Newspaper MA Museology Cultural Management by Aria Bousoulegka

INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN “MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

WHAT DO OUR TEACHER S THINK OF... With mixed feelings, as it is common to say, yet another graduate year group has come to an end. On the one hand, it was the first time we had to converse with the double number of students; on the other hand, the teams of students have succeeded in building such an astonishingly refreshing bond, that in the end it was like dealing with fewer students. Ultimately, this strong bonding within each team acted decisively for the programme and its educational procedure, as the excellent work of the defended thesis has proven. It was undoubtedly, the first time throughout the 15-year-old path of our programme that all of us, so diverse colleagues, couldn’t believe that all of our students assignments were excellent. But that was the case. Matoula Scaltsa, Professor of Art History and Museology, A.U.Th.

Director of the Interuniversity Postgraduate MA Programme “Museology-Cultural Management”

I was, yet again, Head of the School during this cycle of the master degree programme 2014-2016. Having participated in the workshops of the core module “Applied Museology” and being fully aware of its educatoinal public actions, coordinated for the International Museum Day on and around the 18th of May, I only reiterate my previous concluding observations. That is, an impeccable work resulted by the effort and excitement shown by both professors and students, as well as strong and outstanding thesis that come to confirm the high quality of maturity. The students have been well trained in resolving «real» exhibition and cultural management problems, and are ready to join professionally the domain of culture and museums, without however disregarding the theoretical approach. Last but not least, I have to admit that within this postgraduate programme excellence and realistic socially-friendly attitudes collaborate in a dynamic and effective way. Nikos Kalogirou, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning,Head of the School of Architecture, A.U.Th. Attending this year’s thesis defenses, I was wondering how could it be that all of them are so strong that rendered gradiation in evaluation into an impossible task. Academically speaking, that is quite absurd. Inevitably, it had crossed my mind that somewhere, somehow we were mistaken. Though, as hard as I have tried, I couldn’t find one single mistake. Maybe our students are too strong. Panos Tzonos, Emeritus Professor of Architecture, A.U.Th.

Teaching at the Interuniversity Postgraduate Programme has taught me a lot about representation, cross-disciplinarity, and the difficulty of defining either. Discussing museums and collections with nice people who are interested in both, has been a great pleasure. I wish all jobs were like this one, and that there were more jobs like this! Lia Yoka, Assistant professor of History and Theory of Art and Culture, School of Architecture, A.U.Th. Farwell with a song: “In European museums Will I see you? Will I see you? Will I see you? Will I see you? In European museums Will I see you?“ (“Art hounds“ – Morrissey, 2014) Good luck to all of you. Kostas Kasvikis, Assistant Professor of History Didactics and Culture Education, School of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia

It was a pleasure to be with the students of the Museology-Cultural Management master programme, to participate in their efforts to reelaborate given data, to think outside the “box“ and ultimately, to get rid of lopsided attitudes. It was also extremely moving to see them invest time and thought in cultural issues at such times of crisis. Any Lefaki, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Buildings’ Reuse and Restoration, School of Architecture, A.U.Th.

Two years of teaching and of being taught. Two years of getting tired, and happy. We learned how to work with others, and we’ve made it to the end. Through our trips, our first actual works, we confronted the real world but we’ve managed to succeed and left a memorable legacy. Two years, in which, as I have experienced them, the roles of teacher and student constantly changed. Two years, that luckily enough, won’t be acquired or preserved by some museum, so that the so called ravage of time can do its work. If we’ve learnt something surely it’s that “what remains, is destroyed by the memory” (W.G. Sebald, The Emigrants) Panagiotis Bikas, Dr. History of Art, School of Architecture, A.U.Th.

This year graduates raised the bar even further. I’m so glad that I have met and worked with them. I wish them all the best in the future. Nineta Papantoniou, Assistant Professor of Museum Education, School of Early Childhood Education, A.U.Th. It was a very active class contributing to the discussion of managerial issues with fresh and sometimes innovative ideas/questions. The title of dimploma thesis of one of my students starts as “People are Strange…”. What a mess…! Strange(!) students but all wonderful. Good luck. Patroklos Georgiadis, Professor of Industrial Management, Head of the School of Industrial Management, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, A.U.Th.

Graduation is always a rite of passage. You are now out in the real world, with challenges to meet and obstacles to overcome. I wish to all of you a very succesful career, with a critical and always reflexive mind. Kostas Kotsakis, Proferssor of Archaeology, School of History and Archaeology, A.U.Th.

