Research Field 5: Exhibition Design, Technology of Representation and Experimental Actions

Research Field 05 exploited a design based research methodology with the aim to develop new museum practices, and test the theoretical outcomes produced by other MeLa Research Fields. On the one hand, it investigated the potentialities of innovative curatorial approaches and the role of Information and Communication Technologies for contemporary museums and exhibitions. On the other, it explored new research tools for the social sciences and humanities area, intended to foster the coalescence of theory and practice, and to enable and nurture interdisciplinary exchanges and collaborative models. These tasks resulted in the implementation of several experimental actions, and in the design of different prototypes for the production and sharing of the knowledge produced by the Project, eventually ensuing in the MeLa Critical Archive.

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Scientific Coordinator | Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID)
in collaboration with Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)
Principal Investigators | Jamie Allen, Gennaro Postiglione
Associate Researchers | Jakob Bak, Catherine Descure, David Gauthier (CIID)
Chris Whitehead (UNEW)
Eleonora Lupo, Raffaella Trocchianesi, Davide Spallazzo, Rita Capurro (POLIMI/Design)
Michela Bassanelli, Cristina F. Colombo, Francesca Lanz, Elena Montanari, Anna Chiara Cimoli (POLIMI/DAStU)
Iain Chambers, Lidia Curti, Giulia Grechi (UNO)
Marco Sacco, Luca Greci, Claudia Redaelli (CNR)
Maite Muñoz, Mela Dávila Freire (MACBA)

 

RF05 Events

  • Unfolding the MeLa Critical Archive

RF05 Publications and documents

  • Representing Museum Technologies
  • Redefining the Lobby of the MACBA Study Center
  • Museum Multiplicities: Field Actions and Research by Design