Vietnam Museum Studies Field School

The University of Queensland, Brisbane

3-20 January 2007

 

The UQ Museum Studies Field School aims to provide first-hand experience to
students and Professional Development Program participants about museums of
all types and their location in a rapidly globalising world.

The focus is on documented case studies, which will consider the challenges
of conservation, governance and development frameworks that have become
imperative in the contemporary world.

 

The UQ Museums Studies Field School will be offered for the first time
during the summer session 2006/7 in Vietnam with the total support of the
local, provincial and national museums and their respective authorities.

 

The focus is on:

. Critical investigation into the positive and negative effects that tourism
has had on the traditional ways of life and heritage values of ethnic
minority groups in northern Vietnam and their representation in museums. .
Two day national symposium on Museums, Women and Sustainable Development
hosted by the Vietnam Museum of Women, Vietnam Museum of History and Vietnam
Museum of Ethnology with the support of VVOB, Belgium and UNESCO.

. Planning workshop bringing together floating fishing villages and
curators, site managers and conservators to evaluate the construction and
development of the world's first floating museum in Ha Long Bay World
Heritage Area. Participants will live in the Cua Van floating village and
work with the local staff in the evaluation process.

. Evaluation workshop with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology examining
the future development and management of Ba Dinh Archaeological Site and
Thang Long Citadel in the heart of Hanoi, including the concept for an urban
museum for Hanoi dealing with both tangible and intangible heritage values.
. Workshop at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on the participation of
indigenous and minority groups in the conservation and interpretation of
tangible and intangible heritage.

. Roundtable at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts and the Vietnam Temple of
Literature to interrogate the construction of the aesthetic in art museum
discourse and its contemporary globalisation through biennales and
triennials.

. Digital Heritage workshop: innovative and creative use of technologies
bringing together source communities and major museum collections at the
Danang Museum and Cham Museum.

. The significance of Object ID, national cultural heritage law and UNESCO
Conventions in the minimization of illicit traffic in cultural property. .

Understanding Vietnam's community stakeholder evaluation of the management
of Hoi An Social History, Folklife and Archaeological museums.

. Evaluating cultural mapping methodologies in locating museums in
integrated local area planning and sustainable development.

. A range of short exercises giving the participants first hand exposure to
understanding key issues for museums and heritage management.

 

Faculty

The Field School is led by a faculty of national and international
researchers and museum professionals with substantial track record of
applied work in Vietnam. It is coordinated by Dr Amareswar Galla, Professor
of Museum Studies, the University of Queensland, and Guest Curator of
International Projects, Vietnam National Department of Cultural Heritage,
Ministry of Culture and Information.

The Vietnamese faculty is led by Professor Nguyen Van Huy, Director, Vietnam
Museum of Ethnology; Dr Dang Van Bai, Director General, Vietnam National
Department of Cultural Heritage; and Mrs Nguyen Tuyet, Director of the
Vietnam National Museum of Women supported by the Vietnam Women's Union.

 

Application

The Field School is available to University of Queensland students as an
elective, and to graduate students from other higher education institutions
and professionals from the museum, heritage and other relevant sectors, who
can take the course as a Professional Development program subject to prior
approval from the Course Coordinator and meeting the entry requirements.
Please note that places are strictly limited.

 

The full program and travel itinerary will be sent to the participants on
acceptance of enrolment.

 

Please note that there are several study tours to Vietnam and other Asian
countries run by various universities. The Vietnam Museum Studies Field
School at the University of Queensland is an academic and professional
program which requires a considerable amount of field based learning
mentored through leading edge faculty supervision and engagement from Museum
Directors and other specialists. This is NOT a study tour.

 

Participants pay for their own return airfares to Hanoi, travel insurance,
plus a discounted land package fee in addition to normal tuition fees.

Professional development program participants incur a separate fee.

 

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This Field School is available through two study options

(a) Professional Development Program through the Intensive (3-20 January

2006) or

(b) UQ graduate course for the full Summer Semester (27 November 2006 - 27
January 2007) as ENGL3012 Research Topic A.

 

Application for the Professional Development Program:
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For details of application and enrolment procedures email:

enquiries at emsah.uq.edu.au 

 

Applications for the Professional Development Program will be accepted until
Monday 4 December 2006 and should include:

. Application Form

. Current Curriculum Vitae. It should include details of graduate
qualifications.

. Supporting letter from a referee or employer.

. Further documentation of educational qualifications may be required for
the admission to the Field School.

 

Deadline: 4 December 2006

 

Contact:

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Dr Kim Selling

Project Officer

Museum Studies

School of English, Media Studies and Art History

The University of Queensland

Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia

tel: +61 7 3365 2590

fax: +61 7 3365 2799

email: k.selling at uq.edu.au

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