International conference on curating and education in the exhibition context
30-31 May 2012, Helsinki, Finland

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Call for case studies

CASE STUDIES FOR IAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED

The IAM organising commitee has now made the selection of case studies to be included in the conference program. All who submitted a proposal have been informed on the subject. 

The committee would sincerely like to thank everyone for participating in our Call for Case Studies. All in all, over 30 proposals were made, all of them extremely interesting and innovative! 

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How do you mediate? Who cares for audiences and the content in your museum? How do programming and education collaborate?

We are looking for concrete projects dealing with the conference themes (please refer to the conference outline). In particular, we are interested in hearing about innovative, alternative, imaginative ways of arranging the work of curators and educators working together, separately and side-by-side.

Within the general theme, possible questions include but are not limited to: Division of labour, power and responsibilities; Negotiating gallery space; Timings; The choice and the role of artists; Texts; Stretching the museum's conventions – what lines cannot be crossed?

Do you have a perfect case where everything worked to the optimum? Or could you share a fantastic project where every possible thing went wrong – and you learned a great lesson? Or do you have an idea or a dream that you have not been able to realise yet but would like to test?

Your proposal should include: A title, a brief description of the project or programme, a statement of what is special about your project, 3–5 keywords. The case should be clearly defined, as the presentation time will be strictly limited to 15 minutes! Collective presentations by an educator & curator are welcomed, as long as they don't exceed the time limit.

Send a 250 word proposal, together with a short biographical presentation to info@pedaali.fi by the end of January 2012. The results will be communicated by the end of February.

Please note that for the accepted presenters the conference fee will be waived but they are themselves responsible for the travel and accommodation.