2014 / 2016

Is it possible to break the vicious circle of crisis while standing in our academic microcosm? Is it possible to feel complete, equal, satisfied with ourselves and justified? Is it possible to banish the experienced or inherited feeling of injustice that we hold for ourselves, of jealously towards a strong person and of bitterness for his power and for all of his misdeeds which we can’t undo or balance? Is it possible to portray the future without the past continuously holding us back? Is it possible to transform our ethical exasperation into a wrath of creativity? A lot of time during this programme, I felt that finally, my hope was prevailing over my complaining, that my passivity would surrender to active educational planning and that the work of all of our students, administration stuff and professors composes a dynamic collective individual, a strong source of creation and of joyful expectation. George Kokkinos, Professor of History and History Didactics, University of the Aegean Eine schwierige, anspruchsvolle aber auch aufregende Reise in der Welt der Museen, der Geschichte und der Kulturen ist zu ende gegangen. Wir wissen jedoch alle, dass der aktuelle Kontext der Krise und der Barbarei Hindernisse in ihrem Zukunftsplaenen setzen kann. Nichtsdestotrotz koennten die vom Postgraduate Programm erlangenen Kentnisse und Faehigkeiten diesem mit Kreativitaet, Exploration und Produktivitaet entgegenwirken. Unsere Wege werden sich selstverstaendlich hier nicht trennen. Stattdessen wird uns unser gemeinsamer Wille fuer die Erschaffung von Innovativem mit kritischen Blick auf die Dinge immer verbinden. Wir wuenschen Ihnen aus ganzem Herzen Glueck auf ihrer Berufssuche in Griechenland oder in der Welt. Andreas Andreou, Prof. Dr. of History and Culture Education at the University of Western Macedonia

For me, the MA Museology-Cultural Management means all the relationships and emotions that grow within every academic cycle. It’s that feeling of anxiety when the candidates apply to the programme, the joy they feel when they get in and the disappointment for those who didn’t make it… it’s that awkward stress of the interview, the excitement for the actions and events coordinated by the programme, and that sparkle in their eyes during the graduation ceremony. It’s all those people who come in and out of our office daily. It’s about people who have quality and ethics, not only academic skills, and I try my best to always welcome them with a smile. Afroditi Bousoulegka, French Literature, MA ICT Assisted Teaching

INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN “MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT IS… A relatively new and emergent scientific field in Greece, that advocates the institutional dimension of Museums and Culture and explores them within their ideological frame of constitution. New Museology and Cultural Management, as acknowledged by our MA programme, is an interdisciplinary, creative and pluralistic science. It provides us the necessary methodological tools in order to interpret critically, just like museologists should do, the museum collections and culture in general to carry out meaningful and socially sensitive exhibiting scenarios and development projects for contemporary people. In other words, New Museology and and Cultural Management, as we conceive them, are people-centered scientific fields that take into account the needs and concerns of the modern individual. Within this context, the museologist assumes the role of a mediator between the past and the present, encouraging the visitor to participate actively in the interpretive process. The greatest objective lies in building a strong and interactive relationship between Museums, Culture and their public.

“This programme was a real oppοrtunity for me to redefine myself and to expand my horizons, to discover new aspects of me and set new limits”. Sofia Tsirli, Αrchaeologist-Μuseologist

The structure... ...of our MA programme follows the principles of interdisciplinary. We propose a curriculum based on a holistic approach, that combines both theory and practice. Our program is offered in a full-time basis (3 semesters) and includes: -Core courses -Lectures -Seminars -Intensive workshops -Museum and monument oriented events -Field visits to museums in Greece and abroad -Thorough reports from museum visits -Internships in museums or relevant cultural institutions -Individual and team assignments and presentations -Individual courseworks for each of the six core modules -Master thesis (circa 15 000 – 30 000 words or design oriented)

“Speaking from my experience as a student in “Museology and Cultural Management”, I have to say that the programme was helpful in many ways. It creates pathways from the rigid anachronisms of the domestic museum reality to the current global museological trends. On a personal basis, while confronting conceptual and exhibition design issues, it offered me the proper theoretical and practical “toolkits” in order to articulate meaningful messages to a wider public with different needs. Shortly speaking, it provides to its students ‘the means to produce meanings’ “. Kostas Kapeleris, Εducator-Μuseologist

2014 / 2016

THE MA MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT IS.... The first Master degree programme in Greece that welcomes students with diverse academic backgrounds. Historians, archaeologists and, in general, Arts and Humanities graduates along with architects, engineers, artists, computer scientists and other traditional liberal arts graduates are trained together so that they can be equally prepared to join the real museum and culture workforce. This interdisciplinary master degree programme introduces its students to contemporary theoretical issues that highly concern the international scientific community. To do so, we invite well-known professors and scholars from all over the word to enlighten our students through lectures and seminars. Furthermore, it’s one of the few postgraduate programmes that provides its students with the necessary experience during their studies before debuting in the museum and culture world. Our students, through the workshops and seminars, their internship and/or their thesis, are invited to solve real museum and culture centered problems. We manage to gather within the very core of a vital scientific dialogue a vast number of issues such as deontology and museum management, institutional credibility when it comes to the culture discourse, economic management and prospects, communication and marketing, as well as issues of interpretation along with conceptual, spatial and educational exhibition design. It is an intensive master degree programme that demands of its students their full attention, creativity and commitment. We educate through teamwork and always encourage the application of theory in practice. In the end, we believe that we succeed in inspiring our students to engage themselves in the cultural domain.

The people… From coordinating the core modules to secretary and administrative assistance, all those titles and positions are held by people full of zest, passion and envisions. The teaching staff and coordinators of all offered courses are mentors during the research and the implementation process. They are constant guides throughout the interdisciplinary museological creation.

