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F@IMP Media Festival and General Assembly / Conference 2023 “The Virtual Museum”: Welcome to St Andrews!

Welcome to St Andrews, Scotland!

Cordial invitation to the F@IMP Festival and the AVICOM General Assembly / Conference 2023:

Sustainable Preservation and Promotion of Heritage: The Virtual Museum

It is now definite: The traditional international AVICOM Festival (Festival of Audiovisual and Innovative Museum Media Productions) 2023 in combination with the annual General Assembly / Conference of AVICOM  will take place from Thursday 21 September (arrival day) to Sunday 24 September (excursion and departure day) in the university town of St Andrews in Scotland.

Founded in the 15th century, St Andrews is Scotland’s first university and the third oldest in the English speaking world. Teaching began in the community of St Andrews in 1410, and the University was formally constituted by the issue of a papal bull in 1413.

At the last Faimp Festival, the University of St Andrews, School of Computer Science, had won an award with their website production “Virtual Orkney North Isles”. AVICOM is grateful that, as is tradition at the festivals, the university as a winning institution has agreed to host this year’s festival and conference.

Photo: Charles Clegg https://www.flickr.com/photos/glasgowamateur/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_view_of_St_Andrews_8515359035_d7fb968324_o.jpg

The F@IMP Festival:

AVICOM invites all museums and other cultural institutions as well as media producers who are members of ICOM to participate in this year’s Media Festival.

Please note that the categories have changed as follows: Museum film, animation –  Media – Web – Exhibition installation – Mobile application.

The following criteria will be assessed in the categories: Research, documentary – Education and mediation – Interpretation – Inclusivity and sustainability.

The General Assembly / Conference:  Sustainable Preservation and Promotion of Heritage: The Virtual Museum

In addition, AVICOM cordially invites you to participate in this year’s General Assembly / Conference. The theme is “The Virtual Museum”:  What are the content-related and methodological criteria for a Virtual Museum and what distinguishes it from other online museum databases? In which cases does the installation of a VM make sense? Can and may the VM replace the physical museum? Does the VM pose a threat to the physical museum or can the VM support the physical museum? Are there target groups that can be reached better via the VM than via the physical museum? What opportunities does the VM offer in terms of barrier reduction, inclusion and sustainability?

Submission of contributions is closed.

The Festival and Conference are intended as hybrid events.

The language at the Festival and in the General Assembly / Conference is English.

Here you can find the preliminary program which will be continuously updated, the registration form and some useful informations:

Schedule-AVICOM Annual Conference Festival 2023-Version 06July

Registration form

Avicom_conf_2023_guide

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions:

Media Festival: Ms Ildikó  Fejes, Festival Director: fejes.ildiko@gmail.com

General Assembly / Conference: Mr Dr Michael H. Faber, Chair of AVICOM: dr.m.faber@t-online.de

 

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The COVID19 Challenge. Museums in Times of Crises – Results of the Solidarity Project of AVICOM, MPR & ICOM Germany – With Best Practice Examples

Gallery “COVID-19 & History”, Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Ingolstadt

