Getting started with intercultural dialogue perspectives from Hungary Avviare il dialogo intercultur

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Getting started with intercultural dialogue -
perspectives from HungaryAvviare il dialogo
interculturale prospettive nei musei
ungheresi

• Aniko Korenchy-Misz, Fondazione Musei e
  Visitatori, Ungheria

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Content

• Understanding and misunderstanding cultural
  dialogue
• A few initiatives for intercultural projects
• When dialogue becomes a principle

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Worlds of Children / Kinderwelten /
Gyermekvilágok
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Project partners

• Vasi Múzeumbarát Egylet (Friends of Museums in
  Vas County)
• Ethnographic Department of Savaria Múzeum
• Das Literaturhaus Mattersburg (Mattersburg,
  Austria)
• Burgenländisches Geschichte(n)haus (Bildein,
  Austria)
• Andreas Lehner ArtProjects

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Participants

• Students of age 12-17

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Actions

• Visits and workshops in different museums on both
  sides of the border
• Research on intangible heritage connected to
  objects
• Collection of objects in childrens room for a
  temporary exhibition
• Documenting and presenting the collected objects

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Actions

• Collection of more objects and related stories in
  Hungary
• Organization of temporary exhibition
• - in the shape of a board game
• - no labels, only codes
• -touch-screen for stories
• - touched personally
• (It meant childhood experiences and memories for
  adults, and wonder for modern kids. Its not a
  museum but a part of our life, that is why we
  were touched so much!)

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www.muzeumbarat.hu/gyermekvilagok.htmlor
Péter Illésillesp_at_freemail.hu and Kálmán
Tóthtitkar_at_muzeumbarat.hu

• More information

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Baranya County Museums

• Dialogue between experts
• Joint cross-border exhibitions
• International Projects (Grundtvig, Interreg etc.)
• More info Judit W. Müller jpm_at_jpm.hu

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Where dialogue becomes a principle Hungarian
Open Air Museum, Szentendre

• Preserves, relocates and reconstructs buildings
  to be demolished
• Collecting and presenting objects related to
  buildings (and lifestyle behind)
• Maintains an active relationship with the
  communities
• Presents their culture to a wider audience

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Preservation of values building communities

• Kisalföld regional unit St. Annes Day
  celebration people from Jánossomorja
• 2005 Péter Korniss photos for the National
  Geographic magazine.

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Local heritage common pride

• Southern Transdanubian region (Not guests but
  hosts)

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Lost values preserving memories

• Jewish life in the Upland Market Town
• Social networking paralel with research
• Active participation in opening ceremony

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Questions and Remarks?

• Thank you for your attention!