Expert Meeting on Migration Museums

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Expert Meeting on Migration Museums

UNESCO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are organizing an Expert Meeting on Migration Museums that will gather the migration museums directors at the Italian Commission for UNESCO.

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There is an urgent need to give a voice to the various migrant generations, in order to foster inclusion, integration and the right to difference. Listening to individual stories may help to deconstruct stereotypes, while History and Memory can allow us to take a step back and to consider the complete picture. In this perspective, the European countries are currently creating migration museums, to facilitate transmission between generations as well as encounters between migrants and the host populations. But, how to contribute to a new plural identity at individual and country level? How to conciliate integration and cultural diversity? What is the role of the communities in these migration museums? How to impact and induce a change in perception, behaviour and attitude toward the foreigner, the stranger? What education and communication policies to develop, in order to reach a wide audience? How to contribute to the development of a memory and a patrimony of immigration? How can memory and narration help us to forge a better future? The objectives of this expert meeting are to: Facilitate sharing of experiences, good practices, contents and resources among the host countries which created migration museums Identify common challenges and potential responses Contribute to the creation of an international network of expertise practices that will continue to operate after the meeting - extending to the countries of origin. Expected outcomes: The various migration museums are aware of the existence, the works, the contents and the resources developed by their counterparts abroad. Participants take advantage of other countries’ lessons learned and good practices on common challenges. A set of papers on the subject of migration memory projects and migration museums on the basis of the experts’ contributions is published in the International Journal on Multicultural Societies. A network of expertise is built that will facilitate sharing of contents and good practices after the meeting, and possibly be extended to the countries of origin. Participants: The meeting will gather more than 20 experts, including migration museums directors, IOM and UNESCO representatives. Click here to see the list of participants Topics for discussion, approach and language: The discussions will focus on the role of migration museums in cultural diversity and migrant integration. Specific topics are currently validated with the countries participating in the event, to best meet their specific needs, expectations and challenges. The meeting will be participatory, with real discussions among the countries after short presentations. This three-day meeting will consist of multimedia presentations, discussions and working groups. The programme will enable informal exchanges and the creation of a network. The working language is English. Click here to read the agenda of the meeting To indicate us publications on the role of migration museums in migrant integration and cultural diversity, or the details of a migration museum to add in the below-mentioned draft list, please contact Carine Rouah at crouahtdy@iom.int. Draft List of Migration Museums Worldwide Argentina Museo de la inmigración Australia Immigration Museum (Melbourne, State of Victoria) Migration Museum (State of South Australia) Brazil Memorial do Imigrante Canada Pier 21 Immigrants to Canada Virtual Museum of orphans immigrated to Canada Denmark Immigrant Museet - The Danish Immigration Museum France Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration Germany DOMiT - Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland e.V. Ireland Cobh Heritage Centre Israel Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center Italy Museo Regionale dell’Emigrazione, Umbria Museo dell’Emigrazione di Cansano Museo dell'Emigrazione "G. B. Scalabrini", MUSEO DEMO ETNO ANTROPOLOGICO, Calabria Museo dell'Emigrazione della Gente di Toscana Museo dell’Emigrazione Piemontese The Netherlands The House of Cultural Dialogue Portugal Museu da Emigração e das Comunidades South Africa Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum Spain MhiC - Museo de Historia de la Inmigración de Cataluña Sweden Immigrant-institutet Re Cultural Diversity: National Museums of World Culture www.smvk.se / www.varldskulturmuseet.se The Multicultural Centre Switzerland Migrations Museum The United Kingdom 19 Princelet Street Indian Presence in Liverpool History of London’s diverse communities Moving Here The United States of America Ellis Island Museum

Document	Agenda_En.pdf
Document	Participants_En.pdf

Start Date	23-10-2006

End Date	25-10-2006

Event Type	Expert Meeting
Event Location	Rome, Italy

Organizer	UNESCO and IOM

Email	crouahtdy@iom.int

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