When it comes to finding out about something, the internet is by far the most important tool today. More than 75 per cent of Internet users first inform themselves on the Internet – about news, laws and guidelines, products, services, people, culture, travel destinations, places of interest … and visit corresponding websites for this purpose. Here, findability, appeal to the user, content, form and user-friendliness determine the degree of positive, convincing perception and, as a result, the actual use of what is offered. In this context, the good design of the homepage as the start page of a website plays a very decisive role. Homepages are business cards, the intro to websites, with which persons and institutions present themselves, (let themselves be) identified – accessible seven days a week, 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world, provided there is no technical malfunction.
To be able to communicate around the clock, just in time and globally, according to topic and target group as needed, and also barrier-free: that is the benefit of social media. They offer a platform for news, for obtaining opinions and suggestions, for dialogue and discourse, they create new contacts and serve as a means of “customer loyalty”.
It is a truism that websites and social media have long since become indispensable means of communication, information and marketing also for cultural institutions, heritage sites and museums. Even if the use of these means still shows significant differences in a global comparison: If, for example, in Germany in 2018, i.e. before the start of the Corona pandemic, around 95 per cent of all museums were present either via their own homepage or via another website (1), this may be in line with the European average. In any case, the percentage value differs significantly from the internet presence of museums in developing and emerging countries on other continents. The transferability of the percentages of social media use of German museums to other countries is equally questionable: in 2018, 44.7 percent posted on Facebook, 17.4 percent on Instagram and 10.3 percent on Twitter. (2)
For the pandemic year 2020, in the first months of which there were still no regulations for the operation of public cultural institutions and thus impairments to their operations, a statistical survey shows an increase in digital activities for around 40 per cent of German museums. No increase was reported by about 48 per cent of the museums, and about 10 per cent gave no information. However, the non-increase at those 48 percent of museums cannot be interpreted: It is possible that many museums were already well positioned digitally before the pandemic.
That the increase in other museums is directly related to the negative impact of the pandemic on public, physical museum use is suggested by data on the nature of the increase: Online exhibitions increased by 20.7 per cent, special offers such as exploratory games by 33.4 per cent, shifting of planned activities to the internet by 35.6 per cent and the development of digital media and content in general by 53.4 per cent. An increase in the use of social media was reported by 68.1 per cent of museums.(3)
But what does all this say about the quality of cultural institutions’ digital communication and interaction with the public? What about the public’s perception, their reaction?
This study has examined the digital presences and activities of more than 150 museums in times of the pandemic. With its innovative methodology of a multi-layered cross-diagnosis and evaluation, it was possible to evaluate the digital presence of each museum in a score and, which was ultimately the important goal of the study, to identify best practice examples as signposts for successful digital communication of cultural institutions.

YouTube Video “The end of the tancs?” on the war in Ukraine, Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster

Beyond the text version presented here in the three ICOM languages, the results of the research can be analysed in depth – through links and interactive tools.
The ICOM committees AVICOM and MPR – both of whom share an interest in media communication of museums and culture – are grateful to ICOM for granting this unique project and thus also financial support, without which the project could not have been successfully carried out in this dimension. AVICOM and MPR are also grateful to the German ICOM National Committee, which successfully accompanied the application for the project and its promotion – not least in a Joint Session at the ICOM General Conference in Prague 2022, which was marked by great resonance. Very special thanks, however, go to Michael Eulenstein, a young scientist from the University of Hildesheim/Germany. In constant close scientific and methodological coordination with us, he carried out this study with unbelievable commitment, impressive creativity and an extraordinary sense of the essential. The results are impressive!

1) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Institut für Museumskunde (Ed.): Statistische Gesamterhebung an den Museen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für das Jahr 2018. Including an English Summary. Berlin 2019 (= Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumsforschung, Heft 73)

2) Ibid.

3) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Institut für Museumskunde (Ed.): Statistische Gesamterhebung an den Museen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für das Jahr 2020. Including an English Summary. Berlin 2022 (= Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumsforschung, Heft 76)

Michael H. Faber

 

Here you will find the complete documentation:

https://linktr.ee/covid19challenge

 

 

 

 

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Prague 2022: Big success for AVICOM

The 26th General Conference in Prague was extremely successful for AVICOM. For the first time, the Media Committee organized joint meetings with ICOM Germany and the international committees CECA and MPR, which were attended by a total of around 200 guests. The main topics were “Digital Media for the Preparation, Implementation and Follow-up of the Museum Visit. Sense, Superfluity or Nonsense?” and “The COVID19 Challenge: Museums and their digital engagement in times of crises. Results of the Solidarity Project of AVICOM, MPR and ICOM Germany”. In another session, which was also well attended, AVICOM presented “News from the world of audiovisual and digital museum media”.

In the ICOM session “Solidarity Projects”, AVICOM and MPR reported on their investigative project “The COVID19 Challenge”, which attracted particular attention and response from the participants.

The highlight of the AVICOM activities in Prague was the award ceremony of the AVICOM media festival “faimp” to the winners, followed by a reception in the National Museum of Technology in Prague. Around 80 guests attended, including many representatives of international committees.

