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Information

Museums and Society - Mapping the Social is a joint project of universities and museums in Berlin. It explores museums as changing social spaces.

Team

The project is a cooperation between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Museumsforschung at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Research

The social role of museums is currently the subject of heated debates. With our research, we want to contribute to these debates and lay the foundations for a new joint university-museum research center in Berlin. The interdisciplinary project combines historical perspectives with empirical case studies and practical interventions. Four case studies, closely related to each other, examine:

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Digital Image Worlds

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Museums as laboratories

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Environments

Faces room 314 Museum für Asiatische Kunst Humbolt Forum Berlin photo Ranjamrittika Bhowmik All rights reserved1

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Affective spaces

News

Insights into our research, our activities, public relations and blog posts:

More Posts

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New Publication: Snails, time, data: On the politics of mass-digitization and the possibility of data drift

Article by Roos Hopman about mass-digitization of snail shells at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

07.10.2024

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Goddess Durga Unveiled: The Timeless Power of Emotion

The trailer for the upcoming film by Ranjamrittika Bhowmik

20.09.2024

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Studentische Publikation: Immersive Vermittlung von Gemälden

Eine Publikation über immersive Vermittlung von Gemälden durch den Einsatz von Virtual Reality

19.09.2024

Memory Guardians

Eröffnung: The Memory Guardians

Schaudepot Bastion Königin, Zitadelle Spandau Samstag, 10. August 2024, 18 Uhr

05.08.2024

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The Memory Guardians

Ein Film von Nnenna Onuoha

05.08.2024

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The Memory Guardians

A film by Nnenna Onuoha

05.08.2024