Open AccessMUSEUM DIVERSITY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE KYOTO DEFINITION
Author(s) -
François Mairesse
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0014.1605
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , process (computing) , value (mathematics) , statement (logic) , through the lens metering , sociology , epistemology , lens (geology) , political science , engineering , computer science , anthropology , philosophy , machine learning , petroleum engineering , operating system
The author analyses the logic underlying the ICOM museum definition process and the sense of continuity among the different definitions, since its creation in 1946. The new definition proposed in Kyoto in 2019 (during the ICOM General Conference, 1–7 September) created a risk of breaking within this continuity and the museum community. The definition process is here put in parallel with the notion of mission statement, associated with strategic management, and the value system linked to a resolutely activist vision of the museum, integrating such topics as gender, postcolonialism, sustainable development or human rights.