Learning objectives
Within the framework of the European descriptors for three-year degrees (Dublin descriptors), the course will give the student the knowledge and ability to understand the role of the museum in relation to contemporary society, the challenges of digital technology, and the issues related to the new skills required for the conservation, valorisation and management of collections
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course will focus on the transformation of the museum as a place and as an institution in relation to changes in society and on the museum as a place of relationships and social welfare. Therefore, museum management today requires a set of knowledge and skills that must complement the traditional ones and that must be able to address the issues of accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, communication and digitisation, not as a transfer from the physical to the virtual, but as a complex relationship.
Full programme
1. Notions of the museum as a place and as an institution
2. The cultural heritage: legislative references, the notion of cultural heritage
3. Museum/society/heritage: protection, valorisation, the ICOM code of ethics, the Digital Library
4. The museum as a place of relationships: accessibility, reception, narrative sustainability
5. The digital museum: virtual reality/augmented reality; artificial intelligence
6. The museum without place: open access, copyright, aesthetics of the virtual
7. Competencies for a museum of the future: organisation, soft skills
Bibliography
A digital dossier with the lectures presented will be given at the end of the course; PDF files with reference texts will be provided to students. The specific bibliography will be specified at the beginning of the course.
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures accompanied by discussion sessions
Assessment methods and criteria
The oral examination will assess the students' preparation according to the Dublin descriptors
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