UK and Ireland Ecomuseums in Practice
Global Heritage: Science, Management and Development - Webinar

This one-day seminar will provide an opportunity for all the UK and Ireland ecomuseums to come together, introducing their projects and discussing key issues for this growing movement.
- From: Thursday 1 July 2021, 10 am
- To: Thursday 1 July 2021, 4.10 pm
- Booking deadline: Thursday 1 July 2021, 12.00 am
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Event details
The University-wide research theme, Global Heritage: Science, Management and Development and the Centre for Public History, Heritage and Memory invite you to join this event, the first to bring all UK and Ireland ecomuseums together to introduce their projects.
The event provides opportunities for ecomuseums, community heritage organisations and groups and interested parties to network and learn more about the different ecomuseological practices in the UK and Ireland. The event brings together for the first time all six UK and Ireland ecomusuems, who will each introduce their practices and take part in a roundtable discussion. Ecomuseums have great potential as a way for communities to engage in sustainable practices and climate action and support the local economy through regenerative tourism development. The event will explore these particular aspects of the ecomuseum through our three international speakers who will look at the role ecomuseums could play in contributing to UN sustainability goals (Nunzia Borrelli), networking (Glenn Sutter) and sustainable tourism (Tiérna Mullen). One of the main goals of the day is to look into ideas to establish an ecomuseum network to provide support for different organisations and to give the ecomuseums a stronger voice in the museum community.
Programme
Time | Topic |
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10:00 -10.20 |
Introduction and Welcome Dr Katharina Massing and Victoria McMillan |
10:20 - 11.20 | Panel 1 - Ecomuseums in Practice I |
10:20 - 10:35 | Skye Ecomuseum |
10:35 - 10:50 | Cateran Ecomuseum |
10:50 - 11:05 | Spodden Valley Revealed |
11:05 - 11:20 | Q & A for panel |
11:20 - 11:30 | Break |
11:30 - 12:30 | Panel 2 - Ecomuseums in Practice II |
11:30-11:45 | Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum |
11:45 – 12:00 | Ecoamgueddfa |
12:00 - 12:15 |
Iveragh Ecomuseum Lucy Taylor |
12:15 - 12:30 | Q & A for panel |
12:30 - 13:15 | Lunch Break |
13:15 - 13:45 |
Économusée Artisans at Work (Northern Ireland Network) Tiérna Mullan, Project Officer |
13:45-14:15 |
Ecomuseums and UN Sustainability Goals Nunzia Borrelli, Associated Professor, University of Milan |
14:15 - 14:30 | Break |
14:30-15:30 | Panel Discussion |
15:30 – 16:00 |
Building an Ecomuseum Movement in Saskatchewan, Canada: Insights from a Work in Progress Glenn Sutter, Curator of Human Ecology at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and an adjunct professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Regina |
16:00 - 16:10 |
Concluding remarks Dr Katharina Massing and Victoria McMillan |
If you have any queries please email us at heritage@ntu.ac.uk
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