MeLa Critical Archive at Venice Biennale
A two-day event on 23-24 November 2014 will be dedicated to the launch of the MeLa Critical Archive, promoted within the 14th International Biennale Architecture Exhibition.
The MeLa Critical Archive is a digital platform aimed at cohering, conveying and sharing the interdisciplinary investigations produced within the European Museums in an Age of Migrations (MeLa), a four-year long Research Project funded in 2011 by the European Commission under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Seventh Framework Programme. Adopting the notion of ‘migration’ as a paradigm of the contemporary global and multicultural world, MeLa reflected on the role of museums and heritage in the twenty-first century. Dr Perla Innocenti is Principal Investigator in MeLa for CCA, University of Glasgow and leader of the research team on cultural networking and cultural policies.
The MeLa Critical Archive is both an online repository of selected research results, a multifunction dissemination tool drawing together key research insights, and a research instrument opening further perspectives. Contents, architecture and implementation of the MeLa Critical Archive will be presented through an interactive exhibition in the Venice Biennale's Padiglione Centrale (Sala F) on 22nd and 23rd November 2014.
The following scholars involved within the MeLa Project will be available to present and discuss research results: Luca Basso Peressut POLIMI, Gennaro Postiglione POLIMI, Francesca Lanz POLIMI, Elena Montanari POLIMI, Walsh Victoria RCA, Perla Innocenti GU, Muñoz Maite MACBA, Lupo Eleonora POLIMI, Whitehead Chris UNEW, Galangau-Quérat Fabienne MNHN, Bak Jacob CIID, Descure Catherine CIID.
