NUS Museum Summer Series: What do we talk about when we talk about ______?

29 Jun 2022 - 20 Jul 2022

The NUS Museum Summer Series is a pilot programme stemming from the educative and engagement thrust of the Museum’s internship programme through the years. The title of the series references a pivotal reflection on terminologies and aspects of museum work that are constantly evolving, shaped by a rich tapestry of research, practice, communities, institutions, labour, and the individuals who have participated in our spaces in various forms.

Through a curriculum of tours and talks, students will explore areas in art and museology, as well as its multidisciplinary approaches in broader civic communities, touching upon areas of how cultural practices attend to discursive spaces in society. The pilot programme will also introduce various ecologies surrounding practice, exhibition literacy, heritage and architecture, history and communities, exhibition-making and its relationship to object, document and art studies.

UPCOMING EVENTS

[Online Talk] Heritage Futures – The NUS Baba House

Friday, 15 July 2022, 10am – 11am

Several questions intersect in this emerging issue of heritage futures. How may the memorialisation of pasts influence the making of urban futures? What futures do heritage places and artefacts offer as society and culture evolve? What future-oriented affects are possible beyond nostalgia, reverence, and redemption?

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[Online Panel Discussion] Interdisciplinary Approaches

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 7pm – 8pm

What constitutes interdisciplinarity? What does it mean to approach knowledge from an interdisciplinary lens? This panel with artist Debbie Ding, Director of NUS Centre for Quantum Technologies Professor José Ignacio Latorre, and NUS Museum Outreach Coordinator for Module Collaborations Rie Ong aims to unpack and demystify the notion of the “interdisciplinary” in relation to artist practice, academic research, and museology.

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PAST EVENTS

The Museum Tour: Complicating Narratives

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 7pm – 8.30pm

What’s in an exhibition? This session rethinks the museum tour, introducing participants to aspects of exhibition literacy that delves deep into the multiple ways to encounter and read an exhibition.

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