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What's on Offer?
Engaging Black and Minority Ethnic adult learners in museum and gallery education
| Date: | Thursday 20 September 2007 |
| Venue: | Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AQ |
| Ref: | C15-37/09/07 |
| Fee*: | £98 (includes lunch, tea/coffee) NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The conference will take place as part of the national commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade (200 years) and will broadly focus on including non-traditional learning in education programmes delivered from museums, libraries and archives. A subsidiary theme for the conference will be around black history and how this can be used as a touchstone to encourage non-traditional learners to participate in education programmes delivered from museums, libraries and archives.
The conference is a partnership event between NIACE and National Museums Liverpool and will take place in the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Participants will have an opportunity to take a guided tour around National Museums Liverpool’s new International Slavery Museum.
There will be a series of workshops delivered focusing on good practice in delivering learning programmes from museums and working in partnership. In addition, there will be exhibitors in the main exhibition area of the Maritime Museum as well as a number of market place presentations.
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Aims
 | To explore the unique potential that museums and galleries have, and how this could be harnessed to attract more black and minority ethnic adult learners |
| To take advantage of education programmes |
| To examine some of the reasons why adults from certain minority groups do not take advantage of museums and galleries |
| To commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade |
| To share best practice and network |
| To illustrate the importance and power of partnerships and how working effectively with community based organisations can be a good way to encourage and engage BME adults in museum and gallery education. |
What participants will get out of attending
| The opportunity to network, share best practice and participate in workshops |
| A guided tour around the new International Slavery Museum. |
How participants can use the information gained from the event when they get back to their institutions
The conference will centre on good and effective practice and there will be opportunities for participants to take ideas and resources back to their places of work. The conference will illustrate the power of museums as unique learning resources with artefacts and archival materials, which can stimulate an interest in learning, particularly with regard to family history and the development of communities, towns and cities.
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Audience
The event will be of particular interest to Museum, library and gallery educators, VCS, Local Authorities, MLA partnership staff, policy makers and various partnerships including those working with black and minority ethnic learners.
The conference will emphasize the importance of partnerships, particularly with the Voluntary Community Sector, Local Authorities, Colleges and universities, as such it will be appropriate for those engaged in adult education across all sectors. It will also be relevant for policy makers and those in organisations supporting adult education such as Connexions, JobcentrePlus, etc.
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Programme
| 09:15 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction to the
day from the Chair Lenford White, Development Officer - Race Equality, NIACE |
| 10:05 | Welcome David Fleming, Director, National Museums Liverpool |
| 10:15 | Keynote Address: Who do we
think we are? The importance of museums and archives in uncovering black history Sir Keith Ajegbo, Education Consultant and Trustee of the Stephen Lawrence Trust |
| 10:40 | Introducing the International
Slavery Museum Richard Benjamin, Head of International Slavery Museum |
| 10:55 | Questions to speakers including Chief Adelekan, Europe Vice President of the World Congress of Orisa Tradition & Culture |
| 11:05 | Tea/coffee break and tour around the International Slavery Museum |
| 12:05 | Regional good practice from
National Museums Liverpool and Manchester Museum (includes the ‘Engaging
Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ project) Claire Duffy, Head of Community Partnerships, National Museums Liverpool Paul Khan, Deputy Director of Visitor Services, National Museums Liverpool Gurdeep Thiara, Outreach Officer, Manchester Museum |
| 12:40 | Lunch and opportunity to see exhibitions |
| Voluntary and Community Sector perspectives | |
| 13:30 | L8: living home of
multicultural faith heritage Dr Matthew Thompson, Director, Liverpool Community Spirit |
| 13:45 | Why is this important within
the context of communities? Stephen Mulrooney, Project Manager, Dance Alive |
| 14:00 | Workshops 1. A showcase of activity co-ordinated by the MLA Partnership to engage BME adult learners in the cultural sector Natasha Innocent and Asif Khan, Museums, Libraries and Archives Partnership 2. Collective Conversations and Revealing Histories projects in Manchester Chief Adelekan, Europe Vice President of the World Congress of Orisa Tradition & Culture and Gurdeep Thiara, Outreach Officer, Manchester Museum 3. International Slavery Museum as a learning resource Diane Walsh, Learning Officer, and colleagues, National Museums Liverpool 4. Reminiscence and personal histories - encouraging BME participation in Museums Jackie Ross, Outreach Officer for Older People and Claire Duffy Head of Community Partnerships, National Museums Liverpool |
| 15:15 | Workshop feedback and plenary session |
| 15:45 | Close of conference |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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