Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Open City Museum
a participatory and community-led initiative to promote diversity, mutual understanding and the arts South Tyrol, Northern Italy Martha JimĂŠnez Rosano Cuartel-Headquarters for art & culture
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
a not-for-profit cultural org promoting intercultural dialogue and sustainable community development using the arts and participatory methods
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
The situation: lack of spaces to learn, experiment, share, and meet with others, that are easy to access and to become part of
cultural institutions have difficulties to create and maintain relations with the people, particularly the ‘nonaudience’, such as people with migration background
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Resources: …display selfinitiative, flexibility and readiness
…will to do things together for a common goal
people who care… …want to give a voice to and create another image of people
…are a source of community knowledge and expertise
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
So let’s make things happen! Â
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Community-led art project ‘Cultural diversities in Chiusa’, Civic Museum of Chiusa/Klausen, 2011
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Using the arts as a key instrument to promote mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion.
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Involving all citizens, but particularly young people and those whose families have migrated to the region.
www.opencitymuseum.com
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Broadening the understanding of the term ‘museum’ to include public spaces. Promoting active citizenship.
Reinventing Europe through local initiative
Empowering people by giving them a voice, visibility, authority, positions of19-20 responsibility February 2014 and opportunities.
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Challenges: • to convince people and institutions that change is possible • to find the necessary economic resources • to find the key ingredients for success: motivated people doing things with passion • to make people aware of the changes their work has provoked • to motivate people to keep working for change
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Reinventing Europe through local initiative
Arts-based community development project and contemporary photo-exhibition “Chinese everyday 19-20 February 2014 people�, Bressanone/Brixen, 2012
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Arts-based community development project and public art exhibition “Common portraits of diversity�, Bolzano/Bozen, 2013
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
cultural diversity & plurality can be a problem or an asset: it depends on how we decide to manage it
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Reinventing Europe through local initiative 19-20 February 2014
Thanks for your attention!
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