Conference “Rethinking Museums & Sustainable Development”

21 – 25 Oct 2014
Hanoi and Halong Bay

From ICOM-ICTOP:

ICOM-ICTOP is very pleased to announce it will hold its annual conference in Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Oct. 21-25, 2014.

“Rethinking Museums & Sustainable Development for the Global Profession”
Postcolonial Museology, Appropriate Capacity Building and Regional Engagement

It will be an intensive Professional Development Program in partnership with ICOM Vietnam, Vietnam Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ICOM MINOM, and the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum with the support of the ICOM Asia Pacific Alliance. This is a remarkable opportunity to join with Asia Pacific colleagues, Inclusive Museum and Vietnam colleagues to address pressing issues in sustainability, professional development, appropriate museology and capacity building. Applied heritage workshops will include:

Museums and Gender Mainstreaming
Planning for Growth – City Museums
Ecomuseology and Sustainable Development
Ethnology Museums in Southeast Asia
Interpreting Legacies
Art Museums and Aesthetics

Register now and the CALL FOR PAPERS and presentations is open till 29 August.

For more information, visit ICTOP’s website.