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Museum Co-Operation 2017 Co-Operation Museum Museum Co-operation 2017 Museum Co-operation 2017 Newsletter of the Museums and Community Development Course Steering Committee Newsletter of the Museums and Community Development Course International Museology Course National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Museum Co-operation 2017 Newsletter of the Museums and Community Development Course Steering Committee International Museology Course National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Museum Co-operation 2017 Newsletter of the Museums and Community Development Course General Editors Mitsuhiro SHINMEN Motoi SUZUKI Akiko SUGASE Published by the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511, Japan ©2017 by the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Contents 6 Preface Mitsuhiro SHINMEN, National Museum of Ethnology 8 Introduction and Acknowledgements Kansai International Center, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 8 Organizing / Steering Committee, Consulting Members 9 Curriculum 2017 10 Program 2017 14 List of Participants 2017 15 Public Forum: Museums in the World 2017 17 MUBIANA Precious Lusaka National Museum 20 SHALWINDI Choolwe National Museums Board Livingstone Museum 22 WULEP Kaitipsal National Museum of Vanuatu 28 ˙IVGI˙N ˙Ilkay Directorate of Regional Laboratory for Restoration and Conservation, In Ankara 32 FIGARO Natasha Fiona Seychelles National Museum of History: Treasuring Our Culture 36 TUMAMA Matauaina Christina Lakena National Museum of Samoa 39 WAUNDU Tiko Papua New Guinea National Museum & Art Gallery 44 AL MSHAILH Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim Petra Archaeology Museum 48 ALI Gehad Shawky Ibrahem The Cairo Egyptian Museum 54 HAKOBYAN Aleta Komitas Museum-Institute 59 Specialized Program 70 Records of Study Trips and Visits 83 Voice of Participants 91 Closing Ceremony Speech December 14, 2017 MUBIANA Precious 92 Number of Past Participants by Country and Region We are from GREENLANDGREENLAND ICELANDICELAND FINLANDFINLAND SWEDENSWEDEN RUSSIARUSSIA NORWANOY RWAY CANADACANADA ES ES TONIA TONIA LATVIA LATVIA LITHUANIALITHUANIA DENMARKDENMARKRUSSIA RUSSIA UNITEDUNITED KINGDOMKINGDOM IRELANDIRELAND BELORUSSIABELORUSSIA NETHERLANDSNETHERLANDSPOLANDPOLAND GERMANYGERMANY BELGIUMBELGIUM CZECH CZECH LUXEMBOURGLUXEMBOURGREP. 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UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN AUSTRIA FRANCE MOLDOVA SWITZERLAND HUNGARY MONGOLIA ROMANIA ATIA SLOVENIACRO YUGOSLAVIA ARMENIA ANDORRA BULGARIA GEORGIA ITALY (アルメニア)UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN PORTUGAL SPAIN AZERBAIJAN NORTH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALBANIATURKEY ★ KOREA GREECE TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN TURKEY (トルコ) IRAN IRAQ SOUTH TUNISIA CYPRUS★ SYRIA KOREA LEBANON JORDANAFGHANISTAN CHINA JAPAN MOROCCO ISRAEL ★ (ヨルダン) (日本) ALGERIA PAKISTAN NEPAL LIBYA ★ BHUTAN WESTERN SAHARA EGYPT QATAR UNITED INDIA BANGLADESH TAIWAN CUBA ARAB MEXICO DOMINICAN ( エジプト) EMIRATES HONG KONG REPUBLIC SAUDI HAITI MAURITANIA ARABIA LAOS JAMAICA PUERTO OMAN BELIZE RICO MALI NIGER ERITREA GUATEMALA HONDURAS SENEGAL CHAD YEMEN THAILAND VIETNAM EL SALVADOR GAMBIA BURKINA SUDAN FASO PHILIPPINES NICARAGUA TRINIDAD & GUINEA-BISSAU CAMBODIA TOBAGO GUINEA COSTA RICA NIGERIA SIERRA LEONE IVORY CENTRAL PANAMA ANA ETHIOPIA VENEZUELA COAST AFRICAN SRI LANKA GUY LIBERIA REPUBLIC SURINAME CAMEROON BRUNEI FRENCH GUIANA OGO GHANAT SOMALIA COLOMBIA BENIN MALAYSIA GALAPAGOS EQUATORIAL SEYCHELLES PAPUA NEW GUINEA ISLANDS GUINEA CONGO UGANDA GABON ZAIRE KENYA ECUADOR RWANDA ( セ イシェル ) (パプアニューギニア) BURUNDI ★ ★ PAPUA TANZANIA INDONESIA NEW GUINEA ZAMBIA SOLOMON BRAZIL ISLANDS ANGOLA(ザンビア) MALAWI SAMOA ZAMBIA★ VANUATU BOLIVIA MOZAMBIQUE (バヌアツ)VANUATU (サモア) ZIMBABWE MAURITIUS NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR RÉUNION ★ ★ PARAGUAY BOTSWANA NEW CALEDONIA SWAZILAND AUSTRALIA CHILE SOUTH LESOTHO AFRICA URUGUAY ARGENTINA NEW ZEALAND FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS SOUTH GEORGIA (FALKLAND/MALVINAS) Preface It is with great pleasure that we send you this newsletter describing the Museums and Community Development 2017 course. The course was held from September 28 to December 15, mainly at the National Museum of Ethnology and Lake Biwa Museum. This year saw cura- tors and museum professionals joining the course from Armenia, Egypt, Jordan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Turkey, Vanuatu, and Zambia. This program started in 1994 as the Museum Technology Course orga- nized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In 2004 it embarked on a fresh start under a new title, the Intensive Course on Museology, run by the National Museum of Ethnology together with Lake Biwa Museum, with full financial support from JICA. In 2009, the course was redesigned to facilitate more effective dissemination of what participants learned to their home-country organizations. In 2012, the title was changed once again, to Comprehensive Museology, while the contents and the curric- ulum were also further strengthened. During its 24-year history, 222 participants (249 including observers) from 60 countries and regions have completed the course and returned home to contribute to the activities of museums in the countries from which they came. The mission of this course has a number of aspects. Its primary objective is to provide participants with the general and fundamental knowledge and skills they need to work as museum professionals. A secondary objective is to share experience and knowledge stemming from the history of museum activities in Japan. We are very gratified to see that all of the participants have benefited from what was offered through the various programs included in the course. As you will see from the reports here, the participants had many opportunities to attend lectures by experts from a variety of fields and also to visit numerous museums and cultural sites throughout Japan. They were also able to participate in optional specialized training courses selected according to their own interests. Thirdly, this course aims to serve as a plat- form for participants, a space where they are free to share their own experi- ences and the knowledge they have acquired through their careers as museum professionals in their home countries. It goes without saying that we the Japanese staff share this platform with them, participating in the discussion and learning from the participants. As you already know, this course is far from being just a training course for 6 museum professionals. Rather, it is a kind of international symposium or forum lasting for three months, during which participants can share their experiences, knowledge, and views.
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