Museums are political spaces, because they always include some, whilst excluding others. Whose history is told in the museum? Who feels comfortable, at ease there? Who even goes there? In this seminar, we want to explore how museums in Berlin respond to the request that they should be more ‘inclusive’, ‘diverse’, ‘participatory’, or ‘democratic’. Put differently, we will explore Berlin’s museum landscape in order to understand how museums negotiate the relationship with their outside, how they resonate with society. By visiting different museums, encountering people who work there, we will ask: How is curatorial work defined? How do museum workers understand and work with key practices like participation, mediation and education? Which methods do museum workers employ?
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Diana Mammana
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Margareta von Oswald