Andreas Andreou Professor of History and Culture in Education, School of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia / Panagiotis Bikas Dr. History of Art, School of Architecture, A.U.Th. /Patroklos Georgiadis Professor, Head of the School of Industrial Management, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, A.U.Th./ Kostas Kasvikis Assistant Professor of History Didactics and Culture Education, Department of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia/ George Kokkinos Professor of History and History Didactics, University of the Aegean/ Kostas Kotsakis Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, School of History and Archaeology, A.U.Th./Any Lefaki Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, A.U.Th./Paraskevi Nitsiou Archaeologist, Dr. Museologist, A.U.Th./ Nineta Papantoniou Assistant Professor of Museum Education, School of Early Childhood Education, A.U.Th./ Matoula Scaltsa Professor of History of Art and Museology, School of Architecture, A.U.Th /Panos Tzonos Emeritus Professor of Architecture, A.U.Th /Lia Yoka Assistant professor of History and Theory of Art and Culture, School of Architecture, AU.Th. The functioning and coordination relied fully on our secretary assistants, who were always responding to every need with smile, encouragement and patience. Afroditi Bousoulegka, French Literature, MA ICT Assisted Teaching Yiouli Koletti, Business Administration

“Our professors’ interest and passion about museology and cultural management was undiminished and has been inspiring throughout our studies”. Athina Georgopoulou, Αrchitect-Μuseologist

“The MA Programme in Museology-Cultural Management was for me a trip in an imaginary world that prepared me to face the difficulties of the real world. Experiencing joy, anxieties and difficulties I am ready to create a museum in which I will hide all the knowledge, the experiences, the secrets and the stories of people”. Aria Angeliki Bousoulegka, Αrt Ηistorian-Graphic DesignerMuseologist

INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN “MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

ΜUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT INSIDE THE WALLS... The special feature and originality of the philosophy of the Post-graduate Programme “Museology-Cultural Management” is that it attempts to transform the process of museological education into a simulation of correct museological practice. Just as a good museum exhibition or museum management is the result of the creative and composite co-involvement of the conceptual planning and the physical planning or the different museum fields needed, so the post-graduate programme envisages a process of education in all the specialties which contribute to the creation of a museum exhibition or museum management: curators, interpretative planners, academic specialists, managers, funding developers, new media specialists, museum educators, exhibition designers, architects, graphic designers, etc.. At the same time, the post-graduate programme insists on teaching the theories which, as a patchwork, go to make up the noncohesive theoretical foundation of modern museology and culture. This not only promotes mutual understanding among the post-graduate students, who come from a variety of academic fields but also stimulates reflexivity on an overall understanding of the museum, the field of museology and that of cultural management in general.

Theory and practice... 120 Courses-Lectures Our first semester lectures were about theoretical issues and were designed to shield us against the difficulties that would follow in the second semester with the applied subjects. The programme was intensive, each MondayTuesday-Wednesday for four hours and above, we were attending lectures of - basically - visiting professors under the sleepless eye of our coordinators. The discussions were intense and often confrontational, with our passionate teachers and us standing ecstatic! Every single person that is engaged (seriously) to Museology-Cultural Management in Greece - and not only - visited our master! Divided in multidisciplinary teams with architects, archaeologists, educators, art historians, artists and other specialties we had to work together throughout our studies in workshops, seminars, written and oral essays.

3 Seminars The programme wasn’t limited to working days, but it also included several intensive seminars and workshops during the weekends. Museum Re-displaying Ideas...Reflexivity in Museums, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art [B. Wastiau, Director, Museum of Ethnology, Geneva, K. Karagiorgi,Director of Exhibition Design,The Louvre, A. Kontogiorgis and P. Daskalakis, Ministry of Culture] History and Ideology, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art [A. Liakos, Prof. of History, University of Athens, Prof. D. Stamatopoulos, University of Macedonia, Ass. Prof. A. Gazi, Panteion University, Ass. Prof. M. Mouliou, University of Athens, M.Zorba, Prof. Dr. Political Science, P. Tzonos, Emeritus Professor of Architecture, A.U.Th.] Museum Education Design Project, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki [K. Kasvikis, Assistant Professor of History Didactics and Culture Education, School of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia, F. Papantoniou, Assistant Professor of Museum Education, School of Early Childhood Education, A.U.Th.]

“Museum is... a place full of hidden meanings and stories to discover. It intrigues explorers and attracts those with an innate curiosity. It can win over even the most hesitant. Many methods are used for achieving the above, but I am not going to reveal them! These secrets will stay with us, the museologycultural management graduates. We will use them wisely!” Elpida Sdrali, Archaeologist-Museologist

