program
NAMUS - The nature of museums: On the interweaving of nature and culture in museums
Opening seminar, September 23.-24.
Hardanger Maritime Centre, Sandvenvegen 50, Hardanger and Voss Museum, Norheimsund.
Wednesday, September 23
11.45 – 12.15: Lunch
12.15 – 12.25: Welcome to Hardanger Maritime Centre (HVM), Heidi Richardson, Hardanger og Voss Museum
12:25 – 12:40: Round of introduction - everyone
12.40 – 13:00: Introduction: The nature of museums Torgeir Rinke Bangstad, University of Bergen
13.00 – 13.10: Short break
13.10 – 15.10: Guided tour:
What is maritime heritage preservation? Meeting craftspeople at Hardanger Maritime Centre.
Preserving traditional crafts
Communication: From social media to «hands on»!
15.10 – 15.25: Coffe and biscuits
15.25 – 16.00: Thomas Walle (Musea i Sogn og Fjordane) Historical and geological temporalities at the Millstone Park: Making deep time relevant for the Anthropocene future
16.00 – 16.35: Isa Maline Isene (University of Bergen) Awakening the Dead: First Thoughts on a New Research Project About Taxidermied Animals in Collections Management and Exhibition Practice
16.35 - 17.10: General discussion
19.00 Dinner
Thursday, September 24
09.30 – 10.05: Bergsveinn Þórsson (Háskólinn á Bifröst) Horizon of possibilities: Museums and Anthropocene Futures
10.05 – 10.40: Årstein Svihus, (Museum Vest) Keeping the sea at distance: Historical tendencies in maritime and coastal museums conceptions of cultural history (region of Bergen)
10.40 – 11.00: Discussion
11.00 – 11.15: Coffee and biscuits
11.15 – 11.50: Torgeir Rinke Bangstad (Universitetet i Bergen). Caring for oikos: (in)visible work in conservation practice
11.45 – 12.00: Discussion
12.00 – 12.30: Lunch
12.30 – 13.05 Colin Sterling (Universiteit van Amsterdam) The Speed of Trees: Temporality, Witnessing and Epistemic Violence in the Museum
13.05 – 13.40 Heidi Richardson (Hardanger og Voss Museum) Nature-culture negotiations within Norwegian maritime cultural heritage
13.40 – 15.30 Concluding discussion
15.30 Departure
The project will cover all meals and accomodation at Thon Hotel Sandven for participants from the museums in Vestland.
Registration by email to heidi.richardson@hvm.museum.no
Deadline for registration is September 4th.