Click here to watch the award ceremony video:  https://youtu.be/vqVsJT8p71o

Under “Reports” you will find reports and a selection of the presentations at the sessions.

 

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Budapest 14 & 15 December 2022: “Reshaping experience and storytelling in museums”: AVICOM participated in hosting the conference.

AVICOM participated in hosting the conference “Reshaping experience an storytelling in museums” in Budapest, 14 & 15 December 2022.
As final event of the muse.ar project (co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union) this conference took a broader look at digital developments and communication challenges in museums and aimed to bring good examples from the recent years. The focus was on interpretation and how digital planning and online presence – wether it is audience engagement or virtual exhibitions – can support or complement the work of museums.
Among the speakers the conference hosted renowned Hungarian and foreign experts who shared their experiences and thoughts about museums in the 21st century with the audience and their colleagues.
AVICOM was an associated partner of the conference and several of their representatives gave presentations. As one of their objectives was to make museum professionals aware of and better informed about the usefulness and potential of audiovisual and new technologies. Their presence guaranteed useful and meaningful opportunities for professional debate and exchange of ideas. Roundabout 70 professionals and students took part in the conference, which also was streamed.

Here the contributions of the AVICOM representatives:

Keynote speaker of the first conference day was AVICOM President Dr. Michael H. Faber (Germany): “Communication and mediation. Digital, analogue, personal? About must-have, nice to have and nonsense”.

Digital and social media promote the public perception of museums, pave new ways of outreach and enable a more intensive involvemeht of target groups in museum work. This makes the following questions all the more important: How can digital media be used sensibly? How can they make the original tangible? Have conventional mediation and communication had their day? After all, despite all the digitalisation, museums remain analogue.

Michael Louis Eulenstein (Germany) presented “The COVID-19 challenge. Museums and their digital engagement in times of crisis”.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the digital transformation are having a major impact on the museum sector. Museums were faced with the challenge of developing formats and concepts that could be played out digitally. The goal of the joint “Solidarity Project” of AVICOM, MPR and ICOM Germany, financed by ICOM, was to collect best practice examples that can serve as models, especially for small and medium-sized museums. AVICOM will publish the results of this project in January 2023.

Dr. Kamila Oles (United Kingdom) presented “Culture power to inspire development in rural areas: Virtual Orkney Northern Isles exhibit platform”.

CUPIDO Virtual Orkney North Isles was created as a shared exhibit virtual platform. The online galleries and virtual tours display the heritage of all six isles so that Orkney communities and users from around the world can virtually explore the beauty of Orkney Northern Islands’ natural and cultural legacy. Simultaneously, a touch screen and VR set showcasing the virtual exhibits have been placed on-site in the heritage centres in Orkney North Isles. The videos and audio reflect the unique atmosphere and climate determined by Orkey’s natural elements, such as wind, ocean, sea birds and the ancient native Orkney sheep.

Dr. Anna Maria Marras (Italy) presented “Concersational assistants, chatbot: how language technologies interact in the everyday life of GLAM institutions”.

The term ‘conversational interface’ indicates a set of human-machine interfaces based on dialogue which includes: This type of technology is continuously developing and improving and can be excellent applications for museums as well. The presentation explored the history of these applications in the museums and GLAM institutions, telling their evolution and highlighting future applications.

Ph.D. Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim (Egypt) spoke about the “Virtual Museum of Tutankhamun”.

The use of immersive virtual reality (VR) systems in heritage can allow users to visit inaccessible sites, as well as can allow both greater richness and diversity in content. The concept of the Tutankhamun Virtual Museum is to give certain extended reality experiences that emphasize some aspects of Tutankhamun’s stories and treasures in an appealing and educational manner, such as virtual visits, 360-degree video, mixed reality, augmented reality, and hologram.

