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UNESCO Santiago invites to celebrate International Museum Day
New forms of engagement with communities will be addressed on 18 May with guests from Chile, Colombia and Spain.
On Tuesday 18 May 2021, the Chilean Committee of Museums, its Colombian counterpart and the Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) will celebrate International Museum Day (IDM). This year, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) established the theme "The Future of Museums: Reclaiming and Reimagining".
The aim is to encourage museum professionals to create, imagine and share new practices of co-creating value and innovative solutions to today's social and environmental challenges. The invitation is to re-imagine the future, proposing that every crisis should serve as an impetus for something new. Alongside this, it is key for the museum to be a space for social, cultural, civic and community reconnection.
"Museums can play an important role in creating links and cohesion in society, building citizenship and reflecting on collective identities. We are at a key moment to rethink museums and reflect on their social contribution, rooted in the community, with a view to the 50th anniversary of the Mesa de Santiago that we will commemorate in May 2022," says Nicol谩s del Valle, UNESCO's Culture Coordinator in Chile.
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Programa
A las 12 h (Chile) el encuentro abordar谩 la relaci贸n de los museos con los p煤blicos desde dos frentes: lo comunitario y las comunidades digitales. Se realizar谩 una entrevista en l铆nea a Alejandra Bonati, representante en Chile del proyecto , y a Blanca Pineda, gestora cultural del Museo Comunitario el Resbal贸n de Ciudad Bol铆var (Colombia), quien recibi贸 el Premio Vida y Obra de la Secretaria de Cultura de Bogot谩 en 2020. La conversaci贸n se transmitir谩 en directo desde el .
A las 19 h se realizar谩 el taller 鈥淯n museo hecho a la medida鈥, dictado por Alberto Gamoneda, profesional a cargo de las l铆neas de educaci贸n y acci贸n social del Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza de Espa帽a. y los cupos son limitados.
