January 2012
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Afghanistan - Mes Aynak →
An interesting article - and a link to a collection of pictures - about the Buddhist archaeological area in Mes Aynak, Logar Province, Afghanistan. (via The Afghan Countdown, 2012/01/08 edition)
Jan 27th
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“Year of the Dragon In comes 23 January 2012, and on stage enters the Chinese...”
– Editor’s note from the last issue of The Museum Studies Weekly. The next one is bound to be published today…
Jan 27th
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Approaches to Bamiyan @ LSE, UK →
“London School of Economics (LSE) public event, “Approaches to Bamiyan: Afghanistan’s Cultural Crossroads ” - Date: Saturday 3 March 2012, Time: 11am-12pm, Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, Speakers: Dr Llewellyn Morgan, Chair: Jonathan Steele Cultural Crossroads.” via Wahid Nosher on Afghan Intellectuals Network (Facebook)
Jan 20th
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Afghanistan’s Soldiers Step Up Killings of Allied... →
“Ill will and mistrust run deep among civilians and militaries on both sides, raising questions about what future role the United States and its allies can expect to play in Afghanistan…” An interesting analysis published today on the New York Times. Western allied and - most of all - US forces have been sitting in the area way too long. No wonder many people I’ve met...
Jan 20th
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On Visual and Verbal Communication
The latest Editor’s note of the Museum Studies Weekly deals with a somewhat different approach to the conservation of contemporary art’s digital events. Instead of trying to migrate from one I.T. platform to the next one, in order to keep data and usability as up to date as possible, it could be thinkable to migrate from iconic to verbal language - describing, that is, an event as a...
Jan 7th
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On Reading...
RT @museoimaginario: Padres lectores, hijos lectores >10 Ways to Help You Raise Kids Who Love Reading http://t.co/9SZqVTcC
Jan 2nd
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The Titanic, and after (re-reading an urban...
“I’ve been rereading Giandomenico Amendola’s Post-Modern City (La città postmoderna. Magie e paure della metropoli contemporanea, 2000). Ten years after, the metaphoric Titanic is sunk: first 2008 and its mortgage crisis, then the EU’s trembling Euro. That’s the reason, maybe, why I do not find the book really entertaining no more. Sure, there are interesting ideas...
Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @jhmuseumstudies @tightmen @kmzwhrs @jobs_in_qatar @cms_ftw
Dec 23rd
The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @momarkmagic @nicrademacher @sembhaquadthorn @kaycasibeep
Dec 18th
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“People, Together… What have Jean-Michel Alberola and Michel Cassé, David Lynch...”
– Editor’s note to this week’s The Museum Studies Weekly, published on 16 November 2011.
Dec 16th
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“Tomorrow’s another day! But it isn’t… Tomorrow was created...”
– John Le Carré, A Most Wanted Man (Penguin Canada, 2009), p. 359 How very true. This book strongly reminds me of Graham Greene’s The Quiet American novel (UK, 1955), but “the other way ‘round” - if I may say so. In Le Carré’s final dialogue the issue is about justice: ...
Dec 15th
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Just posted my “Editor’s note” to last issue of The Museum Studies Weekly: what will #MACRO’s “new course and philosophy” stay for? #museums
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“I received an e-mail, recently… …inviting me to participate to a press...”
– “Editor’s note” to The Museum Studies Weekly (Friday, 9 December 2011) - just added a few minutes ago…
Dec 11th
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“Kabul blast might be more than expression of inter-religious hate: Murad Khane...”
– @a_califano on twitter, today. (6 November 2011, 9:30 PM)
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @sportnewsbrk @sepconet @pumpupthejim @storingcloud
Dec 2nd
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“Sur l’amour on avait écrit Sortie de secours interdite en cas...”
– Aragon, Le phenix renait de ses cendres (to Giorgio de Chirico) Well - I think that having the occasion to read poetry like this one, that I’ve seen printed among the many other ads in the subway, is one of the reasons why I’d love to come and live in Paris. The next one being cheese,...
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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“Great Expectations… …is something we should avoid having, in dealing...”
– Editor’s note in “The Museum Studies Weekly”, just out on 2 December 2011.
Dec 2nd
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ICOMOS - Paris Declaration (1 December 2011)
At its 17th General Assembly, ICOMOS approved this morning the “Paris Declaration” (On heritage as a driver of development). “This declaration and these recommendations”, says its Preamble, “are intended for use by the stakeholders of heritage conservation, of development and tourism, and more especially to the States, local authorities, international institutions,...
