Youth and Museums IV 2012

CULTURAL PROJECT FUNDED BY ARGES COUNTY COUNCIL

AND MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL PATRIMONY

27 June-1July 2012 Goleşti, Romania

Guests from:

Frace, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Greece, Russia, Kazakstan, Armenia, China, Japan,

Cyprus, Bulgaria, Syria, Lebanon, Romania

International Organizations Invited:

- UNESCO

- World Federation of Associations, Centres and Clubs for UNESCO

(FMACU)

- European Federation of Associations, Centres and Clubs for UNESCO

(FEACU)

Project Coordinators 2012:dr. Daniela POPESCU, expert Romanian National Comission

for UNESCO

dr.Filofteia Pally, general manager, Goleşti Viticulture and Tree Growing Museum

Cultural education plays a decisive role in constructing the young European generation; it

represents the key to the development of a society of communication, exchange of ideas,

values and tolerance on a sustainable basis.

Culture is the sum of human products designed for social interaction events. Language,

gestures and manners code, creative art and music, traditions, customs, beliefs and practices

are all individual and community values both cultivated and respected in society.

Culture also means knowledge acquired through learning. Through culture one can define

personal identity, local, national and supranational. Intercultural dialogue mediates the

strengthening of communication ways and exchange networks. Cultural education plays a

fundamental role in shaping Europe's young generation, it is the key to the development on a

sustainable basis of a society of communication, exchange of ideas and values, tolerance.

The museum – nucleus of research and reflection, on one side, and space of encounter and

dialogue, on the other side – preserves vestiges of material culture, thus mediating the public

access to the non-material dimension of culture. Thereby, artistic, spiritual and identity

values are put across society, in particular across the youth. Beyond scientific activities (such

as conservation and study), European museums are nowadays called upon to compete with

challenging alternative offers within the market place as well as upon meeting the latest

demands made by a culturally diverse youth. In this particular context, we ask ourselves how

museums can still attract a young audience and how they can keep the interest of this

audience alive? The “Youth and Museums” project searches for solutions to these key-

issues.

Conference topics:

1.Museum services and activities for youth

2.Museum of future symbol of identity in a globalized world

3.Romanian traditions reflected in the Future Museum

Alumnus Club for UNESCO, Ministry of

Culture and National Heritage, Golesti

Viticulture and Tree Growing Museum

and their partners: Romanian Commission

for UNESCO (UNESCO CNR) and the

Federation of Romanian Associations,

Centres and Clubs for UNESCO

(FRACCU) held during the period: 27June

-1July 2012 the fourth edition of the Youth

and Museums project.

Please note that this project is in the Action

Plan of the World Federation of

Associations, Centres and Clubs for

UNESCO (FMACU) from 2009.

Program

Day 1, 2012, June 28

Hours: 11.00 - 13.30: Official opening of the

UNESCO Conference

Opening speech:

PhD Filofteia Pally, general manager, Goleşti

Viticulture and Tree Growing Museum

PhD Daniela Popescu, expert Romanian

National Comission for UNESCO

Welcome speech:

PhD Constantin Nicolescu, President of

Argeş County Council

PhD Ioan Opriş, historian, National Center for

Research and Documentation in museology “Radu Florescu”, Bucharest,

Romania

PhD Ana Dumitrescu, art historian, UNESCO

PhD Mihail Gorgoi, Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony

PhD Virgil Niţulescu, general manager, Romanian Peasant National Museum Georgios

Christophides, president, World Federation of Associations, Centers

and Clubs for UNESCO

PhD José Ortega, president, director, Association for Culture, Science and

Territories (CST), Paris, France

PhD Mihai Dăncuş, honorific manager, Village Museum from Sighetul Marmaţiei

PhD Ştefan Trâmbaciu, general manager, Câmpulung Municipal Museum

Works of the conference:

Gheorghe Păun, member of the Romanian Academy, Museum, which way? Informatic

shock

PhD José Ortega, manager, Museum of Science, Paris, France, Young people and science

museums – scientific centers in France

Hours: 13.30 - 15.00, lunch break

Hours: 15.00 – 18.00: Works of the conference

Moderator: PhD Ioan Opriş

PhD Yang Jin, deputy director, Shaanxi History Museum, China, Activities for the Youth in

Shaanxi History Museum

Doina Schobel, PhD Mihaela Varga, vice-president RFACU, From the history of Public

Relations Department of the National Art Museum of Romania (1948 - 1982)

