Etnografski muzej Istre - Ethnographic Museum of Istria

DIGIMUSE ENTER BEST PRACTICES

Description

Event:

Identity on the Line (I-ON)

Target group:

• Future generations (next gen) • People in general (civil public) • Children, young people and under-represented groups • Migrants

Purposes:

• Large-scale transnational cooperation between museums and universities • Exploring the long-term consequences of migration processes and transmitting the common characteristics of migration from the past to future generations • Reinforcing the sense of belonging to a common European space for new migrants, for those who have settled and for their host communities • Positive and effective social integration of migrants

European initiative reference:

EU funding programme: Creative Europe 2014-2020

Info

Croatia

Space Needed: Small

Activity:

The Ethnographic Museum of Istria is a cultural institution dedicated to collection, conservation, interpretation and presentation of cultural phenomena related to the Istrian territory. Museum's ethnographic collections counts around 8000 artefacts. In first place textiles, agricultural tools and objects of everyday life in Istrian villages from the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX century.

Contact

tel./fax: +385 (0)52 622 220 / +385 (0)52 624 351 E-mail: emi@emi.hr

Website

Strengths

A wider selection of tools, products and workshops
Free access and free download to the resources
New target groups
Networking with the project’s partners and professionals
International relevance of the project
Facilitated access to finance: some specific costs are financed by the project

Weaknesses

Reliability and reworking of testimonials as historical sources
Possible divergences in the way resources are collected by partners
High skills required for the implementation and the management of digital package
Additional costs for the implementation and maintenance of joint exhibition and digital package

Digital Solutions

The virtual exhibition
I-ON movie – EDUCATIONAL FILM (a movie about forced migrations)
I-ON short movies
I-ON long movies
Webinars
Videos
“SHARE your STORY”: digital form to collect testimonials
Social network and website (media in general)

Methodology

The initiative includes the development of a website with a page dedicated to collecting the stories and testimonies that will make up the exhibition. The exhibition has therefore been uploaded to a special page on the website.

Resources needed and start-up costs

Production of a short movie: 500/1.500 euros per minute
Programming of virtual exhibition with customized word press: from 1.500 euros

Possible low cost solution

Instead of programming a special page to collect people's stories and testimonies, one could create a free google form and share the link within the museum's website or social pages.

Transferable innovative principles and methods

1. Joint travel exhibition within Europe

The I-ON project summarises the main aspects and similarities of seven exhibitions in a joint exhibition, which will be circulated and shown internationally.

Transnational cooperation is assured by a broad cooperation between museums in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia and Croatia. Each museum works in parallel on one migration process in its country; main findings will be part of the joint travel exhibition and the digital exhibition.

2. Cooperation with schools using digital technologies

Other professionals are involved in the project in order to realise initiatives such as the ready-made teaching packages for secondary schools. The cooperation with schools is manifested through the production and development of these six school packages for teachers, using digital technologies.

These packages aim to engage children and young people in intercultural dialogue and discussions about: