PRESENTATION

 

The International Research Seminar “Musealisation Processes” is organized by the Curricular Unit Museum Studies and Curatorship, Ph.D in Museology, the Faculty of Letters, University of Porto embracing some of its different research threads: Museums, Collections and Heritage; Museums, Heritage and Preventive Conservation; Museums, Space and Communication; Museums and Curatorship.

 

​ As on previous occasions, this International Seminar seeks to position itself as a multidisciplinary research event, looking for contributions from all areas of museum research and different disciplinary and methodological traditions, and in this manner, contributing to the construction of contaminated territories and research practices. Theoretical studies that critically relate the field of theory with practice are especially welcome.

 

The different dimensions of musealisation processes are increasingly being understood as central aspects to think of museums as social artefacts and knowledge producers. This Seminar also intends to be a forum to discuss the processes of musealisation, exploring the theoretical developments of contemporary museological thought, highlighting how its materialisation happens in museum practices.

 

GOALS

 

This Research Seminar aims to promote further reflection and research practices in the field of museology, involving different knowledges and perspectives; actively participating in building a community of practice to support discussion and development of common research projects. During the seminar you can:

 

■ meet students and researchers from other countries and doctoral programs;

■ become familiar with the studies and research undertaken in UP (curriculum, faculty, facilities, opportunities for research work, first-hand information about exchange possibilities for students, local and national student organization, etc.);

■ learn about programs and events related to museology, etc. unfolding in Porto and Portugal;

■ promote internal and external interrelationships between different universities involved;

■ networking with key institutions.

 

The seminar takes place over 3 days with sessions and activities of different nature (seminars, tutorials and workshops). It is intended that all participants are actually engaged in all activities. Enrollment in the seminar thus involves the participation of at least one of the modes available and also includes participation in the workshops offered by each of the PhD research lines.