We are pleased to offer the following 6-day immersion session on MEMORY AND NARRATIVE IN THE MUSEUM for professionals working with museums and related organizations, cultural or community facilities. Please contact us if you wish any further information on this exciting new session offered on the University of Victoria campus or visit our website at http://www.uncs.uvic.ca/crmp

Lisa Mort-Putland
Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria

MEMORY AND NARRATIVE IN THE MUSEUM
September 24 - 29, 2001 with Roberta Kremer, Ph.D.
Offered by the Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria

Oral histories can provide a powerful and evocative means of capturing and reflecting community memories and perspectives within the museum context. This new course focuses on the complex, often sensitive process of documenting historical and cultural memories through personal accounts and incorporating these narratives in curatorial and educational practice. You will strengthen your understanding of:

• a range of narrative structures, including stories, testimonies, oral histories
• the teller's perspective and rights
• The role of narrative in the museum context
• issues of truth, distortion and authenticity
• ethical, legal, ownership and copyright issues
• interviewing, recording and documentation procedures
• exhibition and public programming strategies
• managing oral history collections

Instructor: Roberta Kremer, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Dates: September 24 - 29, 2001 plus a preparatory assignment
Fee: $560 (Canadian funds, credit or non-credit options)

Travel: Victoria is easily accessible by air or ferry from the ports of Vancouver and Seattle. Check with airlines for direct flights to Victoria.

Accommodation: Program staff are pleased to provide information on local B&B. hotel and on-campus accommodation options

For more information, please use the contact information below.