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The most pressing cultural challenge confronting humanity today may be the transformation of the fundamental unsustainability of existing communities - locally and globally. What are the potential roles museums can play in this transformation?See More
"Hi Lynda...
I am curious about the meeting you attended... Is there any more information that you can send about your results... I will soon be working on a similar project in Qatar and am trying to get a view of what has been happening in the Gulf…"
"Hi Angela,
I have not come so much into ecomuseum yet (but i will soon). My main research field is Chinese regional museums. I encounter the concept of 'ecomuseum' when collecting data for my case study. Sure it will be nice to talk more…"
"Hi Angela,
I'm also doing a bit about ecomuseum and the sustainable economic development. My case studies are from China. In Guangxi of China, the region with multi-ethnicities, they are now applying a new model of ecomuseums - based on the…"
"Hi Angela,
I would be very interested in knowing about your findings. I work for Cultural Innovations (www.culturalinnovations.com) and do work in the Middle East amongst other areas. We do have some relevant projects in Egypt and, for example, the…"
"Angela, you might want to have a look at the work of the RDO project. RDO is a joint project between the A:shiwi A:wan Museum & Heritage Center in Zuni, New Mexico, UCLA and the University of Cambridge. This is not just about extending…"
"HI Angela
You might be interested in some of the work undertaken by Jerry Watkins on participatory content creation and his development work in India, Nepal and Indonesia. Have a look at his publications which are also at this site…"
"I heard a great presentation by Brian and Eileen Coates during the Horniman Museum's one-day conference, Museums for the Marginalised: representation and empowerment. They work at a museum in Gujarat called the Museum of Voice - this is a…"
MS- International Museum Studies, Gothenburg Univeristy, Göteborg, Sweden
MA- Anthropological Archaeology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
BA- Anthropology, German, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA