THE CROWNING EVENT
A competition of new projects when five selected participants will present their ideas before a jury who will deliberate and select the winner. The best plan will be crowned by Reimagining the Museum.
These are the selected candidates that will participate:
Arturo Martín Mac Kay Fulle, Professor at Universidad de Lima (Peru)
This presentation envisions a new interpretation center on immigration in to be called: IDEM – Inga and Mandinga. Its name refers to historiographer Ricardo Palma’s famous phrase about the origins of the Peruvian population and social equality in Peru. The IDEM Center would champion the blended Peruvian culture as an example of advocating for a society without prejudice.
Paula Caballería Aguilera, Head of Education, Museo de Artes Visuales (Chile)
Often museums are competitors rather than allies in attracting audiences. Based on principles applied in games, scientific thinking and social networking, this presentation advances a new approach among art museums that promotes sharing audiences as a means of offering interconnected, recreational, social and memorable learning opportunities in a multi-museum experience.
Marcela Giorla, Educator, Museo del Juguete de San Isidro y Analía Bernardi, Educator, Ferrowhite museo-taller (Argentina)
This presentation proposes mounting a collaborative exhibition about toy trains on a real train that travels between Buenos Aires and Bahia Blanca, where the Museo del Juguete de San Isidro and Ferrowhite Museo Taller are respectively located. The exhibition would engage visitors in play and impart knowledge on how rail transportation fueled Argentina’s progress and development.
Paulina Guarnieri, Head of Education, Fundación Proa and member of REMCAA (Argentina)
This presentation proposes a Platform for Latin American Projects—an online tool used to visualize, contextualize and research museum practices in Latin America. The tool would offer information on past and current projects, proposed or visionary proposals and a resource library to foster continuous learning and museum exchange.
Yazmín Guerrero Reyes, Researcher (Mexico)
According to UNESCO, 50 percent of the languages spoken in the world are in danger of disappearing. While Mexico is one of the eight nations that account for half of the world’s languages, many languages spoken there are vanishing due to ignorance and prejudice. This presentation proposes a traveling exhibition on languages as a vital link to our understanding of cultural origins and identities.
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