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In 2011, the Universalmuseum Joanneum will be
celebrating its 200th anniversary. The Landeszeughaus is
one of the oldest and historically most interesting
collections in the Joanneum, with the greatest appeal to a
broad public. In its bicentennial year, the Landeszeughaus is
organizing a conference where discussion will focus on the
way war and violence are featured in museums generally,
but also on the Landeszeughaus itself, which is looking for
new, analytical and discursive modes of interaction for its
‘depository’ and historical exhibits.
Presentations of war and violence in museums generally
oscillate between the fascination of terror and its
instruments and the didactic urge to explain violence and, by
analysing it, make it easier to handle and prevent. The
museums concerned also have to face up to these basic
issues about the social and institutional handling of war and
violence.
Does war really belong in museums? And if it does, what
objectives and means are involved? Can museums avoid
trivializing and aestheticising war, transforming violence,
injury, death and trauma into tourist sights? What images of
shock or identification does one generate – and what
images would be desirable? Can anything of the dialectic of
friend and foe be made accessible?
Is it ultimately about frightening off, warning, pondering,
shocking, emotional manipulation, comparing, historicizing
and learning, about keeping a sense of detachment in
museums, defusing?
The expectations of visitors, the effects that such a
literally weapon-heavy collection has, but also the views of
curators of the collections and museums concerned will
also be discussed.
Information & application
Museumsakademie Joanneum
Schloss Eggenberg, Eggenberger Allee 90, 8020 Graz. mail
to: http://www.museumsakademie-joanneum.at
Please quote your ICOMAM-Membership!
Information about Graz
www.graztourismus.at
Information about Universalmuseum Joanneum
www.museum-joanneum.at
Information about Ljubljana
www.visitljubljana.si
Information about Narodni Muzej Slovenije
www.nms.si
Conference language
English
Conference location
Kunsthaus Graz, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz,
www.museum-joanneum.at
Costs & fees
Registration Fee for ICOMAM-Members
EUR 140,- including an exclusive dinner
Late Registration Fee for ICOMAM-Members
EUR 160,-(after July 1st 2011)
News
Excursion Castle Stainz
EUR 40,- including the visit to a Styrian ‘Buschenschank’
Post Conference
EUR 250,-
Including Hotel, Coach and Entrance Fees.
Minimum 10 Participants.
Registration required until July 31st.
Hotels
Please make a confirmed reservation until 27th July 2011
indicating the password ’ICOMAM’ to get the reduced fares
as mentioned above.
40 Rooms are reserved in following hotels:
Hotel Weitzer
Grieskai 12-16
8020 Graz
www.hotelweitzer.com
P: +43/316/703-0
E: hotel@weitzer.com
15 Rooms ‘Comfort’
EUR 81, single occupancy
EUR 93, double occupancy
Hotel Daniel
Europaplatz 1
8020 Graz
www.hoteldaniel.com
P: +43/316/703-0
E: hotel@weitzer.com
25 Rooms ‘smart’
EUR 68, single occupancy
EUR 77, double occupancy
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