2014 / 2016

7 Workshops The interpretive Approach of Objects [F. Papantoniou, Assistant Professor of Museum Education, School of Early Childhood Education, A.U.Th. K. Kasvikis, Assistant Professor of History Didactics and Culture Education, Department of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia, V. Kertemelidou,Dr. Architecture Prof. of Interior Design, TEI of Central Macedonia] Writing Texts for Museum Exhibitions [M. Scaltsa, Professor of History of Art and Museology, School of Architecture, A.U.Th, P. Nitsiou, Archaeologist, Dr. Museologist, A.U.Th.] Planning an Art Exhibition - The Xydis Collection in Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art [M. Bellmonte, Dr. Art History and Museologist] Conceptual and Spatial Museological Design-The Collection of the Ecclesiastical Museum, Thessaloniki [P. Tzonos, Emeritus Professor of Architecture, A.U.Th., N. Kalogirou, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning,Head of the School of Architecture, A.U.Th., A. Lefaki, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Buildings’ Reuse and Restoration, School of Architecture, A.U.Th., A. Paka, Assosiate Prof. of Architecture and Urban Planning, St. Galikas, Architect-Museologist, Ph.D. candidate in Architecture] Conceptual and Spatial Museological Design - Grocery Store Collection - The Collection of the MA Programme [`The above team with the participation of Professor Ian Brown, University of Alabama] Conceptual and Spatial Museological Design - The Collection of Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace in the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece [V. Amiridou and G. Adamidis, Archaeologists-Museologists and the Director of the Museum Z. Skabalis] Designing a Museum Kit for the Bey Hamam Monument [A. Tsitouri, Archaeologist-Museum Educator, Ministry of Culture]

“Museum and Cultural studies represent for me the way I understand and approach the world now. I am happy to say that everyday becomes better and more interesting doing what I really love”. Ifigenia Botzaki, Educator-Museologist

“What is “our” museology?... Museology, beyond the clichés and cherished grandiose expressions of those involved with museum studies, for me is the "disenchantment". The stripping of our certainties and our fixed ideas and the dive into the ideas of others. The cooperation between people of different disciplines and the realization of the obvious ... that alone you cannot go very far!” Eleutheria Theodoroudi, Archaeologist-Museologist

“Through my archaeology studies I’ve learned how to discover and study the history of an object. As a museologist I’ve learned how to narrate and communicate its stories. I learned how these stories can be presented by placing the objects in a certain way, as we go from one to another, creating the right circumstances for people of the present to understand the people of the past “. Alexandros Apostolou, Archaeologist-Museologist

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ΜUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE THE WALLS... Field visits to museums and cultural organisations in Greece and abroad Having already received a complete and strong theoretical background, around the end of the first semester we began our first field visits in Greece. Our visits concerned specific museums, in Athens and Thessaloniki, so that we can gain a full vision of the Greek museological reality. Moreover, we were able to observe for ourselves if, and to what level, those museums and cultural institutions respect the principles of New Museology and follow contemporary ways in managing culture. Throughout our studies, the museums and cultural institutions of our city were perceived as important study fields, in which we applied the principles of contemporary theoretical cultural issues, we experimented our fresh and unconventional ideas, and in some cases, these very institutions became the core study of our thesis research. In July 2015, we flew over to Hamburg. This field trip, that assumes a truely educational role, wasn’t limited to simple museum visits. Even before we started this trip, we thoroughly analysed the selected museums, its characteristics, its collections and its exhibitions. Once we arrived, we quickly started visiting the museums and all together commented on their conceptual and spatial design, marketing and funding policy and educational methods. Our fruitful discussions were always broadened by extensive references to the city’s historical, social and political context. At the end of our field visits, each student was assigned to describe and comment in a critical way, one particular institution. Based on a questionnaire, as it was handed by the Programme, we had to articulate in about 3000 words our experiences, all by tracking down the museum’s advantages and drawbacks, in reference to its conceptual, ideological, spatial, educational dimension and cultural policy in general.

The assignments and courses requested field visits to the following museums in Thessaloniki The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki The Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art The Museum of Byzantine Culture The Gerovassiliou Wine Museum

2014 / 2016

...and far from Thessaloniki... A 4-day trip in Athens: The Byzantine and Christian Museum The National Archaeological Museum The Onassis Cultural Center The Industrial Gas Museum The Acropolis Museum The Museum of Cycladic Art The Benaki Museum The Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery

Our trip in Hamburg was a museological lifetime experience...

“I would bypass all the general clichés that one could say for this master degree. If I had to highlight one thing between dozens of thoughts that occur to me now I would try to put in words reflexivity that characterised each and every step of the educational procedure; because there is an actual moment when you learn that for every idea of yours you can find a bunch of reasons to throw it away and find something new. And try for something better, something alternative and more integrated. And, maybe, at some point, you will reach it”. Matina Tsakmaki, Architect-Museologist

Deichtorhallen - Halle für Actuelle Kunst und Haus der Photographie Hamburg Kunsthalle Hamburg Museum Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Ballinstadt Museum für Auswanderung Zoll Museum

“Museology is for me a way to face the world in order to be able to change it”. Aria Bousoulegka, Art Historian-Graphic Designer-Museologist

“An intense postgraduate programme. Devotion and hard work is required. Courses, seminars, essays, workshops and training have offered me a holistic approach to museology and cultural management. Furthermore, all this time gives you the opportunity to build strong friendships with your fellow students. At the end of the day, you ‘ll feel thankful for what you ‘ve learned”. Evi Kalpatsinidou & Pigi Moustakidou, Lawyer-Museologist & Educator-Museologist

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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY – 18th OF MAY Monuments and Memories...Where People Meet (Thessaloniki,16-17 of Μay)

The A.U.Th. COLLABORATES AND CREATIVILY RETRACKS OLD MEMORIES OF OUR CITY Εvery 18th of May our students and staff celebrate the International Museum Day by organising and coordinating exceptional “interpretative activities” across the city. This year we collaborated with the Thessaloniki Chamber of Tradesmen, the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs, the City of Thessaloniki and 18 more Cultural Institutions, as well as with undergraduate students of filmmaking, architecture and electrical engineering from several Schools of the Aristotle University. A thorough historical, archaeological and artistic research on the selected monuments and historic places, in and around the Aristotelous street and square in Thessaloniki, was conducted, so that we could offer to the public a well-documented tour along with original and innovative narrative performances, guided walks, and visits. Furthermore, while this year was dedicated to the life and work of the famous poet Manolis Anagnostakis, his former residence was included in the above interpretative walks. The above monuments and sites where included in two walks with 6 stations each.

