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32nd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ICOFOM
Museology: back to basics
July 1 - 5, 2009
Belgium
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Synthesis of the Symposium Sessions
32nd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ICOFOM
Museology: back to basics
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WORDS OF WELCOME BY PRESIDENT |
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Buenos Aires, 26 February 2009 |
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Dear ICOFOM colleagues and friends,
Once again we have the pleasure of sending you our warm greetings and best wishes as we begin year 2009 ICOFOM scientific and academic activities. In this case, on 1-5 July, Belgium will host our meeting organized by André Gob and François Mairesse. The venues for our Annual Symposium Museology, back to the basics, will be Liege University and the Royal Museum of Mariemont. We will discuss the main ideas on key issues of museology-related language with the purpose of jointly drafting the notions supporting this field of knowledge based on different inputs.
This year the Symposium is grounded on a project launched within ICOFOM in 1993, coordinated by André Desvallées. Its purpose is to establish a set of basic ideas to consolidate the work carried out during so many years to be able to retrieve, recognize and disseminate museological language. The final outcome will be reflected in an Encyclopedic Dictionary to be published soon.
Much has been written in this regard, particularly within the ICOFOM Study Series (ISS) and much has also been discussed on the topic. The above-mentioned project, initially called Thesaurus, was modified on several occasions and in its current structure is called Encyclopedic Dictionary of Museology.
We hope our members will actively participate and contribute with their theoretical inputs to enrich the completion of the ICOFOM Encyclopedic Dictionary of Museology that defines the main terminology of contemporary Museology.
Looking forward to hear from you soon and receive your contributions.
Best regards,
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Prof. Nelly Decarolis
President ICOFOM |
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| Letter of invitation to members |
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Buenos Aires and Liège, May 2009 |
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Dear colleagues and friends:
We have the pleasure to invite you to participate at the Annual Symposium of the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM) to be held in Belgium jointly with the University of Liège and the Royal Mariemont Museum on 1-5 July 2009.
The topic to be discussed, Museology: back to basics stems directly from the ICOFOM Project launched over 15 years ago under the direction of André Desvallées, coming to fruition now. We will basically deal with the essential concepts of twenty museum terms included in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Museology to be published in a short term.
The conclusions arising from the analysis of the topics discussed during the debates and lectures, will be addressed at a Plenary Session and then included in a document to be published and disseminated among our members.
You will find by attach the integrants of the Organizing Committee, a preliminary programme, lodging, general information, registration fees and a form of intent, which we would greatly appreciate your completing and sending back as soon as possible, should you be interested in participating.
We are willing to help you should you have any questions, so do not hesitate to contact us any time you may need it.
Looking forward to seeing you in Belgium next July, we remain
Yours sincerely,
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Prof. André Gob
Liège University
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Dr. François Mairesse
Director Royal Museum of
Mariemont
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Prof. Nelly Decarolis
President ICOFOM
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| Organizing Committee and Contacts |
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ICOFOM 2009
President
Nelly Decarolis, President ICOFOM
Academic Coordinators:
Vinos Sofka, Honorary President ICOFOM
André Desvallées, Honorary Counsellor ICOFOM
François Mairesse, in charge of ICOFOM Publication Policies
General Coordination
André Gob, Secretary of ICOFOM
François Mairesse, Director of the Royal Museum of Mariemont
Keynote Speakers
Bernard Deloche, University Jean Moulin (Lyon 3)
André Desvallées, Honorary Counsellor ICOFOM
François Mairesse, in charge of ICOFOM Publication Policies
Invited Lecturers
Session I: Peter Van Mensch, Netherlands
Session II: Pascal Griener, Switzerland
Session III: Michèle Antoine, Belgium
Session IV: Jean Davallon, France
Session V: Raymond Montpetit, Canada
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| Contacts |
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Nelly Decarolis
President ICOFOM
info@icofom.com.ar
 54 11 4811 8020
Rodríguez Peña 1427
1021 Buenos Aires
Argentina
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François Mairesse
Academic Coordinator
francoise.mairesse@musee-mariemont.be
 32 64 273 752
Musée royal de Mariemont
7140 Morlanwelz
Belgique
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André Desvallées
President Editorial Committee
andre.desvallees@orange.fr
 33 1 4724 1638
49,rue Philippe Triaire
92000 Nanterre, France
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Jean- Louis Postula
Auxiliary Coordination
Université de Liège
jl.postula@ulg.ac.be
32 4 366 55 84
Quai Roosevelt, 1b
B - 4000 LIEGE
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André Gob
General Coordination
agob@ulg.ac.be
32-(0) 4 366 5538
Université de Liège
7, place du 20 août
4000, Liège, Belgique
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| Presentation of the host country |
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The Kingdom of Belgium is part of the European Union and it makes up BENELUX together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
The King is Head of State and the Prime Minister, Head of Government. Its capital city is Brussels, home to several European Union agencies. Its official currency is the Euro.
