Next meeting CECA II Encuentro Argentina
VII REGIONAL MEETING OF CECA / ICOM LAC.
Museums, Education and Virtuality
the context of Latin America and the Caribbean
Museum of Natural Sciences Amado Bonpland "
city of Corrientes. Argentina
26, 27 and 28 June 2009 First Circular
Organizers:
• The Committee on Education and Cultural Action (CECA), Regional Latin American and Caribbean (LAC), the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
• The Committee on Education and Cultural Action (CECA) of Argentina.
• The Museum of Natural Sciences Dr. Amado Bonpland "
academic collaborators:
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa.
Logistics and financial contributors :
Association of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts in Corrientes Capital.
International Relations Directorate of Corrientes.
Department of Fine Arts and Heritage Mainstream culture. Secretariat for Culture
Corrientes.
Ministry of Education and Culture.
current Canadian Embassy in Argentina.
Establecimiento Las Marías (Taragüi)
Cañuelas Mills.
Place Grand Hotel de Turismo. Entre Rios 650. Capital flows.
Grounds:
The VI meeting of the Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic in November 2008, raised the possibility of holding the next Committee meeting Current regional, Republic of Argentina on 26, 27 and 28 June 2009, with the objective of rotating host countries, seeking, as in the VI, not to do in capital cities, but to know the reality of other cities of our continent.
It is based on the goals of our region:
1 - exchange information, discussion, ideas and experiences on education in museums locally, nationally and internationally.
2 - Ensuring that education becomes part of the mission, vision, policies, programs and projects of each museum.
3 - Defender and implement educational purposes raised in a concerted pedagogical local, regional and international.
4 - To promote high standards of professionalism at the level of museum education in the areas of research, administration, interpretation, display and evaluation.
5 - Carry out joint programs and projects of educational and cultural.
In this specific case, took the theme "Museums and virtual education," as Argentina CECA planned Adolescence and Youth theme but it was already covered by the ECSC LAC, in the meeting of 2007 in Colombia. . As he related the interests of this age group, with the challenges posed to the museums in Latin America and the Caribbean, virtuality applied to education and cultural action.
offer
Each sub-theme will have a guest speaker, with a time of 40 minutes.
Then there will be a Round Table, which will present three papers selected to represent an application or research on the point at issue. Each exhibitor will have 15 minutes.
To the Marketplace of Ideas, proposals should not last more than 7 minutes. These projects are not realized. There will be a section
posters / posters.
Closing date for submissions: May 15, 2009
More information:
Cecaargentina@gmail.com
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