MgA. Aleš Kapsa (Czech Republic) informed about “The Labyrinth and the Theatre on the Stage of the World”:

The video mapping Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart and the film Theatre of the World are the current museum audiovisual adaptions of Comenius’ work in the new permanent exhibition On the Stage of the World – Jan Amos Komenský and His Time. The exhibition opened on 28 March 2022 at the J.A. Comenius Museum in Uherský Brod on the occasion of the 430th anniversary of the birth of the thinker, philosopher and writer. Kapsa’s paper offered a reflection on artistic and technical approaches to the adaption of timeless historical content within a modern museum presentation.

You will find more at: https://musear-platform.com

 

 

 

 

 

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Our program in Prague 2022

Dear colleagues,

Here you find the AVICOM Contributions to the ICOM General Conference in Prague. We will see us in our sessions!

Block A: AVICOM & CECA – Digital media for the preparation, implementation and follow-up of the museum visit. Sense, superfluity or nonsense? Moderation: Marie-Clarté O’Neill, Michael H. Faber (22 August 2022, 16:00 – 17.30, South Hall 2B, HYBRID FORMAT)

15 Min: Dr. Michael H. Faber, Cultural Anthropologist, President of AVICOM, State Museum Director LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern (retired), Bonn, Germany: Communication and mediation: digital, analogue, personal? About Must-Have, Nice to Have and Nonsense
15 Min.: Michael Eulenstein, Artist, M.A. Cultural Education/Mediation,  Hildesheim, Germany:  Best practice examples based on website analysis. Results of the survey by the MPR-AVICOM-Project “The COVID 19 Challenge”
15 Min.: Wuyan Li, Postdoctoral Researcher, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China: Discussion Children’s Learning Effectiveness by Digital Media during Museum Visiting: Based on an Empirical Survey of Museum Visitors

Block B: AVICOM & MPR&ICOM – The Covid 19 Challenge: Museums and their digital engagement in times of crises. Results of the Solidarity Project of AVICOM, MPR and ICOM Germany and other contributions. Moderation: Klaus Staubermann, Matthias Henkel, Michael H. Faber  (23 August 2022, Small Theatre, 14:30 – 16:00, HYBRID FORMAT)

10 Min: Introduction into the project by Dr. Klaus Staubermann, CEO ICOM Germany, Dr. Matthias Henkel, President of AVICOM, Director of the Museum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany and Dr. Michael H. Faber, Cultural Anthropologist, President of AVICOM, State Museum Director LVR Open-Air Museum Kommern (retired), Bonn, Germany
30 Min.: Michael Eulenstein, Artist, M.A. Cultural Education/Mediation,  Hildesheim, Germany: Results of the survey by the MPR-AVICOM-Project “The COVID 19 Challenge”
12 Min.: Elisa Monsellato, Project Manager,Swapmuseum, Lecce, Italy & Carola Gatto, PhD Student University of Salento, Lecce, Italy:  The impact of lockdown on public engagement and involvement in small and peripheral museums: the case study of Swapmuseum digital strategy
12 Min.: Alan Miller, Lecturer,University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom & Catherine Anne Cassidy, Research Fellow, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom: Enriching engagement through digital responses to COVID 19 VIC
12 Min.: Daniela Fuentes Arenas, Master in Cultural Heritage Management and Museology, Independent Museum Researcher, Santiago, Chile: The Role of virtual platforms of museums and cultural centers of Santiago de Chile throughout the social and health crises
12 Min.: Hosan Kim, Curator, The Kochon Memorial Hall, Seoul, Korea &  Jookyung Rhee, Director, Kochon Memorial Hall, Seoul, Korea: 2023 Pandemic Hero: Context based learning game as educational program in museum environment

Block C: AVICOM – News from the world of audiovisual and digital museum media. Moderation: Anna Maria Marras (23 August 2022, Room 220, 16:30 – 18:00, HYBRID FORMAT)