Marie-Bénédicte Seynhaeve, curator, Bargoin Museum, Clermont-Ferrand, France, The

museum, intercultural dialogue space, resource center, discussions and questions for for

current and future generation

PhD Mihail Gorgoi, Ioana Rozmarin, Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony,

Romania, Night of Museum, Impact on youth

Prof. Iakovos Michailidis, Despoina Papadopoulou, UNESCO Center for Women and

Peace in the Balkans, Greece, Towards a European identity: The role of history museums

PhD Ştefan Trâmbaciu, general manager, Câmpulung Municipal Museum, Romania,

Cultural – educational projects at Campulung Municipal Museum

Rositsa Bineva Binkova, curator, Open-air Museum Etar, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Training

programs for young people in Etar Open-Air Museum

PhD Dragoş Neamu, president, National Network of Romanian Museums, Why museums

are prohibited for children and young people

Elena Ilie, curator, Gabriela Cloşcă, curator, Brăila Museum, Romania, Educative and

cultural – artistic valences of interactive activities: The Perpessicius day

Gabriela Cloşcă, curator, Brăila Museum, Romania, Promoting of cultural patrimony - a

new educational resource. Activities in the project Au fil de l’eau en Europe and the

festival At the ancestor

Prof. Vasily Sukhikh, manager, Municipal History and Ethnography Museum, Irina

Loginova, professor, Irbit, Russian Federation, Irbit as Cultural and Historical Centre

Discussions:

PhD Ionel Cândea, general manager, Brăila

Museum, Romania

PhD Zamfir Bălan, manager, Brăila Museum,

Romania

PhD Doina Ciobanu, Buzău County Muzeum,

Romania

PhD Ligia Fulga, general manager, Ethnographic

Museum of Braşov, Romania

Priest Mihail, abbot, Comana Monastery, Romania

Ionică Pârvu, Head of the Center for Professional

Training in Culture, Romania

Alexandru Oprea, Ministry of Culture and National

Patrimony, Romania

Raluca Neamu-Bem, curator, National Art Museum of Romania, Bucharest, Romania

Elena Ramona Potoroacă, curator, Ethnographic Museum of Braşov, Romania

Cristian Cocea, general manager, County Department for Culture and National Patrimony,

Argeş, Romania

Radu Oprea, counselor, County Department for Culture and National Patrimony, Argeş,

Romania

PhD Mihai Sachelarie, general manager, County Library Dinicu Golescu, Argeş, Romania.

PhD Spiridon Cristocea, general manager, Argeş County Museum, Romania

Prof. Gabriela Pendiuc, general manager, Popular School of Arts, Piteşti, Romania

Simona Şerban, general manager, Cultural Center I. C. Brătianu, Ştefăneşti, Romania

PhD Sorin Mazilescu, general manager, County Center for Preservation and Promotion of

Argeş Traditional Culture, Romania

PhD Sevastian Tudor, general manager, Alexandru Davila Theatre Piteşti, Romania

Adeline Popescu, treasurer, European Federation of Clubs, Centers and Associations for

UNESCO

Reiko Seta, student, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Midori Hidaka, student, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Hours: 18.00 – 20.00

Visiting of Goleşti Museum and opening of the exibition Restored objects from Goleşti

Museum heritage

Hours: 20.00: Classical Guitar Concert

Day 2, June 29, 2012

Hours: 9.30 – 11.00: Works of the

conferance

Moderator: PhD Ana Dumitrescu

PhD Ioan Opriş, historian, National

Center for Research and

Documentation in museology

“Radu Florescu”, Bucharest,

Romania, Active Museum and the

new generations

Prof. Tatevik Grigoryan, Aram Khachaturian Museum, Armenia, Activities for young

people of Aram Khachaturian Museum

PhD Filofteia Pally, Curator Ion Tiţa-Nicolescu, Goleşti Viticulture and Tree Growing

Museum, Goleşti Museum between culture and ludic

Constantin Iliescu, Bucharest, Romania, The relationship Museum – School

Hours: 11.00 – 11.30: coffee break.