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It has an area of 30.528 km2, with a population of 10.309.725 inhabitants according to 2001 statistics. The population density shows 338 inhabitants per km2.
The Belgian population is made up of three large communities: the Flemish (55%), of Germanic origin, the Walloon (44%), of Celtic origin and the Alpine (1%), of German origin. The Flemings live in Flanders, north of the country and speak Flemish (related to Dutch), the Walloons live in Wallonia, in the South, and speak French and the Alpines live in the West and speak German. The three languages are official in each region. Almost 90% of the Belgians are Catholic and the rest are Protestants and Jewish. 97% of the population lives in urban areas.
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Three geographical regions are distinguished in its territory: the coastal plains, made by low lands, mainly polders and dunes. Polders are tracts of low land reclaimed from the sea and protected by dikes, where pastures, irrigated by canals, grow.
The second region is the central plateau. This is low and undulating region full of fertile valleys.
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Finally, the highlands of Ardennes stretch southward towards France and Luxembourg. They are wooded plateaus chiefly used for recreation with rocky lands not apt for agriculture. The average height is 490 m, and the Signal de Botrange is the highest peak of the country with 694 mts. height.
The main rivers of Belgium are the Escaut and the Meuse, which are born in France. They are navigable and have important tributaries.
Belgium offers a wide variety of climates. Humidity, drizzles and mild temperatures prevail along the coastal regions. There are major temperature variations as one moves inland.
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Cities in Flanders have shown a significant economic growth; many canals connect the industrial inland areas with the ports. The network running through Belgium was already finished by 1880.
The livestock activity – and dairy industry in particular - is very important.
The country is highly industrialized and has become one of the largest producers in the iron, steel, chemical, petrochemical, optical, food and textile industries. The textile sector has a long tradition since the Middle Ages.
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The city of Brugges, as a production centre of high quality cloth, represents a time of great prosperity. This beautiful city was created around the fortress of the first Count of Flanders, Baldwin I, who ordered its construction in the year 865. Moreover, Belgium is a leading country in grinding diamonds, with numerous workshops in the city of Antwerp. |
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Liège |
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The University was founded in 1817 by William I of the Netherlands, then King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and by his Minister of Education, Anton Reinhard Falck.
The only complete public university in the Belgian French-speaking community, the University of Liège prides itself on its pluralistic vision and on its pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, and innovation. It is a member of the Wallonia-Europe University Academy (together with Gembloux Agricultural University).
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With a student body numbering 17,000 and a staff of 4300, 2800 of whom are teachers or researchers, the University of Liège offers enriching and diversified courses of study (35 bachelor's, 170 master's, and 64 advanced master's programmes), is committed to the development of student-centered learning, is intensely involved in international research programmes (especially the European Union's FP6 and P7 projects) and is in contact with more than 600 institutions throughout the world (250 in Europe). The University of Liège is fully integrated into the greater European education (Bologna) and research (Lisbon) sphere, and more globally, into the main international scientific networks. |
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Attuned to society's needs, the University of Liège also plays an important role in Wallonia as creator of new economic high value-added economic activities and as coordinator of technological centers bringing together the public and private sectors.
Located in a city near the meeting point of Germanic and Latin cultures (the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and the Greater Area), the University of Liège is the culmination of a long intellectual and educational tradition. Easily accessible by road, air or train, the university has much to offer prospective students and researchers from across Europe and beyond who wish to partake of its ongoing commitment to quality research and teaching, already internationally recognized.
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Contact(s) :
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7
4000 Liège
BELGIQUE
Tél. : +32 4 366 21 11 |
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MUSEE ROYAL DE MARIEMONT |
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Welcome to Mariemont!
Mariemont, an exceptional place for a dialogue between art, culture and nature, with unique collections evoking the Orient and the Occident, the past and the present, fauna and flora.
