MeLa
Museums and Libraries in/of the Age of Migrations

MeLa is a four year long research project funded by the European Commission under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme (Seventh Framework Programme). The Project moves from the European call Reinterpreting Europe’s cultural heritage: towards 21st century libraries and museums? and aims to define new strategies for museums and libraries in a context characterized by a continuous migration of people and ideas.
MeLa reflects on the role of museums and libraries with an interdisciplinary approach, facing with several complex and crucial issues as history, socio-cultural and national identity, the use of new technologies and, last but not least, exhibition design and museography. The Project therefore involves 9 European partners, including different universities, two Museums, a research institute and a small enterprise, chosen for their specific competences and skills in the fields of the research. The main objective of MeLa is to achieve a relevant knowledge advancement; to reach its goal the MeLa Project will exploit and develop different research actions and tools including both innovative ones – as ‘Think Tank’ modules and ‘Research by Art’ – and traditional ones – as Desk Research and Call for Papers.
At the end of the research project some Guide Lines will be developed, tested by a Design Application, and collected in a Guide Lines Handbook conceived to support the museums and libraries community, practitioners, experts and policymakers in developing mission and forms of Museums and Libraries in the “age of migrations”.

Location

Europe

Disciplines

• Library and Museum Studies
• Architecture and Design

Website

http://www.mela-project.eu