13 Min.: Elina Vikmane, research assistant, Latvian Museum Association; Research Centre at Latvian Academy of Culture, Rīga, Latvia: Characteristics of digitally innovative museums
13 Min.: Yuqiao Hu, PhD student, University of Leicester, School of Museum Studies, Leicester, United Kingdom: Rural youth engagement on Kuaishou: opportunities and challenges of Chinese museums on new social media platforms
13 Min.: Anna Maria Marras, research fellow, University of Turin, Turin, Italy: Conversational assistants, chatbot: how language technologies interact in the everyday life of museums
13 Min.: Aleš Kapsa, Program and cultural educator, Video specialist, Muzeum Jana Amose Komenského, Uherský Brod, Czech Republic: The Labyrinth and the Theatre on the Stage of the World
13 Min.: Indrani Bhattacharya, Professor of Museology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India & Mr Supreo Chanda, Head of Museology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India: Digital Assistance in Indian Museums’ Educational Programme Design
13 Min.: Kumiko Matsui, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States & Yuri Kimura, Curator, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan: Museums at risk by leaving 3D image policies unwritten

AVICOM Off-Site Meeting in the National Technical Museum with AVICOM’s Media Festival F@IMP 2021/2022. Moderation: Ildikó Fejes, Michael H. Faber (25 August 2022, All-day, NON-HYBRID)

Schedule of the day:
9:00 Arrival
9:15 Registration / vestibul and move on to the Transportation Hall
9:30 Joint opening of the day (Transportation Hall)
9:45 Move on to the vestibul
10:00 – 11:30 Guided tour (various areas of NTM)
11:30 – 11:45 Coffie break
12:00 – 13:00 Guided tour (Transportation Hall)
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch

13:45 – 15:30 Session 1 “Museums: Digital & social” (lecture room)

15 Min.: Jeanne Pommeau, curator and restorer, Národní filmový archiv, Prague, Czech Republic: The Digital paradox: Digital tools as a mean for valorization of materiality – the example of Lumière’s vintage prints
15 Min.: Mubirkhoni Muminpur, Deputy head of excursion and mass department, National museum of Tajikistan under the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Museums in the digital period. On the example of the National Museum of Tajikistan
15 Min.: Mohamed Harb, lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt: Virtual Museum of Tutankhamun
15 Min.: Fatemeh – Kimia Amini khashouei, Admin of social media ICOM Iran, Iranian National Museum of Science and Technology (INMOST), Tehran, Iran & Parastou Manteghi, Translater and Reasercher New Media, Privet Museum, Tehran, Iran: Report of 11,000 kilometers, digital historical narrative. See museums at home
15 Min.: Simona Chalupová, Director, Chrudim Puppetry Museum, Chrudim, Czech Republic: International cooperation during the pandemic: the Exhibition “Secrets of Wooden Puppets” in the Seoul Museum of History
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break (lecture room)

16:00 – 18:00: Session 2 “FAIMP Festival Award Ceremony” (lecture room)

18:00 – 19:30: Reception (NTM)

 

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Prague: Travel Grant for Young Professionals

AVICOM GRANT FOR YOUNG MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS FROM COUNTRIES WITH EMERGING ECONOMIES

AVICOM is offering a limited number of grants to complement travel and accomodation costs to the AVICOM Annual Conference and the AVICOM (Joint) Sessions during the 26th Triennial General Conference of ICOM in Prague, August 2022.

These grants are not to be confused with ICOM Young Members Grants, run by ICOM Paris.

You are eligible to the AVICOM grants, if:

 

  • You i) are a AVICOM individual member, or you ii) have a permanent job with a AVICOM institutional member, or you iii) are a PhD student developing research related to museum media.
  • You are an emerging and/or mid-career professional (not senior professional).
  • You are fluent in one of ICOM official languages (EN, F, SP).
  • You guarantee a professional presentation related to the topics of the AVICOM meetings or any other assistance to the organisers of the AVICOM meetings. Specific expectations will be communicated after the selection process is complete.
  • AND you have paid ICOM membership fees for the past 2 years (2020-2021) or you have paid ICOM membership fees for 2021 and 2022 (in case you are a new member).
  • AND you have not received a ICOM, NC or IC travel grant in the 3 years before.

In awarding travel grants, priority will be given to applicants from countries belonging to the ICOM Categories 3 and 4, as defined in the membership grid available at the following address:

https://icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Categorie-pays-2020-EN.pdf

Only if funds are available, young professionals from Categories 1 and 2 Countries may be selected.

