52nd Annual Conference 2019
September 1-7.2019, Kyoto, Japan
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Deadline for submissions 15 February 2019)
ICME is the international committee ICOM scheme ‘Museums as Cultural research, conservation, exhibitions,
of the International Council of Muse- Hubs: The Future of Tradition’, ICME marketing and programming, engage
ums (ICOM) devoted to ethnographic is shaping its own programme for diverse audiences in better understand-
museums and collections from local, the triennial, consisting of panels, ing what unites human beings around
national, and/or global cultures and collaborations, and off-site meetings the globe, without eliding their differ-
societies. Our annual conference brings throughout the week. ences. The poet Audre Lorde expresses
together diverse museum scholars and our aim for museums when she asks us
practitioners from across the world. ICME are approaching the ICOM theme ‘to take our differences and make them
with an emphasis on ‘Diversity and our strengths’ since museums offer an
The 2019 annual meeting of ICME will Universality’. We want to draw on our ideal site to see the ‘other’ in ourselves,
be held as part of the 25th General work at recent ICME conferences to and to think beyond your history and
Conference of ICOM. Within the larger examine how museums, through their mine to our present and future.ICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 27
In other words, our 2019 conference change and global warming that threat- 3. Abstract (do not exceed 200 words)
theme draws on humanist anthropol- ens her homeland, which is sinking into 4.Name(s) of Author(s)
ogy to explore what it means to be the sea as the oceans rise. 5. Affiliation(s) & full address(es)
human and for human beings to live a 6. Support equipment required
human life that respects our common We invite you to join us in Kyoto to re- 7. All submissions must include a
humanity, and the fragile planet on flect upon ‘Diversity and Universality’ 100 word bio for each presenter.
which we live, together with non-hu- in the context of the museum. Proposals
mans, around the globe today. from diverse disciplinary backgrounds Deadline for submission:
(including artists, designers, educators, 15 February 2019
The theme is timely. It asks us to ex- social historians and ethnographers) on Please send proposals as soon as pos-
amine how human beings might join the myriad ways that museums might sible as a Word Document attachment
to care for and safeguard humanity, work to care for the human and non-hu- to the e-mail: icme2019conference@
our diverse cultural traditions (mate- man world are welcomed. gmail.com with the subject of ‘ICME
rial and intangible heritage) and the proposal (your name)’.
non-human world that we share, for Submitting a proposal
future generations. ICME invites proposals for contribution The proposals will be evaluated by at
to our one of these programmes. least two members of the ICME 2019
These are large aims. They especially 1. Paper presentation (15 minutes) Conference Committee.
resonate with ethnographic museums 2. Panel discussion (30 minutes) Acceptance of submissions will come
and collections. Perhaps most impor- 3. Pecha-Kucha presentation (6 min- by 31 March 2019 to allow registration
tantly, the theme invites us to attend utes and 40 seconds) at the early-bird rate.
to the traditional knowledge, care, and In Pecha-Kucha (Japanese: To allow for the preparation for trans-
safeguarding practices of Indigenous ) presentations 20 slides lation, complete papers with images
Peoples around the world today. Pro- are shown for 20 seconds each (6 min- must be submitted by 1 June 2019.
fessor Wayne Modest’s keynote speech utes and 40 seconds in total). The ar-
at ICME’s 2018 conference in Estonia chitects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham ICME 2019 Conference
highlighted this point, with reference first developed this format in 2003 in Committee:
to Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner performing her Tokyo, to keep presentations concise Keiko Kuroiwa (Japan), ICME Board
poem ‘Tell Them’, which creatively and fast-paced (https://globaldigital- member (Leader of ICME 2019 Confer-
reflects on the colonial history, endur- citizen.org/how-to-make-great-pres- ence Committee) / Director of Learn-
ing traditions and dynamic cultures of entations-with-pecha-kucha). ing Innovation Network
the Indigenous Peoples of the Marshall Dr. Viv Golding (UK), ICME Chair / Uni-
Islands in Oceania. Jetnil-Kijiner’s poetic Proposals should include the infor- versity of Leicester, Museum Studies
activism gives powerful voice to the mation below in English Dr. Ulf Dahre (Sweden), ICME
ancient stories of her birthplace and the 1. Which programme you are Board Treasurer / Lund University,
ways that the Gods and Peoples have applying for (paper presentation Social Anthropology
long protected the human and non-hu- / panel discussion / Pecha-Kucha Sylvia Wackernagel (Germany),
man world they share. She speaks of presentation) ICME Secretary / Silesian Museum
personal and community identities, 2. Title of submitted paper Mario Buletić (Croatia), ICME
local and global issues, and, notably, presentation / panel discussion / Webmaster / Ethnographic
on behalf of civil society about climate Pecha-Kucha presentation Museum of IstriaICME NEWS 86 JANUARY 2019 28
Diversity and Universality
ICOM-ICME 52st Annual Conference 2019
September 1-7.2019, Kyoto, Japan
CALL FOR ICME FELLOWS
(Closing date Monday 10 December 2018)
Applications are invited for four (4) applications received after the closing ICOM 25th General Conference
ICME Fellows, who must be individual date of Monday 10 December 2018 / ICOM - ICME 52nd Annual
members of ICME from category 3&4 cannot be considered). If you have any Conference
countries or ICME youth members questions please do not hesitate to Kyoto, Japan, 1-7 September, 2019
(under 35 years of age, but under 40 contact us.
years of age considered), to join the ICOM Kyoto 2019
2019 ICME conference (see below). Very best of luck! The ICOM General Conference will be
Ralf, Tone, Laurie, Viv held at Kyoto International Conference
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€) will be used to pay for conference gard@khm.uio.no; lauriecosmo@ or.jp/en/) in Kyoto, Japan from Sep-
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through global interaction with ICME
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Please send your CV (including your
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