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PROGRAMME

09.30 Registration

10.00 Opening Remarks - Dundee, Patrick Geddes & Museum Ideas (Matthew Jarron, Museum Services, University of Dundee)

10.15 Session 1: Interaction & the Visitor

Interpretation, Representation and Difference: Philosophy and the Museum (Beth Lord, Department of Philosophy, University of Dundee)

How do we Recognise Interactivity? (Craig Smith, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

11.15 Refreshments

11.40 Session 2: National & Universal Museums

'A Continuous Process of Reinterpretation': the Challenge of the Universal and Rational Museum (Neil Curtis, Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen)

Tradition-Constituted Enquiry: Museums and how they Educate (Jenifer Booth, Department of Philosophy, University of Dundee)

Reconstructed Visions: the philosophies that shaped part of the Scottish national collections (Geoff Swinney, National Museums of Scotland)

13.00 Lunch (not provided)

14.00 Session 3: Space, Time & the Museum

Museums, Curators & the Nature of Artwork (Sherri Irvin, Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa)

Dreams of Eternity: Collections and the Idea of Permanence (Ylva Player-Dahnsjo, Conservation Studio, University of Dundee)

Museums & Restlessness (Jean-Paul Martinon, Museum Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

15.20 Refreshments

15.45 Session 4: Plenary Lecture

Towards a New Epistemology for Museums (Mark O'Neill, Glasgow Museums)

Discussion

Closing Remarks (Beth Lord, Department of Philosophy, University of Dundee)

Ends 17.30

The event was a huge success and we have now published several of the papers in a special issue of the journal Museum Management & Curatorship. Click here for more details!

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