Each grantee will be required to submit a report and/or a questionnaire by 30 September 2022, stating his/her experience and contribution to ICOM activities.

GRANT AMOUNT

The grant is 50 percent of the costs mentioned, but limited to 600 EUR.

USE OF GRANT

The grant has to be used for travel and accomodation costs only. AVICOM accepts only expenses for economy class flight, 2nd class train, local public transport (NO Taxi), accommodation costs up to 3 stars (local). Visa costs and eventual COVID testing related expenses will be covered by the grant too.

You have to pay all your expenses and transfer all the invoices to AVICOM after the event.

If the total amount of invoices is inferior to 600 EUR, AVICOM reimburses only the invoices paid by you.

APPLICATION AND DEADLINE

The application must include:

  • The duly completed application form
  • A reference letter from your superior (museum director, head of your university department …)
  • Your up-to-date curriculum vitae + photo
  • A cover letter stating how this grant would be beneficial for the grantee, her/his institution and also ICOM/AVICOM.
  • Your confirmation that you will not receive a grant from another ICOM institution or an institution supporting ICOM members with grants.

The deadline for application is June 15, 2022, midnight CET (Lisbon/London time).

The filled application form has to be submitted to: avicom@icom.museum

Incomplete applications or applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

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Every successful candidate will have to make sure to get, if needed, his/her own visa after being notified oft he selection at the present call. AVICOM and ICOM are not responsible for such procedures. Also, cadidates will have to make sure that they comply with all the lealth-related measures that may be in vigour at the moment of the conference; this shall fall under the candidates‘ responsibility.

ICOM will be closely monitoring the evolution oft he health situation in the Czech Republic. Please be aware that the conditions and regulations to entert o the Czech Republic may evolve, which could have an impact on the travel logistics and the grants.

 

 

 

 

 

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AVICOM Sessions in Prague: Call for Papers

AVICOM Sessions during the 26th ICOM General Conference in Prague

Program and Call for Papers     

MONDAY 22 AUGUST 4.00 – 5.30 PM, PRAGUE CONGRESS CENTRE, HYBRID

Joint Session AVICOM+CECA

Digital Media for the Preparation, Implementation and Follow-up of the Museum Visit Sense, Superfluity or Nonsense?

Digital media are an indispensable instrument of museum communication with the public. But which content and technologies are useful for information before, during and after a museum visit? How can museums, exhibits and collections be conveyed virtually to target groups? How has the digital commitment of museums developed in times of crisis? What is the significance of the digital for museum education? In their joint session, the two specialist committees discover and discuss their interfaces.

Call for Papers: One paper only, on the topic „Augmented and Virtual Reality as Means of Cultural Mediation“          

 

TUESDAY 23 AUGUST 2.30 – 4.00 PM, PRAGUE CONGRESS CENTRE, HYBRID

Joint Session AVICOM+MPR+ICOM Germany

The COVID19 Challenge: Museums and their digital engagement in times of crises. Results of the Solidarity Project of AVICOM, MPR and ICOM Germany

In this collective endeavour AVICOM and MPR with support by ICOM Germany have worked out, in dialogue with leading representatives of museums, the status quo of their digital/hybrid presence. Therefore, MPR has realized narrative interviews with representatives all over the world.The results are highly interesting interview films.

AVICOM has analyzed the digital presence (websites, social media) of these and other museums and their digital strategies in the pandemic period and evaluated them with a view to innovation, inclusion and sustainability.

The joint session reports about the project results, shows extracts of the narrative movies,  presents best practice examples and invites 5-Min-contributions and a wider discussion.

No Call for Papers!

 

TUESDAY 23 AUGUST 4.15 – 5.45 PM, PRAGUE CONGRESS CENTRE, HYBRID

Session of AVICOM

News from the world of audiovisual and digital museum media

This session is dedicated to developments in the field of museum media and presents interesting practical examples. The focus is on media that reduce barriers and promote inclusion of different target groups like people with special needs, indigenous people and sustainability. Presentations are wellcome!

