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No full textWelcome to issue 27 of Museological Review, ‘What if we could trust the ground under our feet? Museums as places of rootedness and response-ability’.
When we chose to consider the question for which this edition is titled, we had no idea just how much more urgent it would become in the intervening months. The continued rise in far-right ideology and nationalisms; the repeal of rights once thought to have been decisively realised; the growing wealth disparity and instability of economic circumstances; the continued spectre of health crises like COVID-19: all of this, and so much more, has led us back to the question of care time and time again.
Each entry within this journal asks this question in some way or another. How are museums recomposing the commons, engaging in the kind of place-making that can make it possible to trust the ground under our feet
(Un)Learn Museum Architecture – A Critical Examination Of Museum Architecture Regarding The New Icom Definition* Of 2022
No full textAlthough the architecture of museums often radiates dominance and power, the spatial aspect is frequently neglected in the current critical debate on museums. This contribution illustrates in different ways a critical look on museum architecture – regarding the latest museum definition of the International Council of Museum (ICOM) from 2022. The concept of (un)learning – discarding old structures or rethinking them – therefore takes a central position to develop transformative, spatial conditions for museum architecture. They are later applied to two museums from North-Rhine-Westfalia – the Museum Abteiberg and the Kunstmuseum Bochum. This work shows on the one hand the potential of spatial interventions in a process of change and on the other hand wants to encourage the reader to question the extent to which these spatial and institutional boundaries can be overcome.
Keywords: museum architecture, (un)learn, ICOM museum definition, spatial interventions, institutional critiqu
To Counter-Colonise Brazilian History Instead Of Decolonising It: On The Problematics Around Decolonisation In Museological Exhibitions
No full textAn observation from the perspective of Social and Experimental Museology on the interventions carried out in the long-term exhibitions at the Museu Histórico Nacional in Rio de Janeiro as part of the project “Decolonial Brazil: Other Stories.” This article analyses the agents involved in the project, the history and context in which the national museum is situated, and introduces Nêgo Bispo's concept of ‘Counter-colonisation’ to highlight museological processes as tools for questioning the past and experimenting in the present.
Keywords: Museology; Brazilian History; Decolonialism; Experimental-Museology; Counter-Colonisatio
Rootedness: Exploring The Role Of Collaboration In Contemporary Art In India
No full textCollaboration is the key to the creative future of South Asian Art. Artists create a sense of belonging by transforming spaces, through representation, and by helping to nurture healthy, vibrant, and joyful communities where people feel welcome. This paper reviews my teaching experience in Fall 2024 at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, in Bangaluru, South India titled: Collaborative Curating: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches, and its 3 group-curated exhibitions that challenge highly politicised subjects such as caste, free speech, and environmental degradation. These three exhibitions serve as case studies for three curatorial approaches: authoritarian, friendship-based, and antagonistic. All of them were most productive for rootedness and belonging.
Keywords: Indian contemporary art, artistic collaboration, rootedness, curating, graduate art education
National Museums and Their Societal Roles: A Case Study of Finland and Japan
No full textIn this article I focuses on museum professionals in Finnish and Japanese national museums within the context of current social and cultural sustainability discourses, who face an increased responsibility to democratize museum narratives and acknowledge inconvenient histories and the ongoing coloniality of the institutions and repatriation of cultural insignia. The interviews shed light on how they view the roles of museums today and how they are reacting to this ever-increasing responsibility. Despite facing different struggles, the interviewees in Finland and Japan revealed that they are, indeed rebuilding the museum’s identity to meet current needs, targeting diversity and democratizing the narratives to open broader conversations within the museums and beyond
P5 1 NASLEV
No full textWe have designed a theoretical mag-lev NASCAR to see how it would compete on several NASCARtracks. Our car performed poorly compared to NASCAR records on each track, due to the cen-tripetal acceleration being the result of the incline of the banked turns on NASCAR tracks. Thecars performance could be drastically improved by including a turning mechanism similar to onesmag-lev trains have
P3 1 Looking for the nuclear needle in the ocean
No full textUsing the interaction of reverse beta decay antineutrino reaction with protons, we determined theradii of a range of detectors for nuclear submarines to be used varied by the count rate of detectionof antineutrinos and the range of which we aim to detect them. Range 50km, rate of 1/s there isdetector radius of 4453.68m. Range of 50km, rate of 1/5s detector radius is 2604.54m. Range of10km and rate of 1/s detector radius is 1523.14m
A4 4 Lightning McQueen Vs NASCAR: A Physics Comparison
No full textPixar’s Cars portrays Lightning McQueen as a prominent competitor in the fictitious Piston Cup, an obvious parody of NASCAR racing. This analysis compares McQueen’s car to a real NASCAR stock car, focusing on aerodynamics, banked cornering dynamics, and slipstreaming. McQueen’s cartoon streamlined form likely reduces drag, enhancing his drafting and “slingshot” manoeuvre, but limited downforce would limit his cornering speeds
P2 4 πυρ
No full textIn this paper we investigate the properties known of Greek fire and determine a pressure requiredto launch a possible substance 15 m, as it was used in close quarters naval engagements. We finda pressure difference to be 60 kPa above atmospheric pressure, well within the capabilities of thetechnology the Byzantines had access to
P4 5 No Mr Bond: I expect you to Die!
No full textWe investigate the laser used in the 1964 film Goldfinger, during the scene of James Bond tied tothe table, watching a laser cut through gold. We find that to completely vaporise the gold in thisfashion, it would correspond to a laser power of approximately 27.6 kW, which is possible by thelasers of the time. We also consider that the actual requirement to vaporise gold in this way issignificantly affected by thermal conduction and the reflectivity of the gold surface