Recht auf Stadt, Recht auf Museum...?!

In the organizer's words:

Museums can be seen as identity factories that produce, exhibit, preserve and convey representations of a certain collective memory.

Although they are visibly inscribed in the urban fabric, they are only claimed by a minority of residents. In recent years, a large number of projects have been promoted under the politically postulated pretext of "institutional openness" and "social participation". But what do they achieve? And what does enabling, denying and shaping access reveal about the institutional understanding of the public sphere? Consciously locating the museum with its material and immaterial qualities in the city could break existing orders.

What if we were to use the right-to-the-city idea as a mobilizing organizational approach to position ourselves in opposition to current logics of exploitation and raise awareness for a right to the museum?

Speaker: Duygu Örs
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Renée Tribble, TU Dortmund University

The event is part of the series "Zukunft Museum. Critical impulses for museum practice", which takes place monthly. Curators, artists and researchers will discuss the future of the museum from a postcolonial and anti-discriminatory perspective. Anyone interested is cordially invited to take part in the discussion.