Call for Papers: 10-15 minutes

 

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST, ALL-DAY, NATIONAL TECHNICAL MUSEUM, NON-HYBRID

AVICOM Off-Site Meeting

AIMP 2021: AVICOM’s annual Festival of Audiovisual and Innovative Museum Media Productions + AVICOM New Competition 100 Museums, related to best practice examples of museums websites (Informations: website avicom.mini.icom.museum.org.)

AVICOM helds its ceremony of winners of its traditional faimp media festival – with presentations of the winnig contributions and prize giving ceremony. AVICOM also invites to the presentation of the results of its research “100 Museums”, dedicated to Best-Practice-Examples of Museum Websites and presentation of the winners. With subsequent cocktail reception. Registration required: avicom@icom.museum

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: General Informations

You would like to present a paper? Then AVICOM asks you for the following:

Please send as soon as possible as docx file:

  • your topic proposal and an abstract (mot more than 15 lines)
  • your full name, with title
  • your short CV
  • your photo
  • your ICOM ID number / in case of representing your institution: the ID number of the institution
  • name and address of your institution

Abstract/proposals submission deadline: 25 March 2022

Address: avicom@icom.museum

We kindly ask you for the full text (no longer than 15 minutes): before 30 June 2022.

IMPORTANT for participation in the ICOM conference and the AVICOM sessions:

Only ICOM ID holders, valid for 2022 (individual or institutional) are allowed to participate and present a paper!

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Call for Candidates for the New AVICOM Board 2022-2025

Elections for Members of the AVICOM Board

Dear Member of AVICOM:

We are arriving at the end of the term for the current members and officers of the AVICOM Board. The regular term for a Board member is three (3) years.  The election and installation of the new Board will coincide with the AVICOM General Assembly to be held during September – November 2022.

There are nine (9) Board positions available: Chairperson (1), Vice-Chairperson (1), Secretary (1), Treasurer (1) and Ordinary (At-Large) Members (5). Those among you who wish to be a candidate to serve on the AVICOM Board are asked to submit, before 31 May, 2022, a completed candidature form as well as a biography of 10 lines (maximum length), a CV and a recent photo. You must also indicate which Board Position you wish to be considered for: Chairperson (1), Vice-Chairperson (1), Secretary (1), Treasurer (1) or Ordinary (At-Large) Member (5).

These applications will be collected and validated by the Election Officer.

The candidate must be compliant with and agree to the following qualifications and conditions:

Condition 1: The nominee must be a member of AVICOM in good standing and current in the payment of his or her ICOM membership dues for 2022.

Condition 2: The nominee must be willing and able to serve as a member of the AVICOM Board. The candidate must acknowledge that he or she will be responsible for all expenses, including travel, related to his or her position if elected. For planning purposes, you should assume physical attendance to at least two Board meetings per year. Typically, the June meeting is held in Paris in conjunction with the ICOM General Assembly and a Fall meeting is held in another city, usually in Europe. In addition, there may be other meetings, symposia and conferences that will require your attendance.

Condition 3: Existing Board Members who are serving their first term can be nominated and elected to one (1) additional term for a total of two (2) consecutive terms. A member of the Board may be subsequently elected as Chairperson for a maximum of two (2) additional terms.

Condition 4: The following individuals are ineligible for membership of the AVICOM Board:

– Individuals employed by the ICOM Secretariat or one of its Committees.

– Former employees of the ICOM Secretariat or one of its Committees.

These individuals shall be ineligible for two (2) years after the expiry or termination of their contract. “Employee” refers to an individual who carries out functions for the ICOM Secretariat or one of its Committees and who receives compensation for these functions.

Election calendar

  • Call for candidates: March 2022.
  • Submission of candidacy for a function: 31 May 2022.
  • List of candidates sent to the voting members: 30  June 2022.
  • Opening of voting: 1  July 2022.
  • Closure of voting: 31 July 2022.
  • Election and Installation of the new Board: At the  AVICOM General Assembly during September – November 2022.

We should also note that, according to the Internal Rules that govern AVICOM, no more than two Board Members may be from any one Country. If more than two individuals from any one country are nominated, only the two individuals with the greatest number of votes shall be eligible to serve.

