Webinar: Demystifying Museum Soft Power

[Natalia Grincheva]

Dear Colleagues,

 

I am happy to invite you to the Virtual Study Group:

Demystifying Museum Soft Power: Geo-visualising Museums’ Influence

 

Watch a video teaser here and register for the webinar here. 

 

USA: December 10, 2018 4:00 PM EST

UK: December 10, 2018 9:00 PM

Melbourne: December 11, 2018 8:00 AM

 

This VSG will share key findings of a research project that has sought to define, explain and deconstruct the ‘soft power’ of museums. The round-table talk among museum professionals and academics will aim to demonstrate and discuss the pilot version of the award-winning dynamic web application that was developed in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). The app Museum Soft Power Map, enables users to explore a geographic spread of ACMI’s cultural resources and social outputs.

 

Guest speakers will include Gail Dexter Lord, one of the world’s foremost museum and cultural planners and President of Lord Cultural Resources, Seb Chan, ACMI Chief Experience Officer, Chris Harris, ACMI Head of Exhibition and Touring, Natasha Mian, ACMI Coordinator for the Development team and Eliza Coyle, Community Programs Officer at Yarra City Council Libraries. The VSG will be led by Dr Natalia Grincheva, Research Fellow in the Research Unit of Public Cultures at the University of Melbourne.