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Mariemont is, among other things: a 45 hectare park in the style of an English garden, one of the most beautiful arboretums in Belgium; the ruins of Charles of Lorraine’s palace; the museum, a major work by the architect Bastin; the “Bourgeois de Calais”, by Rodin; the most beautiful collection of Tournai porcelains in the world; hundreds of works from Egypt, Greece and Rome; the monumental statue of Cleopatra (five tonnes); frescoes from the villa of Boscoreale (Pompeii); the Ares from the Somzée collection and numerous others masterpieces of Classical Antiquity; the most complete collection of Chinese antiquities in Belgium; a tea house and numerous collections from Japan, Korea and Vietnam; archaeological and historical collections covering everything about the region; extremely rare manuscripts and handwritten documents, thousands of precious books; a research library with 100,000 volumes; and many other treasures. |
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| History of Mariemont |
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Mariemont's history unfolds in two chapters: the first illustrates the past of the former hunting estate created in 1546 by Queen Mary of Hungary, whose name it bears. The second refers to the Warocqué family, a dynasty of coal industrialists whose last offspring, Raoul, a very wealthy collector, originated the Museum of Mariemont. Queen Mary of Hungary, a sister of Charles V, inaugurated the presence of the governors of The Netherlands who would succeed each other until the end of the Ancien Régime. |
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The modest pavilion constructed by Mary was considerably expanded by Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabelle, who made it their favourite country residence. These extensions are illustrated with a monumental model. The appearance of the estate did not undergo any more major modifications until the arrival of Marie-Elisabeth of Austria, who had a new chapel built and laid the foundations for a new thermal station to rival Spa. Charles of Lorraine, who succeeded her, built a new chateau in the classical style as shown beautifully in two paintings by Jean-Baptiste Simons. The splendours of the court were reflected magnificently in this enchanted setting. This brilliant period was brutally interrupted by the burning of the chateau by French revolutionaries in 1794.
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The arrival of Nicolas Warocqué, the ideal incarnation of the new industrial bourgeoisie, brought back a new radiance to Mariemont. He revived the exploitation of the mineral wealth of the Mariemont park on a large scale and had a new residence established within a sumptuous park. His successors developed his business and made the coalmining company of Mariemont-Bascoup one of the most modern and most prosperous of the country. Warocqué family members were also very well represented in economic and social affairs. Raoul Warocqué occupies an honoured place through his splendour, his international stature and his patronage, whose memory is perpetuated in the estate of Mariemont. |
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Musée royal de Mariemont
Chaussée de Mariemont, 100
7140 Morlanwelz
Belgique
Tel.: +32(0)64 21 21 93
Fax: +32(0)64 26 29 24
Open:
Every day except Mondays, unless they fall on Bank holidays.
From October to March from 10.00 to 17.00.
From April to September from 10.00 to 18.00.
Closed on 1/1 and 25/12.
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| CALL FOR PAPERS
RULES FOR THE PRESENTATION
ICOFOM will accept as contributions to the academic discussions on Museum Theory the papers produced according to the following specifications:
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1. Writen in computer, in software compatible to MS Office 95, 97 or 2000 (Word 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0) in one of the ICOM working languages: English, French or Spanish. |
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2. Papers should not exceed 8 pages, plus bibliography and an abstract (of 1 page at the most) in at least one of the other two ICOM languages. |
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3. Pages must be size A4, printed only in one side of the paper, without numbers; text must be written in font Arial size 11, single space and margins as follows: 0.98’ (superior), 0.98’ (inferior), 1.18’ on both sides. |
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4. Text must be justified and saved as .doc and if not possible, as .rft or .txt. |
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5. Headline:
Title, in capital letters, aligned to the left, in font Arial 14, black
Below, in small letters, name of the author, institution and country, in font Arial
size 12.
Example:
MUSEOLOGY: BACK TO THE BASICS
John Smith – Fine Arts Museum – United Kingdom
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6. Papers should be sent by e-mail -in an attached file- to the three addresses mentioned below. |
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7. ICOFOM has developed an Editorial Committee chaired by André Desvallées, accompanied by a group of English, French and Spanish speaking ICOFOM experts. |
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8. The Committee is in charge of reading, evaluating and selecting the papers received for the ICOFOM Meeting on Museology: back to the basics, to be published in the ICOFOM Study Series 38 (ISS 38). |
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9. The new deadline for the presentation of papers will be April 15, 2009
Papers received after this date will not be evaluated nor included in the ISS 38. |
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10. The deadline to inform the authors about the final decision of the Evaluation Committee will be May 25, 2009. |
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André Gob
ICOFOM Secretary
General Coordinator
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André Desvallées
ICOFOM Counsellor
Chair Editorial Committee
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Nelly Decarolis
ICOFOM President |
agob@ulg.ac.be
32-(0) 4 366 5538
Université de Liège
7, place du 20 août
4000, Liège, Belgique
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andre.desvallees@orange.fr
33 1 4724 1638
49,rue Philippe Triaire
92000 Nanterre, France
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info@icofom.com.ar
54 11 4811 8020
Rodríguez Peña 1427
1021 Buenos Aires
Argentina |
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Provocative paper and agenda of the 32nd Annual Symposium ICOFOM
Museology: revisiting our basics
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