Rising beyond museological practice and use: a model for community and museum partnerships working towards modern curatorship in this day and age

Mutibwa, Daniel H.

Abstract

This chapter discusses effective ways to develop relationships between communities and museums around shared cultural agendas, practice and knowledge exchange. Through the lens of an eight-month pilot that emerged from the Pararchive project (http://www.pararchive.com) and was partnered by the National Media Museum (NMeM), Bradford, the chapter addresses what it means to access a dormant but invaluable national archive and associative collections from the position of differently situated community groups. The chapter not only highlights how the Pararchive-National Media Museum partnership (PNMeM) promoted opportunities for community groups to select, document and creatively exploit archival resources in ways in which conventional museological practice and use do not allow, but also outlines the key challenges encountered.1 In doing so, it draws on detailed notes generated through participant observation, on the study of relevant documents and artefacts, and on important insights gained from audio recordings of relevant project meetings and an evaluative end-of-project workshop.

Citation

Mutibwa, D. H. (2020). Rising beyond museological practice and use: a model for community and museum partnerships working towards modern curatorship in this day and age. In S. Popple, A. Prescott, & D. H. Mutibwa (Eds.), Communities, archives and new collaborative practices (109—121). Policy Press

• Publication Date: Feb 26, 2020
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2025
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 109—121
• Series Title: Connected Communities
• Book Title: Communities, archives and new collaborative practices
• Chapter Number: 8
• ISBN: 9781447341949
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/45315382
• Publisher URL: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/communities-archives-and-new-collaborative-practices