Pedro Cabrita Reis is the special guest of the 5th Conference of the Algarve Museums Network, scheduled for 25 November, in the auditorium of the Municipal Library of Olhão.
The plastic artist is one of the invited speakers for the 1st panel and will make «a brief improvisation» about the Museums.
Maria Monge, president of ICOM Portugal, and João Neto, president of APOM will also participate in the same panel.
With the generic theme «What Definition and Action for Museums and their Networks?», these Conferences will count with the presence, for the first time, of networks of museums from other Portuguese regions (Douro and Médio Tejo), as well as from Andalusia.
This fifth edition of the RMA Journeys also brings together specialists and officials from various institutions, museum associations (Icom-Portugal and APOM), in order, according to the program of this initiative, to promote a discussion on the role of museums and their functions as well as , the best ways of working and operating their geographic and thematic networks.
After two panels aimed at showing and debating the museological practices of museum networks, namely that of the Algarve, the Conferences end with a round table that will have Rui Parreira as moderator, in which Maria Monge, João Neto, Orlando Sousa, Hélder Marques participate , Elena López Gil, Sol Martin, José Gameiro and Fátima Roque.
According to the organization, the RMA Conferences aim to “reflect on the new definition of Museum, approved at the Extraordinary General Assembly of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), in Prague, on August 24, 2022, its impact on the current and future actions of museums, as dynamic, historically and socially relevant places and irreplaceable structures of knowledge, safeguarding and enhancement of cultural and natural heritage».
Another objective is to «promote a debate on the challenges facing the mission and functions of museums, their professionals and the diversity of their Thematic and Territorial Networks, in order to provide ways of developing a greater and more effective strategy of proximity and inclusion of their communities in partnership and cooperation projects».
Finally, the Conferences aim to “contribute to clarifying the role of the different Museum Networks (national, regional and local), as well as the most appropriate positioning of museums and institutions linked to cultural and natural heritage, as active and essential members. at the service of this reality that enhances a strong interactivity and social dimension».
Admission to these 5th RMA Journeys is free, but subject to mandatory registration, until the 21st of November, by clicking here.
PROGRAM
09:00 am – Reception of participants
09:30 am – OPENING SESSION
Catarina Oliveira – Coordinating Group of the Museum Network
Nuno Bicho – Vice-Rector of the University of Algarve
Adriana Nogueira – Regional Director of Culture in the Algarve
José Apolinário – President of CCDR Algarve
João Evaristo – Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Olhão
1st Panel – A NEW DEFINITION FOR THE ACTION OF MUSEUMS
Moderator: Marco Lopes | Municipal Museum of Faro
10h00 – MUSEUMS, A BRIEF IMPROVISATION – Pedro Cabrita Reis | Plastic Artist
10:20 am – MIRROR AND REFLECTION - DEFINE THE MUSEUM – Maria Monge | President of ICOM Portugal
10:40 am – CHALLENGES OF PORTUGUESE MUSEOLOGY. ASSOCIATIVISM WHY AND FOR WHAT? – João Neto | President of APOM
11:00 am – Coffee break
2nd Panel – MUSEUM NETWORKS, PRACTICES AND PROJECTS
Moderator: Hugo Oliveira | Municipal Museum of Olhao
11:30 am – THE DOURO MUSEUM NETWORK-WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO – Orlando Sousa | Douro Museum Network
11:50 am – NETWORK OF MÉDIO TEJO MUSEUMS: FROM STRUCTURE TO ACTIVITY – João Pinto Coelho | Network of Museums of the Middle Tagus
12:10 – FOR EFFECTIVE NETWORKING: THE EXPERIENCE OF MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS – Elena López Gil and Sol Martin | Asociación de Museólogos y Museógrafos de Andalucía
12:30 pm – ALGARVE MUSEUM NETWORK: SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND FOSTERING COOPERATION – José Gameiro | Coordinating Group of the Algarve Museums Network
13:00 pm – LUNCH
3rd Panel – THE ALGARVE NETWORK MUSEUMS
Moderator: Idalina Nobre | Albufeira Municipal Archeology Museum
15:00 – FROM MUSEOLOGICAL NUCLEUS NETWORK TO MUNICIPAL MUSEUM.
THE CASE OF ALCOUTIM – Manuela Teixeira | Municipality of Alcoutim
15:10 – STRATEGIES FOR APPROACHING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY – CIIP Cacela experiences in the village of Santa Rita (Vila Real de Santo António) – Catarina Oliveira, Patrícia Dores and Susana Araújo | CIIP Cacela / CMVRSA
15:20 – PORTIMÃO MUSEUM: HEARING, SEEING, DOING – THE STORIES WE ARE – Isabel Soares and Ana Ramos |Portimão Museum
15:30 pm – CONCEPTION, ACTION, INTERACTION – THE ISLAMIC BATHS AND BARRETO'S HOUSE – Dália Paulo, Rui Roberto de Almeida, Alexandra Pires, Ana Rosa Sousa |Municipal Museum of Loulé
15:40 pm – THE NETWORK FROM THE INSIDE – COLLABORATIVE DYNAMICS – Vânia Mendonça, Emanuel Sancho|São Brás de Alportel Costume Museum
15:50 pm – DESIGN NETWORKS IN CULTURAL MEDIATION – Sónia Santos, Veralisa Brandão and Sandra Romba | Municipal Museum of Olhao
16:00 pm – Debate
16:15 am – Coffee break
16:30 pm – ROUND TABLE – WHAT DEFINITION AND ACTION FOR MUSEUMS AND THEIR NETWORKS?
Moderator: Rui Parreira
Participants: Maria Monge, João Neto, Orlando Sousa, Hélder Marques, Elena López Gil, Sol Martin, José Gameiro and Fátima Roque|DGPC
17:30 – CLOSING SESSION
José Gameiro|Algarve Museum Network
Sílvia Câmara|Secretariat of State for Culture
POSTERS
MUSEUMS: TERRITORIES OF MEETINGS AND PARTNERSHIPS
GAMP-Group of Friends of the Portimão Museum
BEYOND THE SPACE AND THE MUSEUM NARRATIVE
Idalina Nobre, João Paulo Pereira and João Sequeira I Albufeira Municipal Archeology Museum
SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND HERITAGE: INNOVATIVE PROJECTS OF CENTRO CIÊNCIA VIVA DE
TAVIRA – Ana A. Ramos I CCVT
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