UMAC Tokyo Seminar: University Museums as Cultural Commons: Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Museums
A University encompasses diverse cultures. Research and education in various disciplines generate autonomous collections which reflect unique cultural backgrounds of each academic field.
A university museum is a place where these collections meet. Practices in museums — exhibitions, conservation, research, learning and so on — further reveal the cultural backgrounds of collections. Museums also gather and connect the members of communities surrounding the university ― students, faculties, researchers, alumni/ae, visitors, get them together through the discussion on collections.
In this two-day seminar, we will explore the power of university museums which trigger the interchanges of people and knowledge from different cultures, through a keynote panel, paper presentations and poster sessions. We also offer visits to university museums and collections in Tokyo.
Please visit UMAC Tokyo Seminar's website for further details.
Date
9-10 September 2019
Venue
Keio University Mita Campus, North Research Building and East Research Building
Audience
Open to anyone. Require pre-registration.
Cost
Registration fee: 6,000 JPY
Enquiries and bookings
UMAC Tokyo Seminar Office: Homma, Ichikawa
03-5427-1621 (c/o Keio University Art Center)
pj.ca.oiek.c-tra@91ranimesoykot
Date
9-10 September 2019
Venue
Keio University Mita Campus, North Research Building and East Research Building
Audience
Open to anyone. Require pre-registration.
Cost
Registration fee: 6,000 JPY
Booking
Please register via Peatix website by 18 August (JPT).
Enquiries and bookings
UMAC Tokyo Seminar Office: Homma, Ichikawa
03-5427-1621 (c/o Keio University Art Center)
pj.ca.oiek.c-tra@91ranimesoykot
Organiser(s)
Organised by: Keio University Art Center and Keio Museum Commons
Supported by: UMAC
MONDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER
8.45 Registration
9.15 Welcome Opening Address
9.20 Keynote Panel “The Power of Objects: Practices and Prospects of Object Based Learning”
Yohko Watanabe (Keio University Art Center, Japan)
Andrew Simpson (UMAC/Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Australia)
Judy Willcocks (CentralSaint Martins, London University of the Arts, UK)
Kathryn Eccles (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK)
Moderator: Yu Homma (Keio Museum Commons, Japan)
11.30 Lunch break
13.00 Session 1: Poster Session (Case Studies)
13.45 Panel ‘What we think about Museum and Commons’
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology/Atelier Bow-Wow), Takami Matsuda (Keio University, Faculty of Letters/Keio Museum Commons), Yohko Watanabe (Keio University Art Center/Keio Museum Commons), Hiroshi Shigeno (Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology)
14.45 Coffee break
15.30-17:00 Session 2: Citizens and University Museum / Session 3: Interdisciplinary Approach
17.00 Break
17.15-18:45 Session 4: University Museum Ethics / Session 5: Student Engagement
18:45 Closure of the first day
TUESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER
9.45-11:00 Session 6: Future of University Museum / Session 7: Object, Display, and Study Guide
11.00 Closure/Lunch
13.00 Visits to University Museums in Tokyo
[Course A: Visiting University Museums] Historical Buildings of Meiji Gakuin University and Meiji Gakuin Historical Museum / Waseda University Aizu Museum / Meiji University Museum
[Course B: Visiting Science Museums of Universities] Oishi Fossils Gallery of Mizuta Memorial Museum, Josai University / Intermediatheque (IMT) / Museum of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
[Course C: Visiting Cultural Institutions in Minato Area] Sengakuji temple / Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture / NHK Museum of Broadcasting
18.00 Closing Reception Venue: Shibaura House