Plenary: Dealing with DisastersHall A, MECCChair: Christine Ianna

Liza Dale-HallettSenior Curator, Sustainable Futures, Museum Victoria

Making Meaning from Ashes - Developing the Victorian Bushfires Collection

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Making meaning from ashes: Developing the Victorian Bushfires Collection

Liza Dale-HallettLiza Dale-HallettSenior Curator, Sustainable Futures Senior Curator, Sustainable Futures Museum VictoriaMuseum Victoria

Satellite image: smoke on Black SaturdaySatellite image: smoke on Black Saturday

Documenting change over time

Holistic, cross-disciplinary approaches

Community education & engagement

Reputation for being unbiased & trustworthy

Preserve & learn from our past

Create places for reflection and commemoration

Acknowledge the complexity of disasters

Enrich understandings & broaden perspectives

Use art to help people engage with complex feelings and experiences

‘Disaster’ by Netty, Grade 6

‘The Aftermath’ by Cassie, Grade 6

'Marysville', Joshua, Grade 1

‘Ashes’ by Michael, Grade 6

'Go CFA ', Robert, Grade 4

‘Firestorm’ by Rachel, Grade 5

National September 11 Museum, New York

Tribute WTC Visitor Center, New York

Tribute WTC Visitor Center, New York

‘Katrina & Beyond’ exhibition, New Orleans

‘Katrina & Beyond’ exhibition, New Orleans

Create places for reflection & commemoration

Acknowledge the complexity of disasters

Enrich understandings & broaden perspectives

Use art to engage with feelings & experiences

Use the past to prepare for the future

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