Aristotelous Square Station: “Live your Square!” “Since you were 12 years old, you would meet all your friends there. It’s 11.45 pm, you are running through the square to catch the last bus. You have used it as your cover photo on facebook more than once. But what do you really know about Aristotelous square?”

Manolis Anagnostakis Residence: “Introducing the poet Manolis Anagnostakis “ “Our starting point is the childhood home and the neighborhood of the Greek poet Manolis Anagnostakis, the school he attended, his social and political engagement as a university student and the years he spent in prison in Eptapyrgio. Let’s drink together a cup of coffee and explore key historical, social and political moments of the city that have had a great impact on the poet’s work”. Roman Forum-Archaeological Site: “Their Steps...our Steps!” “What would you be seeking for if you were around the Roman antiquities of Thessaloniki? Would you try to trace the present or the past? Which people you are likely going to come across? Could it be that they are ghosts from the past? Space, location, people… let’s solve the mystery together.”

2014 / 2016

2 WALKS, 6 MONUMENTS STATIONS! 1. Aristotelous Square 2. Kapani Market 3. Panagia Chalkeon Church 4. Roman Forum-Archaeological Site 5. Manolis Anagnostakis Residence 6. Bey Hamam

As upcoming museologists and cultural managers, we were asked to collaborate with many different people in order to interpret the history of the selected monuments and sites and the history of our city. The venue was an experiential narrative that is unfolded in front of the very eyes of the visitors. Our interpretive tools were narration, images, sounds dance and performance. Creativity, anxiety, theory and practice, design, implementation, memory, timelessness, interpretation, promotion, rehearsals, balloons, arrangements, partnerships are just some of the notions and thoughts we hold from our experience in and around the Aristotelous Street and Square events.

Bey Hamam: “Gatherings” Two people, a man and a woman of Ottoman era guide us to their memories, to those moments of their lives that are intertwined with a living monument, a landmark for the city: the Bey Hamam. Kapani Market: “People, Thoughts, Glances” “Moments of life in Kapani. Thoughts, words and experiences in Panagia Chalkeon Church: ”Taking Breakfast there” one of the most famous and traditional market of the city. The leading role in our narrative goes to the market and to the peo“From the Love feasts, namely the shared “dinners” of the first ple who use and animate it. We try to reveal precious moments Christian communities, to the contemporary church’s mess, the of gathering, communication and productive interaction that wedding receptions and the rural fairs celebrating the memory take place there. The Kapani market is a true mosaic of colors, of saints, the gathering around the table is an essential part of fragrances, flavors and sounds”. the Orthodox Church reality. Its ultimate objective is to promote reciprocal understanding, solidarity and the values of community. A Turkish student, while searching a specific monument dedicated to his own faith, experiences the intimacy of gathering thanks to an unexpected invitation of ‘treating’ ”.

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A.U.Th. ON SUNDAYS : Gathering and Documen ting Objects for a Future Childrens ’ Toy Museum On Sunday the 24th of May 2015, within the framework of the “Aristotle University - Sunday Activities”, the University, the visitors of the event and our “Museology-Cultural Management” Programme cooperated creatively for the Children’s Asylum, a renowned registered charity in our city, to acquire its first objects towards a toy collection and a museum that it has long been dreaming of. Mrs Mary Efthymiades, President of the Board of Trustees, supported the event to make the dream come true. A lot of individuals, namely students, and parents along with their children brought their own toy and informed us about their personal stories connected to the toys. The information where documented in a data basis, along with the objects photographs and video images of the owners. The whole event was a small but significant contribution to the work of the Children’s Asylum, an educational collection project, an offering of love and solidarity to the Asylum. The toys that were brought in will be the basis of the collection of the future museum, and the toys’ stories will be the stories that the museum will keep and narrate to its future visitors.

“The latest definition of museum function is now giving priority not to museum collections anymore, but to human beings. Museums are re-establishing their place in society and instead of being “Art Temples”, that face the “uneducated masses” with elitist approaches, they start a dialogue with society, opening their doors to every potential visitor, regardless of any social, economic, educational and cultural level. Let’s all be part of this mission, while museology and participatory cultural management could establish effective communication between all kinds of cultural institutions and the citizens. Only our reality could teach us, how to change our reality….” Kleopatra Alagialoglou, Architect-Museologist

2014 / 2016

THESSALO NIKI HALF-MA RATHON 2015 On a Saturady night, the MA Museology-Cultural Management runs in the Thessaloniki’s night half-marathon for a good cause concerning non-privileged kids. Afterwards, exchausted after 5.000 meters (!) it was dinner time where we all had a great company. We owe it to our beloved Magda’s initiative and to the organizational skills of Afroula and Giouli.