Applications are to be sent by e-mail to:

Bob Haroutunian

bob@ppiconsulting.net

Election Officer for the election of the Board members of AVICOM for 2022-2025

Please ask for the Candidature Form: avicom@icom.museum

 

Elecciones para miembros de la Mesa Directiva AVICOM

Estimado miembro de AVICOM:

Estamos por llegar al término del periodo para los miembros de la actual mesa directiva del AVICOM. El periodo regular para un miembro de la Mesa Directiva es de tres (3) años. La instalación de la nueva Mesa Directiva coincidirá con la Asamblea General del AVICOM en  en septiembre – noviembre de 2022.

En la Mesa Directiva hay nueve (9) posiciones: Presidente (1), Vicepresidente (1) Secretario (1), Tesorero (1) y miembros ordinarios (hasta 5). Aquellos que deseen ser candidatos para formar parte de la Mesa Directiva de AVICOM deben enviar, antes del 31 de mayo de 2022, el formulario de candidatura debidamente completado, así como una semblanza de 10 líneas (máximo), un CV y una fotografía reciente. También debe indicar para qué posición desea ser considerado: Presidente (1), Vicepresidente (1), Secretario (1), Tesorero (1) Miembro ordinario (5).

El Comisionado para las Elecciones reunirá y validará las solicitudes.

Los candidatos deben cumplir con las siguientes condiciones:

Condición 1: El candidato debe ser miembro votante de AVICOM, y estar al corriente en el pago de sus cuotas de membresía del ICOM en 2022.

Condición 2: El candidato debe estar dispuesto y tener la capacidad de servir como miembro de la Mesa Directiva del AVICOM. El candidato debe considerar que será responsable de todos los gastos, incluidos los viajes, relacionados con su posición si es elegido. Con fines de planeación, debe asumir la asistencia al menos a dos reuniones de la Mesa Directiva por año. En general, la reunión de junio se lleva a cabo en París junto con la Asamblea General del ICOM y la reunión de otoño se lleva a cabo en otra ciudad, usualmente en Europa. Además, pueden haber otras reuniones, simposios y conferencias que requerirán su asistencia.

Condición 3: Los miembros actuales de la Mesa Directiva que están cumpliendo su primer mandato pueden ser nominados y elegidos para un (1) mandato más, con un total de dos (2) mandatos consecutivos. Un miembro de la Junta puede ser elegido posteriormente como Presidente por un máximo de dos (2) periodos adicionales.

Condición 4: las siguientes personas no son elegibles para ser miembros de la Mesa Directiva AVICOM:

– Personas empleadas por la Secretaría del ICOM o uno de sus Comités.

– Ex empleados de la Secretaría del ICOM o de uno de sus Comités. Estas personas no serán elegibles por dos (2) años después de la terminación de su contrato.

-“Empleado” se refiere a una persona que desempeña funciones para el Secretariado del ICOM o uno de sus Comités y que recibe una compensación por estas funciones.

Calendario electoral:

  • Convocatoria de candidatos: marzo de 2022.
  • Límite presentación de candidatura: 31 de mayo de 2022.
  • La lista de candidatos se envía a los miembros votantes: 30 de junio de 2022.
  • Inicio de votaciones: 1 de julio de 2022.
  • Cierre de votaciones: 31 de julio de 2022.
  • Elecciones y instalación de la nueva Mesa Directiva: Durante la Asamblea General del AVICOM en septiembre –noviembre en 2022.

Cabe señalar que, de acuerdo con las Reglas internas que rigen el AVICOM, no puede haber más de dos miembros del mismo país en la Mesa Directiva. Si se nominan más de dos personas del mismo país, sólo los dos candidatos con el mayor número de votos serán elegidos.

Las solicitudes deben ser enviadas por correo electrónico a:

Bob Haroutunian

bob@ppiconsulting.net

Comisionado Electoral para la Mesa Directiva

del AVICOM 2022-2025

Solicitud de Formulario de Candidatura: avicom@icom.museum