Since
their creation, museums and their institutional structures have been in a constant state of change. As social institutions,
they are also affected by political reforms, technical innovations, economic changes and the climate crisis.
Their significance and function are repeatedly and somewhat slowly readjusted in relation
to these transformation processes. Currently, the focus is on dealing with colonial heritage, putting diversity, digitization,
and sustainability into practice – and on rethinking organizations accordingly.
The lecture series will shed light on
the institution museum from seven spheres of activity in this interdependent and sometimes conflict-laden relationship. It
will explore how the the lines of transformation outlined above affect museums.
Save the Dates:
Thursdays, 6 p.m.
- 16.10.2025 – Nikita Dhawan: Can art be critical? (engl.)
- 23.10.2025– Beatrice Leanza: Institutional practice and transformation as method (engl.)
- 30.10.2025– Eric Golo Stone: Institutional critique beyond insurgent occupation (engl.)
- 13.11.2025–
Tahani Nadim: Digitisation as enquiry: critical perspectives on digitizing natural history collections (engl.)
- 20.11.2025– Annet Dekker: Shifting models of governance in the wake of digital preservation (engl.)
- 27.11.2025– Tasos Zembylas: Kontext und Kontextanalyse – eine soziologische Perspektive auf die Institution
Museum (dt.)
- 04.12.2025– Mi You (online/engl.)
Location:
University of Applied Arts Vienna | Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, Lecture Hall 1, 1010 Vienna