MA PROGRAM ME’S PUBLICAT IONS Panos Tzonos ,

Museum and Museum Exhibition - Theory and Practice, 2014 The book in question is a handbook of exhibition theory, programming/planning and design, which addresses both professionals’ need for a clear outline of phases and considerations in the exhibition development process and students’ need for a critical examination of both theory and practice in exhibition development. This book is addressed to all those who are involved with the creation of a museum exhibition. It is in the nature of a manual and is structured in three parts: - The first part is devoted to theory: what theory is, what museology is and what may constitute the theory, or rather the theories of museology. - The second part deals with the practice of the creation of museum exhibitions, in the broadest sense of the term. -The third part touches on the issue of the appraisal of the products of the museum planning as a whole, conceptual and spatial, and an assessment of the “museum” as a comprehensive phenomenon. -In the three appendices which follow, all kinds of examples and models are quoted, which are necessary both to understand the argument and to undertake exhibition practice. -Finally, the glossary contains the terminology used in the book. The book condenses both the 30-year experience of the author in museum and exhibition planning, as well his fifteen years of experience as chief coordinator of the module “Architectural Planning and Design of Exhibitions, Museums, Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Heritage Complexes” at the Interuniversity Postgraduate-Postmaster Programme “Museology-Cultural Management“. The foundation of the above research interest is his 45 years of experience in teaching Architectural Design and the Theory of Planning in the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as in professional architectural practice focused mainly on buildings for culture.

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OUR MASTER THESIS... Our master thesis was a real challenge for all us as we had, among other, to choose an original topic, find a suitable supervisor professor and collect the right bibliography. Optimism, anxiety and relief as soon as we handed our thesis over, all these were feelings shared by all of us.

Our research field, vast and pluralist, just like us... Ayman Said Abdelmohsen, Conservator of Antiquities-Museologist Access to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: Cultural Policy, Challenges and Development Proposals

“For me, Museology was a trip to both the past and contemporary museum reality, as well as an introduction to a new way of perception and approach concerning museum exhibits”. Vasilis Zaires, Archaeologist-Museologist

Kleopatra Alagialoglou, Architect-Museologist I Can, you Can, we all Can… If we all Get together in the World of Art: The Liberational Power of Art. Sofia Amarantidou, Archaeologist-Museologist Museums and Social Exclusion. New Challenges, New Perspectives. Alexandros Apostolou, Archaeologist-Museologist Conceptual- Museological Planning for a PAOK F.C. Museum Loukia Argyriadou, Business Administrator-Museologist People are Strange: Public Research for the Exhibition «Digital Revolution» at Onassis Cultural Foundation Ifigenia Botzaki, Educator-Museologist Museum Networks: A Sociological and Educational Approach Aria Angeliki Bousoulegka, Art Historian, Graphic & Web Designer-Museologist How Guests Can Perceive Museum Collections through Design and New Technologies: A New Application for the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Georgia Damianou, Artist-Museologist Museum and the Senses: Finding Meanings through Multi-sensory Experience. Case Studies in Contemporary Art Giannis Drakopoulos, Artist-Museologist Streets of Absence: Jews of Thessaloniki Then and Now: Four Artistic Enviroments for Public Space Athina Georgopoulou, Architect-Museologist Children’s Right To The City Approaching Urban Culture through a Museum Education Project Evi Kalpatsinidou, Lawyer-Museologist Conceptual Museological Programming and Planning for an Exhibition of the Relics of Saint George Peristereota Monastery

“After one year and a half in museology, now I definitely know what to do with a sewing machine and an umbrella…” Yiannis Karliampas, Archaeologist-Museologist

Kostas Kapeleris, Educator-Museologist The Typology of Museum Educational Evaluation in the Educational Activities of Greek Museums Victoria Kargoudi, Educator-Museologist Planning a Museum Kit and Executing its Front-end Evaluation for the Historical Museum of Alexandroupolis Yannis Karliambas, Archaeologist-Museologist Gender Representations in Archaeological Exhibitions: The Archaeological Museums of Thessaloniki and Pella

Three semesters at postgraduate studies on Museology-Cultural Management…Cooperation, teamwork, communication, disagreement, documentation, search for meaning, context based approaches, lengthy workshops, intensive study, work, presentations, creativity, enthusiasm, friendship, interesting visits ,constructive criticism, personal development ... in brief a unique experience! Maria Kyriakou, Educator-Museologist

