Abstract: This article presents the A Museum For Me projects and methodologies which were developed by an international interdisciplinary research project that has collaborated with community groups and museums in Colombia and beyond. This project has used the concept of the museum as a memory prop to work with communities to document, create, curate, and narrate self-directed representations of their lives and stories. The article describes the process of creating the A Museum For Me products and methodologies, and proposes how they could be employed in different contexts.
Keywords: Co-creation, co-curation, museums, community engagement, creative methodologies
BIO
Claire Taylor
She is Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool UK. She is a specialist in Latin American culture, with a particular interest in two main areas: literary and cultural genres developed online by Latin(o) Americans; and memory practices and transitional justice contexts in Latin America, especially Colombia. She is the Principal Investigator of the project Memory, Victims and Representation of the Colombian Conflict, and also leads two impact projects which follow on from this main project, focussed on archives of human rights and historical memory (ArchiCom), and the development of community museums and processes of co-curation (Un Museo Para Mí).
María Mónica Fuentes Leal
She is an internationalist with extensive experience in communication and education projects within museums, cultural institutions, and media. She has worked on designing engaging experiences for diverse audiences, developing digital content, cultural programming, educational strategies, and mediation processes. She has collaborated with museums to create narratives that promote cultural heritage and community engagement through transdisciplinary approaches. She is a correspondent for CECA Colombia, ICOM Colombia, a consultant for the University of Liverpool in the “A Museum for Me” project, and a producer at Prisa Media and BibloRed in Colombia.