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Heritage Protection in NL - Looking for Wider Dams
Great pictures about water, buildings, and heritage management in Erik Luijendijk’s (NL) lecture - a very inspiring talk! And a very nice video to go with it…
Nov 30th
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“Besides the tangible heritage associated with industrial technology and...”
– From the Preamble of the Dublin Principles, submitted and approved at the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly in Paris, on 28 November 2011 as a joint theoretical ICOMOS-TICCIH platform.
Nov 30th
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ICOMOS - General Assembly & Workshops (more...)
You can find (almost) all my posts to twitter about ICOMOS General Assembly in Paris and its workshops under hashtag #icomosworkshops
Nov 29th
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ICOMOS - General Assembly & Workshops
Gideon Koren - preserving heritage not only creates jobs, but revitalises urban areas (and accounts for better living)
Nov 29th
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“Migrations… The issue of technological obsolescence in digital artefacts is...”
– Editor’s note, The Museum Studies Weekly (27 November 2011)
Nov 28th
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The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @myrss1 @flynavyheritage @juanggz @ikhenkletoo @eusucre
Nov 25th
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Cultural Heritage in Danger - Libya,... →
“The recent conflict in Libya called for emergency assessment missions to determine the cultural heritage situation. Since independent confirmation about damage and looting had been rarely available thus far, two organizations involved in international protection of cultural heritage, Blue Shield and the International Military Cultural Resources Work Group, organized two missions to meet...
Nov 24th
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RT @museummedia: Great question: @NancyProctor: what can museums do that no other organization can? #MCN2011 #greatdebate
Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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UNESCO - Empowering Society
RT @unescoNOW: UNESCO is the only UN agency advocating Internet, radio & social media to empower & transform society
Nov 20th
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The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @museumpro @gosmithsonianed @heirhunting @eventz4kids @uutah
Nov 19th
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“AVICOM, Long Needed… Focusing on audiovisual and new technologies for museums,...”
– Editor’s note, The Museum Studies Weekly (18 November 2011)
Nov 18th
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AVICOM (Italy) should update AVICOM (Int’l) kit with useful free open source software for museums - #FOSS #AVICOMmeetingBO #museums
Nov 18th
Preparing for trip to Milan and Bologna, tomorrow - interactive systems for museums, MuseImpresa, then Avicom / Italy founding committee…
Nov 17th
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Islamic Miniature from the Pierpont Morgan Library →
Mystical Scene with Shams Al-Dīn Tabrīzī and the Reflection of Sun in a Pool Tarjuma-i Thawāqib-i manāqib (A Translation of Stars of the Legend), in Turkish. The translation was ordered in 1590 by Sultan Murād III (r. 1574–95) from the Persian abridgement of Aflākī. Baghdad, 1590s. 145 x 135 mm. Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.; MS M.466, fol. 89v. […]
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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New Italian Team - Towards the End of the Tunnel?
Italy’s new Government team by Mario Monti doesn’t include a single politician, but real politics! A very welcome change, at last, after lap-dances, stupid jokes, and bunga-bunga parties… There’s hope again!
Nov 16th
Museums and more - fighting budget cuts with creativity: my Dushanbe Digital Youth of Central Asia Forum presentation - http://t.co/KEFeKw2O
Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Fighting Budget Cuts with Creativity (and More) →
In times of “lean economy” museums and other cultural heritage related institutions and programmes must come up with a maximum of creativity and strategic thinking to obtain the most from as little as might be available. In this presentation - first shown on 13 November 2011 at the Digital Youth of Central Asia Forum in Dushanbe via video conference on Skype, some possible...
Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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The Museum Studies Weekly is out! http://t.co/B4E1vvda ▸ Top stories today via @casekent @nworks37 @frankolt @timmy325 @entertainwiki
Nov 11th
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Budget Cuts in Museums... When Did It All Start?
“…[in Italy,] its roots must be seen in the mid and late ’80s, when large companies invested in big, superficial projects, while the State wasn’t able to convey private sponsors to something less ephemeral than blockbuster exhibitions (one for all: the Riace bronzes fad) or mass events…” From the Editor’s notes in today’s The Museum Studies Weekly.
Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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“I now have a 3 year old MacBook and an iPad. I suspect that my next book will be...”
– William Gibson. In Jason Johnson’s “William Gibson on the Demise of Cyberspace” (9 November 2011) - with a link to Gibson’s interview on YouTube (uploaded by Chicago Humanities Festival, 28 October 2011).
Nov 10th
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Museums - Jobs & Internships
RT @museolog: Lots of new jobs and internships at University of Leicester Museum Studies Jobs Desk http://t.co/fU6nD0T1. Just updated.
Nov 10th
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