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DIAMOND

DIALOGUING MUSEUMS FOR A NEW

CULTURAL DEMOCRACY

VALENCIA, 3 -10- 2014

CRISTINA DA MILANO

§  LLP-Grundtvig funded multilateral project

§ Nov 2012- Oct 2014

§ 6 partners (Italy, Romania, Spain)

§ Focus on lifelong learning in scientific museums addressed to disadvantaged groups, using also ICT (digital storytelling)

§ www.diamondmuseums.eu

DIAMOND: the project

§ Research phase

§ Training courses for museum professionals § Valencia

§ Bucharest

§ Pilot projects

§ Handbook

DIAMOND: the phases

Starting from the museum and its collection (what do you think about it? What is it in your opinion)...

Participants wrote their own story (storyboard)...

Recorded their own voices.. Select the pictures/drawings/images... Realised a short video (2/3 mins.)...

TELLING THEIR OWN STORY BASED ON THE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

DIAMOND: what is Digital Storytelling?

• INVITATION: museum professionals/workers brought outside meaningful specimens from the museum collection , in order to start a dialogue, stimulate curiosity and communicate the message/idea of a Museum open to everybody;

• VISIT: the itinerary of the first visits within the Museum could be freely chosen by participants; workshops/lab activities took place, in order to analyze in depth the museum environment;

• RESTITUTION: storytelling was part of that. This phase involved directly the participants, stimulating their creativity, encouraging exchange of knowledge and ideas .

DIAMOND: the methodology of the pilot projects

DIAMOND: the participants

Refugees

Elderly


Migrants


Offenders


Hearing impaired


Indicators (GSO and GLO)

• Changes (revisions or improvements) of knowledge/understanding, awareness, interests, attitudes, values and behaviors

• Participation, involvement and enjoyment

• Social relationships; trust towards museum workers

• Inspiration and creativity

• Practical skills

• Commitment and attention (during the different phases of the Project)

DIAMOND: the evaluation

DIAMOND: participation and enjoyment

Tools

• Interviews

• Questionnaires open-ended questions

• Transcription of conversation

• Analysis of pictures and movies

• Analysis of all drawings texts or other literary/creative products.

• Analysis of pieces of work

• meeting reports

DIAMOND: the evaluation

Museum as Contact Zone (Clifford, 1997) between different cultures/

knowledge

Spaces in which groups of knowledge interact

DIAMOND: the institutional impact

-Cultural enrichment, inspiration, personal growth, identity, personal security, democracy, participation (individual sustainability)

- Social relationships, cultural openess, inclusion, solidarity (social sustainability)

- Better relationships with the environment (environmental sustainability)

DIAMOND: in search of sustainabilty

New levels/dimensions of activities

New objectives

New systemic visions and networks

New visitors

New partners

New managerial systems

New socio-cultural horizons

DIAMOND: the challenge – the innovation

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION

CRISTINA DA MILANO