Capacity-building in Rome

On October 24 and 25, 2024, we held the first Capacity-building workshop for the Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues project at the @Museo delle Civiltà in Rome. Over these two days, project partners, artists, the ethics committee, the evaluators, and invited speakers gathered to reflect, exchange ideas, and experiment with participatory methodologies in both theory and practice.

We deeply thank our speakers @Anna Chiara Cimoli, @Cecilia Guida, @Angelica Pesarini and @Kwanza Musi Do Santos for their valuable insights and the reflections they sparked, as well as @Nontantoprecisi and @Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos for their performative experimentation and thoughtful discussions on the use of bodies and space in connection to heritage and cultural participation.

The event wrapped up with a public conference featuring presentations from our project participants. Suzanne MacLeod, Richard Sandell, Sarah Plumb, and Katy Bunning from the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries at the @University of Leicester shared the CDCD background research, highlighting arts-led and arts-centred decolonising practices related to collections.

Additionally, Paula Solimano from the @Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile, and Maria Elena Colombo from the @Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, offered enlightening insights into how their institutions are actively fostering community participation and engagement.

Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues is funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and is implemented in partnership with: D6:EU, Xarkis, La Bonne, Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison, Herengracht401, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Museo delle Civiltà, Pro Progressione, BJCEM – Association Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Museo Egizio, Torino, Creative Court, La Fabrique Art Studio.

Associated Partners: D6: Culture in Transit, Larnaka 2030 – European Capital of Culture Candidate City, Cyprus University of Technology, Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Casa Árabe.

In collaboration with: Nubuke Foundation, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, RMCG – University of Leicester.

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