MuseologyX

MuseologyX: Futures & Frontiers brings together leading thinkers from the arts, humanities, technology and innovation to explore how museology can shape the future. Focusing on themes such as AI, data, globalisation, post‑colonialism and emerging technologies, the symposium asks what roles museology can play in rapidly evolving global and digital contexts.

• Hear from museum professionals, museologists, and thought leaders.

• Explore new perspectives on digital futures, and museum ecosystems.

• Connect with peers and foster international collaborations.

• Be part of shaping a new global community in museology.

Info: 1. Carceral Space & Biocultural Heritage Prof Dan Hicks
2. Permanence and pollution: an ecological perspective on collections care Torgeir Rinke Bangstad (online)
3. The Neurodiverse Museum Dr Justine Reilly
4. Embracing Complexity: Towards Justice Kudzai Matsvai

Info: 1. Museums and data science: Mapping institutions and their audiences Dr Andrea Ballatore (Online)
2. Critical Technology Discourse Dr Oonagh Murphy
3. Computational Museology: Between Machine Intelligence, Synthetic Objects, and Embodied Aesthetics Prof Sarah Kenderdine (online)
4. The algorithmic museum: Why Museology needs Cybermuseology Anna Leshchenko (Pre-recorded presentation)

Info: 1. Activist Ecologies: Rethinking Natural History Collections amid Deforestation Dr Esther Breithoff
2. Regenerative Cultural Ecosystems in Africa and & the Global South Seun Oduwole
3. Alternative Museum Financing & Financescapes Dr Marek Prokupek (online)
4. Museological Futures: Expanding Social Frontiers Dr Bruno Brulon Soares

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