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 Case study 1: Fitcarraldo Foundation

The Fitzcarraldo Foundation continues the training activities launched by Artlab and Fitzcarraldo in 1989. Seminars and courses are held on a wide range of subjects, including "Theatre and concert hall management", "Marketing for the Performing Arts", "Marketing for Museums", "Fund-raising and development strategies", "Programmes, networks and European funding for cultural activities", "International projects", "Cultural project managers". All these courses or workshops have been attended by over 300 operators.

The Foundation has also helped to plan and carry out training activities in Italy, Albania, Austria, Estonia, United Kingdom and Finland in collaboration with the Council of Europe and other public and private partners.

ICCM of Salzburg has been the main international partner since 1996.

The Foundation has also organized conferences (SAA, January 1998) on training in arts management, as well as completing studies and research for its own use and on commission (for the Faculty of Training Science in 1999, for the European Commission and other bodies).

It is an active member of the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC).

The training activities organised by the Fitzcarraldo Foundation cover three different levels: postgraduate training (third level), continuous training (updating and advanced/specialisation courses), international programmes.

Participants in the range of training courses offered by the Foundation include: recent graduates, mainly graduates in Dams, Arts and Philosophy, Cultural Heritage, Communications Science; private professional operators (cultural associations, theatres, orchestras, drama groups, cultural centres, museums, festivals, cultural enterprises, artistic agencies, consultancy firms, corporate communications structures, freelance professionals); directors and managers from Cultural departments in central and local government.

Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, Corso Mediterraneo 94, 10129 Torino. Tel +39 011 50 99 317, Fax +39 011 50 33 61
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Key words ‘cultural consumption’, ‘networking’, ‘share and disseminate experiences’

Example 1: "Story telling in museum contexts: innovative pedagogies to enhance personnel competence" [6]

Following an evolution in the aims of museums, innovative methods and approaches as well as the public's changing expectations and perception of what culture has to offer in the media society, changes are taking place within museum communication.

From this point of view museums and cultural heritage nowadays are not only regarded as places of collective memory, but they also have to fulfil the complex functions of cultural production and communication.

The growth in range and variety of aims and methods of communication in the field of museums and heritage implies relevant changes in the skills and professional profiles required to satisfy a wide range of needs related to the supply of communication and education services in museums and cultural heritage.

Once again Regione Piemonte underlines its leading role in the debate about museums and cultural heritage enhancement, exploitation and management by organising together with Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Holden Art an international conference 'Story telling in museum contexts:innovative ways of enhancing professional competence.'. The conference aims to outlining current trends and offer a productive platform for museum operators to exchange views and experiences.

http://www.fitzcarraldo.it/en/training/2005/storytelling.htm

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Case study 2: Special training for handling visitors

Museums moderators - a course is being offered in Berlin with focus on special thematic units: "art until the end of the 19th century", "Modernity and contemporary art", "Technology", "History" and "Photography". A lot can be imagined and said about such specific training programs. Always the question is one of balance between too much information and too little. There is also a prime concern as to the special language needed and more so how to open up the visitors to a dialogue with the objects at the level of their own imagination. Only once they enter this questioning process, are they receptive to further information. Naturally there are many other means by which guiding through an exhibition, whether permanent or temporary, can be conducted. For instance, the permanent exhibition of the Technology Museum in Berlin includes one active workshop where visitors can order specific products made on the spot. They witness the production process and the transformation of materials. Behind this process are physical laws so that something else is being exercised despite the failure of the Enlightenment.
 
Information provided via the museum list in Germany:
 
16.8.2013
Liebe ListenLeser,
der nächste Lehrgang MuseumsModerator beginnt am 4. November 2013. Jeweils eine Woche im Block im November, Dezember, Januar und Februar  erarbeiten sich die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer Theorie und Praxis der dialogischen Besucherführung, spezifiziert auf die  Museumsparten "Kunst bis Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts", "Moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst", "Technik", "Geschichte" und "Fotografie".  
Eine Informationsveranstaltung findet am Mittwoch 11. September 2013 um 17 Uhr in der Albert- Einstein-Volkshochschule, Barbarossaplatz 5 in 10781 Berlin,  statt. Anmeldeschluß ist am 13. September.  
Weitere Informationen und die Anmeldeformulare finden Sie auf: www.museumsmoderator.de
Viele Grüße
Christiane Schrübbers
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Dr. Christiane Schrübbers
Museumspädagogin
Meraner Str. 7
D-10825 Berlin
Tel 030/854 67 78
Fax 030/854 79 804
mobil 0177/870 56 55
www.museumsmoderator.de

 

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