Translated by the University of Shanghai Museum. The full volume can be read here.
UMACJ 11 accessible in Chinese
UMAC-Universeum 2021: Program is out!
The program of the UMAC and Universeum Joint Conference has now been published.
Registrations have also opened.
Read more.
SJTU-T.D. Lee Science and Artworks Competition 2021
Call for Proposals
The SJTU T.D. LEE Science and Art Lecture Fund of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (hereinafter referred to as the Science and Art Fund) was established in 2013 to promote the integration of science and art and carry forward the spirit of science and art. The Science and Art Fund would organize a Science and Art Works Competition every year to encourage the creation of works of art based on scientific themes, and select outstanding scientific and art works from around the world to organize special exhibitions after review and evaluation. So far, 7 science and art works competitions and exhibitions have been successfully held.
Read more about the competition, dates, awards, etc here.
Competition website, Shanghai Jiao Tong University T.D. LEE Science and Art Lecture Fund here.
Live Presentations UMAC AWARD 2021
Save the dates for the live presentation of the three nominees to the UMAC Award 2021.
23 August, 10:00 (Israel), 8:00 (Lisbon), 16:00 (Tokyo):
The Genia Schreiber Art Gallery and Michel Kikoïne Foundation
Project: Plan(e)t: Plants Think, Think Plants
Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
Session Chair: Marta Lourenço
Live streaming here
25 August, 18:00 (US-EST), 23:00 (Lisbon), 7:00 (Tokyo, August 26):
Harvard Art Museums
Project: The Pandemic Pivot
Harvard University, USA
Session Chair: Akiko Fukuno
Live streaming here
27 August, 9:00 (Denmark), 8:00 (Lisbon), 16:00 (Tokyo) :
Science Museerne
Project: Profession and Passion. A Life in Science.
Aarhus University, DENMARK
Session Chair: Sébastien Soubiran
Live streaming here
UMAC AWARD 2021: Announcement Shortlist
Today, the shortlist of the three nominees to the UMAC AWARD 2021 was publicly announced by the Chair of the UMAC Award Committee, Akiko Fukuno.
To access the whole announcement on UMAC you tube channel:
UMAC AWARD 2021 Shortlist Announcement
UMAC celebrates excellence, creativity, and, more importantly, the impact of university museums and collections on their host universities, their communities and contemporary society through the UMAC AWARD, given every year.
In 2021 the candidates to the UMAC AWARD were amazing and UMAC will be announcing the shortlist of the 3 finalists on July 12, at 8 AM London/Lisbon time, live in our YouTube channel:
Conversations with each of the finalists will occur in the last week of August and the final announcement will happen during the UMAC-Universeum 2021 Annual Conference.
AAMG Releases Statement Against Monetizing Collections (USA)
The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges and financial constraints to many university museums and collections in the world.
The US-based Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) has recently released a Statement Against Monetizing the Collections of Academic Museums & Galleries.
The Statement results from the Task Force for the Protection of University Collections, where UMAC participates through Vice-Chair Steph Scholten.
Polyphonic Perspectives
Polyphonic Perspectives: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural materials in Museums and University Collections and global issues of repatriation and restitution
A combined CAUMAC / UMAC / ICOM Australia webinar with the support of the National Museum of Australia.
June 7, 2021 at 2:00pm EST (Australia)
UMAC-Universeum 2021: Deadline expanded!
The deadline of the call for proposals for the UMAC-Universeum 2021 online conference has been extended until 18 April 2021.
Submit your abstract here.
Participate in the ICOM Museum Definition CONSULTATION
ICOM is revising the museum definition dating from 2007. UMAC invites the global community of university museums and collections to participate in the ICOM consultation.
A summary of what is happening
In 2019, the ICOM Extraordinary General Assembly held in Kyoto approved to postpone the vote on a new museum definition, deciding to enter into a process of consultation and improved cooperation between committees. Since then, committees around the world have led activities of consultation with their members. In December 2019, the Executive Board decided to expand the MDPP to include over 20 members, incorporating figures who represent varying opinions on the matter. In February 2020, with the committee renamed MDPP2 to reflect the change, members entered into a phase of establishing a new methodology for proposing a museum definition for the 21st Century. This process has had to take into consideration the specificities of different regions and specializations represented by the many ICOM committees, regional alliances and affiliated organizations. Continue reading from the ICOM Advisory Council Report.
The new methodology was presented by ICOM Define at the webinar “Defining the museum in times of change: a way forward” (10 December 2020). If you missed it, click on the image below.
Participate in the consultation
UMAC invites the global university museum community (members and non-members) to participate in the public consultation.
Please fill out the brief survey here BEFORE 14 March, 2021.
References
‘The future of tradition in museology’, ICOFOM Study Series, 48 (1), 2020
‘Defining the museum: Challenges and compromises in the 21st century’, ICOFOM Study Series, 48 (2), 2020
Marta C. Lourenço, UMAC Chair: Defining the UNIVERSITY MUSEUM today: Between ICOM and the ‘third mission’, Speech 8 May 2019.