Research Field 6: Envisioning 21st Century Museums

Research Field 06 is the backbone of the MeLa Project, a collective, transversal and continuously running activity which benefited from the contribution of all the Partners; it provided a common ground for sharing and debating the main outcomes and findings produced by the different MeLa research pursuits. Research Field 6 has broadly investigated the ongoing transformation of contemporary European museums, meant as complex systems of knowledge, where the building, its contents, practices and communicative means are deeply intertwined. The aim of the enquiry was to identify and eventually envision innovative strategies, approaches and exhibition design models, which may be able to support the reconsideration and enhancement of the role of European museums in this “age of migrations”.

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Scientific Coordinator | Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)

Principal Investigator | Luca Basso Peressut

Associate Researchers | Gennaro Postiglione, Francesca Lanz, Elena Montanari, Michela Bassanelli, Cristina F. Colombo, Marco Borsotti, Mariella Brenna, Anna Chiara Cimoli (POLIMI/DAStU)
Eleonora Lupo, Raffaella Trocchinesi, Davide Spallazzo, Rita Capurro, Lucia Parrino, Sara Radice, Ece Ozdil, Sara Chiesa (POLIMI/Design)
Jamie Allen, Jakob Bak (CIID)
Chris Whitehead, Rhiannon Mason, Susannah Eckersley, Katherine Lloyd (UNEW)
Perla Innocenti (GU)
Iain Chambers, Lidia Curti, Giulia Grechi, Beatrice Ferrara, Celeste Ianniciello, Michaela Quadraro, Mariangela Orabona, Alessandra De Angelis (UNO)
Victoria Walsh, Paul Goodwin (RCA)
Fabienne Galangau Quérat, Lawrence Isnard, Sarah Gamaire (MNHN)
Maite Muñoz, Marta Vega (MACBA)

 

RF06 Events

  • MeLa Kick off Meeting
  • Seminar: Envisioning 21st Century Museums
  • Let the Museum Speak: European Museums in an Age of Migrations
  • MeLa Final Event - Envisioning 21st Century Museums

 

RF06 Publications and documents

  • Museums in an Age of Migrations
  • European Museums in the 21st Century - Vol. 1
  • European Museums in the 21st Century - Vol. 2
  • European Museums in the 21st Century - Vol. 3
  • Advancing Museum Practices