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Decade of Centenaries: Mná 100
From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Register today to join the public conversation at a free, online seminar on Thursday, 24th June.
Leading speakers from Ireland and around the globe will join together in a virtual conversation to discuss women’s stories, material culture, collecting, women’s museums and initiatives worldwide. They will reflect on issues, such as equality and diversity, in a national and international context. The programme includes a pre-recorded opening address by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D.
This seminar takes place in partnership with the International Association of Women’s Museums and features an international panel of speakers from Canada, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. It is part of Mná 100 – an online resource initiative for the Decade of Centenaries Programme.
Speaking ahead of the seminar, Minister Martin said:
‘I am delighted that my Department is facilitating this public conversation with the International Association of Women’s Museums, which will be made freely available as part of the Mná100.ie online resource for the Decade of Centenaries. This is a global conversation grounded in respectful debate and dialogue, as we consider the issues raised and reflect on how we can enact change’.
Dr Mona Holm, Chairwoman of the International Association of Women’s Museums, added:
‘Women’s museums create alternative spaces to engage with women’s history and culture. The International Association of Women’s Museums give women’s museums and gender museums all over the world a possibility to connect and to help each other reach our common goals.
Our expert speakers will highlight, in a mix of live and pre-recorded contributions, global developments in the women’s museum sector, allowing for a diversity of views and experiences to be reflected. They will consider how women leaders are depicted and how issues such as war, class relations, and sexuality are addressed in other jurisdictions.
We hope that this event will stimulate a broad discussion around the women who feature in women’s museums internationally and what this means for collecting material relating to Irish women in future. The discussion will be framed by the question ‘What would you put in a women’s museum? Past, present and future’.
We invite our audience to join the conversation by submitting their questions via email to commemorations@tcagsm.gov.ie by 22nd June 2021.
The online seminar is free to attend and everyone is welcome. Registration is required. To book your place, please use the link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/what-objects-would-you-put-in-a-womens-museum-past-present-and-future-tickets-157964316523
Further information about the programme for the day and the international panel of speakers can be found here: https://www.mna100.ie/centenary-moments/what-objects-would-you-put-in-a-womens-museum-past-present-and-future/ .
Our speakers include:
Dr. Mona Holm, Chairwoman of the International Association of Women’s Museums;
Dr Sinéad McCoole, historian-in-residence at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Curator of Mná 100 and the women’s pop-up museum, 100 Years of Women in Politics and Public Life.
Dr Gaby Franger, Curator at the Museum Frauenkultur Regional-International, in Germany;
Dr Claudia Mandel Katz, Founder and Director of the Museum of the Women of Costa Rica;
Kye-hyeong Ki, former Director of the National Women's History Exhibition Hall, in Seoul, South Korea;
Maissan Hassan, Member of the Cairo-based, Women and Memory Forum, which is leading the efforts towards establishing a women’s museum;
Dr Darlene Clover, Professor of Leadership Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, and Co-Director of a women’s heritage building, the Society of Friends of St Ann’s Academy, Canada.
www.mna100.ie is a new online women’s initiative for the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries Programme and continues the work in highlighting the role of women in the revolutionary period.