Hours: 11.30 – 13.30: Works of the conferance

Moderator: PhD Mihaela Varga

Ioana Dăncuş, curator, Maramureş Village Museum, Sighetul Marmaţiei, Romania, Rites of

transition and interior of the traditional house

Mihaela Tudose, curator, Mihail Kogălniceanu Memorial Museum, Iasi, Romania, A noble

festival in Memorial Museum Mihail Kogălniceanu

PhD Mihai Dăncuş, honorific manager, Maramureş Village Museum, Sighetul Marmaţiei,

Romania, Two popular technical monuments of national value recently restored in

Maramureş Village Museum from Sighetul Marmaţiei

PhD Ionuţ Dumitrescu, general manager, Vâlcea Village Museum, Romania, Ethnographic

aspects of shepherding transhumance on the Olt Valley

Peter Robbert Oostveen, President of Heritage Association, Netherland, What next?

Discussions

Hours: 13.30 - 15.00, lunch break

Hours: 15.00-18.30 – Works of the conferance

Moderator: PhD Zamfir Bălan

PhD Andreea Grecu, expert, cultural manager, Association of Cultural Operators from

Romania, Museums and young audience: Cultural education and marketing

Gabriele D’Amico, student, International University College, Torino, Italia, Citizens and

young collectors: experiments of dialogue between museums and civil society at Palazzo

Madama

Prof. Alina Elena Popescu, University of Piteşti, Romania, Local media museum for the

new generation

PhD Olesea Gârlea, Sciences Academy of Moldova, Chisinau, The Republic of Moldova,

2012 – Night of Museums in Chisinau. Suggestions for future

PhD Remus Cârstea, University of Piteşti, Romania, Educational programs in the

Planetarium. The Romanian experience

Zhansaya Tankybayeva, curator, The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazahstan,

Youth and museums in Kazahstan

PhD candidate Ancuţa Elena Soare, PhD candidate Ion Dumitrescu, Argeş County

Museum, Romania, The project little archaeologist a popular method of archeology and

museum activities

PhD Hadeel Al Asmar, Member in the Committee of the Rights of the Children, Damascus,

Syria, The right for children and youth to reach the information and knowledge they need

Prof. Leon Nordiguian, Head of Lebanese Prehistory Museum, The prehistory of the

meaning of youth

Kenichiro Hidaka, professor, Univerity of Tsukuba, Japan, Beyond the museum: Regional

cultural itinerary based on Oltenian monasteries

Hours: 18.00 - 19.00 - Official closing of UNESCO International Conference and Youth

Museums, Fourth Edition. Discussions and conclusions of the conferance.

Moderators: PhD Filofteia Pally, PhD Daniela Popescu

Note that the participants from Syria and Lebanon could not travel to Romania, announcing

that they will send their papers to be introduced in the final volume dedicated to this

international conference.

Hours: 19.00-22.00 Folklore show

Day III, 30 June 2012

Research on some natural and cultural objectives of the county of Arges, which could

be included in the list attempts for the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Topics raised and discussed during the work and field research:

Museums: where to?;

Museums and educational activities for youth and not only;

Museum education organized and promoted by a national program;

About the absence of young museographers from the sessions and conferences;

The importance of a virtual tour of each museum website;

The importance of museums in civil society;

"The Revolution" of museum practices;

Rethinking the concepts of the exhibitions;

The existence of many projects with major impact on local communities,

national and international;

The role and importance of volunteers;

The methodology applied in museum pedagogy classes;

What do we prefer? A museum full of artifacts and only some young people or

some artifacts and many young people?;

The role and importance of organizing the annual museum night;

Creating a global network of museums under the dome UNESCO;

The role and importance of promoting the museums at a national and

international level;

Cooperation between museums in Romania and abroad, especially those near

the borders of countries to identify similar elements in the various fields;

Creating museums entirely dedicated to children;

The implementation of projects such as “Story Telling”;

Making some studies on visitors to identify their learning styles and their

application in developing and designing exhibitions;

The future relationship between museums, libraries and archives;

Documents drafted during the International Youth and Museums 4th edition

conference:

1. Scientific Report of the Conference (Annex)

2. UNESCO resolution project

What will be done in future:

- A facebook page for Youth and Museums project - A volume which will contain the papers presented in 2012 at the Youth and

Museums 4th

Conference.

Thanks to:

Romanian Federation of Associations, Centers and Clubs for UNESCO, Romania

Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony, Bucharest, Romania

National Network of Romanian Museums

Victoria Hotel, Piteşti, Romania

County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Argeş Traditional Culture,

Romania

National Cultural Fund Administration, Romania

Mass-media partners:

Magic FM

Kiss FM

România Actualităţi

România Internaţional

Antena 1 Piteşti

Absolut TV

Curier TV

Jurnalul de Argeş

Curierul Zilei

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