2014 / 2016

Maria Kyriakou, Educator-Museologist Educational Suitcase Project for the Museum-Library Stratis Eleftheriadis-Tériade in Lesvos Stacey Maniati, Multilingual Education Teacher-Museologist Υour Letters Are my Letters: Promoting Multilingual Literacy through a Museum Educational Programme. Dora Matziropoulou, Balkan Studies-Museologist The International Cultural Action of Women in Black (Serbia): The Exhibition ‘Always Disobedient - We Leave a Trace’. 20 Years of Women in Black Pigi Moustakidou, Educator-Museologist Museum Education and Deaf People: From Theory to Practice Olga Moutsianou, European Culture-Museologist Streets of Absence: Jews of Thessaloniki, Now and Then. Conceptual-Museological Planning for the Implementation of Walking Tours Athina Pavlidou, Philologist-Museologist The Poet Manolis Anagnostakis: Conceptual-Museological Planning for the Implementation of Walking Tours in Thessaloniki through Poet’s Life and Work Magda Roupa, Educator-Museologist The Social Role of Contemporary Museum: The Opening to the Public and its Contribution to the Integration of Socially Excluded People Haris Samalidis, Architect-Museologist Exhibition Design for a PAOK F.C. Museum

Elpida Sdrali, Archaeologist-Museologist Conceptual Museological Planning of an Exhibition of Theofrastos Triantafillides’ Artworks at the Municipal Gallery of Larissa - G. I. Katsigras Museum Alexandros Tamoglou Eleftheriadis, Historian-Tour Guide-Museologist Stories from the Edge of the City: A Proposal for a Guided Walk to Thessaloniki’s Erotic Margins in the 20th and 21st Century Eleftheria Theodoroudi, Archaeologist-Museologist Invisible Cities: Discovering the Palimpsest of Thessaloniki with the Use of New Technologies Matina Tsakmaki, Architect-Museologist Spatial Museological Design for an Exhibition of the Relics of the Monastery Saint Georgios Peristereota Pinelopi Tsatsouli, Historian-Tour Guide-Museologist The Challenging Task of Planning a European History Museum: New Readings and Multiple Interpretations of History Eirini Tsiaousi, Educator-Museologist Access, Social Integration and Education of People with Disabilities in Museums: The Case of the Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos Sofia Tsirli, Archaeologist-Museologist Conceptual Museological Planning of the Exhibition «The National Theatre of Northern Greece: 1961-2016. People at the Basis of its History Anna Vasileiadou, Architect-Museologist Architectural Planning and Design of the Exhibition «The National Theatre of Northern Greece: 1961-2016. People at the Basis of its History Faidra Vasileiadou, Conservator of Antiquities-Museologist Conservation Study and Management of Relics of the Holy Monastery of St. George Peristereota Vasilis Zaires, Archaeologist-Museologist Conceptual Museological Planning of the Folklore Museum in Livadi of Elassona Efi Zoumpouli, Architect-Museologist Understanding Image-Based Microblogging Platforms’ Impact on Visual Perception as a Novel Step to Museological Curation and Communication

INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN “MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

OUR INTERNSHIPS ... And it’s time to get a taste of the real museum and culture world. During the third – and alas final – semester we headed to a museum or a suitable cultural institution of our choice in order to complete a two-month internship.

34 students + 250 hours worked The goal of the internship was to get a glimpse of the working conditions prevailing in the Greek and European labor market and to become dynamic and fully equipped professionals, to debut as innovative museologists, who seek to change the way society perceives the role of cultural institutions.

We’ve all worked laboriously, but full of fun and passion... Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki - Ayman Said Abdelmohsen State Museum of Contemporary Art - Kleopatra Alagialoglou Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace - Sofia Amarantidou Participation in a research project for the Museum-Library of Kozani - Alexandros Apostolou Onassis Cultural Centre - Loukia Argyriadou National Gallery - Ifigenia Botzaki Onassis Cultural Centre - Aria Angeliki Bousoulegka State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 5 - Georgia Damianou State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 5 - Giannis Drakopoulos

“What’s Museology to me ? It’s a new way to look at the world , civilizations , museums . It’s the umbrella that embraces so many disciplines and leads to new perspectives. Finally it’s the contex that gives voice to things and a way to thinking”. Olga Moutsianou, European Culture-Museologist

Onassis Cultural Centre - Athina Georgopoulou Aris B.C. Museum - Evi Kalpatsinidou Ethnological Museum of Thrace - Victoria Kargoudi Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella - Yannis Karliambas Museum of Byzantine Culture - Ioanna Koukouna State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 5 - Maria Kyriakou Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki - Stacey Maniati Participation in a research project for the Museum-Library of Kozani - Olga Moutsianou Onassis Cultural Centre - Athina Pavlidou

If somebody told me, in the beginning of October 2014, that my life would never be the same again, I would probably laugh and not believe him... Now, one and a half year after, I can admit that he was totally right! The MA “Museology - Cultural Management”– was proved to be an unforgettable experience that changed my life! Apart from the knowledge that was gained, the simulation of work conditions and the field trips in Greece and abroad, the most important thing that I am really thankful and proud of is my team and my friends for life! I will never forget the smile of Magda, the funny moments with Ayman and the nice time spent together with you guys! Alexandros Tamoglou-Eleutheriadis, Historian-Tour Guide-Museologist

2014 / 2016

“The most important thing that I realised this one and a half year of the Museology and Cultural Management Master in Thessaloniki was the value and the power of sharing. Thankfully working in the museum as an educator gives me the privilege to communicate and try to inspire this in more people”. Ifigenia Botzaki, Educator-Museologist

