Museums in Multicultural World

general courses

Knowledge of English.

Classroom

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some elements of museum studies - the theory of the museum, its typology, practical information connected to the museum functions and specificity of Asian and African museum, as well as creating exhibitions presenting heritage of various cultures.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some elements of museum studies, especially in a multicultural context. The theory of the museum, as well as its various concepts, that changed with the passing of time will be discussed. Students will be acquainted with types of museums, e.g. art museums or digital museums. Different aspects of the museum work will be presented - e.g. preparing exhibitions, conservation, marketing, education and digitalisation.

The classes concentrate on multicultural and intercultural aspects of the museums, both from the European, and Asian-African perspectives.

C. Ariese, M. Wróblewska, Practicing Decoloniality in Museums, Amsterdam 2021.

T. Bennett, The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory and Politics, London-New York 1995.

M. Bouquet, Museums. A Visual Anthropology-Bloomsbury Academic, London New York 2012.

F. Cameron, S. Kenderdine (red.), Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage. A Critical Discourse, New York 2007.

I. Chambers, A. De Angelis, C. Ianniciello, M. Orabona, M. Quadraro, The postcolonial museum. The arts of memory and the pressures of history, London and New York 2016.

J. Clair, Kryzys muzeów. Globalizacja kultury, Gdańsk 2009.

Z. Doering, Strangers, Guest, or Client? Visitor Experiences in Museums, "Curator: The Museum Journal" 42 (2), s. 74-87.

S. H. Dudley (red.), Museum Materialities. Objects, Engagements and Interpretations, New York 2012.

Ch. Gosden, E. Edwards, R. B. Phillips (red.), Sensible Objects. Colonialism, Museums and Material Culture, Oxford New York 2006.

G. E. Hein, Learning in the Museum, London–New York 1998.

D. Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution, Pluto Press 2020.

J. Hohenstein, T. Moussouri, Museum Learning. Theory and Research as Tools for Enhancing Practice, London and New York, 2017.

S. McDonald, A Companion to Museum Studies, Wiley-Blackwell 2006.

R. Pater, Edukacja muzealna - muzeum dla dzieci i młodzieży, Kraków 2016.

S. M. Pearce (red.), Interpreting Objects and Collections, New York 2011.

K. Pomian, Muzeum. Historia światowa, Warszawa 2023.

A. Procter, The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it, Cassell 2020.

H. Schreiber, Koncepcja "sztuki prymitywnej". Odkrywanie, oswajanie i udomowienie Innego w świecie Zachodu, Warszawa 2012.

N. Sonoda (red.), New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology, Singapore 2016.

Knowledge - a student:

has in-depth and detailed knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in studies on language or history or socio-political issues or intercultural communication K_W01

knows and understands methods of advanced analysis, interpretation and assessment of various communication methods K_W06

demonstrates good knowledge of contemporary cultural life of a selected region K_W08

knows and understands the rules of copyright and protection of intellectual property K_W12

Skills - a student:

can search for, analyse, evaluate and use information from different sources and can form critical judgement on its basis K_U01

can indicate sources of cultural differences between different civilization circles K_U02

can use the terminology from the domain of language, religion and culture of a selected region of Asia or Africa to analyse and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and social behaviour, as well as cultural differences K_U06

can read, analyse and interpret cultural texts (film, press, literature, social writing, other works of culture) of selected regions and appropriately place them in their cultural context K_U08

can compare and thoroughly analyse interrelations between selected cultural texts (film, press, literature, social writing, other works of culture) of selected regions, and the issues of tradition and modernity K_U09

can carry out a critical analysis and interpretation of different products of culture of a selected region appropriate to a selected tradition, theory and research schools within the scope of studies on intercultural communication employing unique attitude of Oriental studies K_U10

can evaluate, select and describe most important products of contemporary culture in Asian and African countries K_U12

Social competences - a student:

can actively cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations K_K02

can actively establish relations and cooperate with representatives of other cultures K_K03

can set appropriate goals and ways to achieve them in the context of academic, professional and social activity K_K04

is open to new ideas and trends as well as cultural diversity K_K05

has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping social and political attitudes as well as economic processes K_K06

understands responsibility and ethical issues that come with imparting knowledge of a selected region K_K07

understands and appreciates the value of tradition and cultural heritage of one’s own country and of a selected region K_K08

can see the need to enrich one’s own tradition by adding positive philosophical, social and cultural values of other regions, treats cultural synergy as an added value K_K09

actively acts in aid of mutual understanding and effective intercultural communication, cultural and economic cooperation, domestic contacts and ones in selected regions K_K10

actively acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural heritage and most important products of contemporary culture in selected regions K_K11

Continuous assessment.

Knowledge and competences presented at the examination