State Museum of Contemporary Art - Magda Roupa Participation in a research project for the Museum of Tobacco in Xanthi - Haris Samalidis Municipal Gallery of Larissa, G.I. Katsigras Museum - Elpida Sdrali Benaki Museum - Alexandros Tamoglou – Eleftheriadis ΝΕΑRCH-European Program - Eleftheria Theodoroudi Participation in a research project for the Museum of Tobacco in Xanthi - Matina Tsakmaki The House of European History, Brussels - Pinelopi Tsatsouli Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos - Eirini Tsiaousi National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation - Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive - Sofia Tsirli Museum of Photography - Anna Vasileiadou State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 5 - Faidra Vasileiadou Archaeological Park of Livithra - Vasilis Zaires State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 5 - Efi Zoumpouli

The Onassis Cultural Foundation welcomed this year four students of the postgraduate programme Museology-Cultural Management of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. One architect, one philologist, one graphic designer and one manager. They participated in the organization of the exhibition “Digital Revolution”, took part in our educational programmes, assisted to our new website and conducted our audience research. All four of them contributed outstandingly. Marianna Platyrrahou-Logiadi, Deputy Director, Communication and Marketing, Onassis Cultural Foundation

INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN “MUSEOLOGY-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

WHAT DO WE KEEP... WHAT DO WE THINK... The IPP Museology-Culture Management offers all the necessary tools for preparing a new museologist-cultural manager. Real-life experiences, an interdisciplinary approach, theoretical courses, seminars, workshops as well as simulation of real working conditions, so that the students can fully understand the principles of conceptual and spatial design. People from different disciplines, ages and interests are invited from the very beginning to spend many hours cooperating in order to accomplish a team project. Undoubtedly, forming a team is not always easy, especially if it is consisted of 6 different people who must work together for about eighteen months under stressful conditions, pressure and even tension. Nonetheless, the results of teamwork could be more than great, if the members of the team are willing to collaborate in an effective and creative way. I was fortunate enough to be part of an amazing team, the “group A”, which significantly contributed in making this museological journey for me, pleasant and unique. Magda Roupa, Educator-Museologist

Pursuing my MA studies abroad was always as a dream for me...however, when I first arrived in Greece and I started lessons for the Greek language in order to be prepared for the lectures of the masters degree, I was counting the days to leave and go back home....Now, after 18 months of hard work, lectures, field trips and workshops, I do not feel foreign anymore and I want to live here for as long as possible...My participation to this master programme not only enhanced my educational qualifications but also proved to be a life experience! Thank you Greece, thank you MA staff and many thanks to my Greek family and friends. Ayman Said Abdelmohsen, Conservator-Museologist

MA Museology–Cultural Management is so much more than a simple masters degree. It is a whole new wonderful world filled with passion for the job and knowledge. It’s the lectures, the workshops, the seminars, the field-trips, the internships. It’s the anxiety you feel when designing the museological concept of an exhibition the stressful deadlines and the relief when you actually did it successfully. It’s a marvelous journey with amazing people, who bring different cultural backgrounds and with whom we can share our experiences and expand our horizons. It’s the cocktail drink that Magda loves, the curly hair of Kleo, Athina’s yummy cakes, Alex’s selfie stick that embarrassed us everywhere – I even love that now- and, of course, the wonderful things Eleftheria taught me. In one word, it’s the ”group A”. It’s my life from now on. Loukia Argyriadou, Business Administrator-Museologist

So you think you are into museums? Well, we were. All 34 of us. Yeap, you got that right, 34 perfectly mismatched professionally individuals under the same academic roof. The fundamental dynamics of the museum universe I guess. After an intensive 18-month all-you-need-to-know-about-museums MA programme I hereby confirm that it’s GRADUAAAAAATION time! If you can tell, I’m a little bit excited. I’m not going to lie, the programme was demanding, with a capital D. Er…. all those assignments, how they made my head S P I N. But then again, name one masters degree that doesn’t pain its students, right? Overtime was our bff, but I don’t whine. I had such an incredible time exploring the museum world, experimenting my own ideas and enriching my knowledge. In the meantime, I gained some lifetime friends. Long story short, it’s like a Kodak moment to me! So you still think you are into museums? Well, we certainly still are. All 34 of us. 34 perfectly matched museum team professionals. Bottoms up! (I’m serious about that. You’ll be needing that alcohol.) Anastasia Maniati, Multilingual Education Teacher-Museologist

2014 / 2016

Seeking the meaning of Museology: hours and hours of lectures and courses, meetings in coffee houses, restaurants with the beloved team A, projects, presentations, seminars, lectures, Athens, museums, workshops, many workshops, museum-educational weekends, Anagnostakis, more endless meetings, International Museum Day, guided tours, activities, Hamburg, even more museums, more tasks, reports, practice, more and more museums -everywhere museums-, again Anagnostakis, thesis presentation ...The End!!! One year and a half full of experiences and many precious moments. Difficult times, with tension and stress but at the same time so unique, and without doubt unforgetable ... Athina Pavlidou, Philologist-Museologist Museology. What can it be? For me.. the future of museums. And the museum? A magical place that brings memories, stories and people alive And the Masters degree... a wonderful trip filled with amazing people, unique friendships and new experiences. Give me a museum and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fill it Pablo Picasso Pinelopi Tsatsouli, Historian-Tour Guide-Muselogist

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