museums AS climate ACTION
introduction
Glasgow Science Centre
(exhibition venue)
In the lead-up to COP26, we invite concept and design proposals that radically reimagine the museum as an institution to help shape meaningful climate action. We want to explore how rethinking the design, purpose and experience of museums can help society make the deep, transformative changes needed to achieve a net-zero or zero-carbon world. Eight competition winners will be awarded £2500 each to develop their ideas for an exhibition at Glasgow Science Centre ahead of and during COP26.
As the world confronts a global pandemic that is impacting on all aspects of social, cultural and economic life, many of the certainties we may have had about the future seem less concrete. While thousands of museums around the world remain closed, new forms of engagement and experimentation have emerged to rethink the relationship between museums and society. Alongside a profound sense of loss and insecurity, there is hope: hope that the multitude of ways in which communities globally have responded to COVID-19 might inspire new forms of radical action to address the climate and ecological emergency.
In this moment, it is particularly important to consider the unique capacities of museums to shape more just and sustainable futures.
what can museums be?
design challenge
This competition invites you to think about how new approaches to the design, organisation and experience of museums can amplify and accelerate climate action in diverse contexts and at various scales, enabling museums and society to move farther, faster, together to a net-zero or zero-carbon future.
Museums come in many different shapes and sizes. Rather than focus on a specific location or type of museum, we invite proposals that unsettle and subvert the very foundations of museological thinking to support and encourage meaningful climate action. You can locate your museum anywhere, or suggest an approach that is not tied to a specific place. We invite design and concept proposals that are radically different from the ‘traditional’ museum, or that explore new ways for traditional museums to operate. Your response can address any aspect of museum design and activity, and the ideas can be as fantastical or as grounded as you see fit. We are not looking to judge proposals on their feasibility, but on the extent to which they reimagine the museum to bring about more equitable and sustainable futures in the climate change era.
In line with the core aims of the Glasgow Science Centre, we particularly welcome proposals that address the following two priority themes:
climate justice
Those who have contributed least to the problem of climate change will suffer most from its impacts, both within and between countries. This is simply unfair. Climate change multiplies a range of social issues, driving up inequality and misery. Climate justice calls for a recognition of the principle of sustainability, that future generations’ abilities to meet their needs and live their lives should not be compromised by the activities of the present generation. Climate justice is about rights – yours, ours, everyone’s, and the rights of nature and other species. How can museums build, enhance and strengthen climate justice, in their own places, in broader society, and across the world?
green futures
How can the relationship between society, the environment and the economy be rebalanced so that human wealth is not created at the cost of the destruction of nature and the environment on which we all depend? How can museums help society decouple economic growth from environmental destruction? How can they help reverse the trends of extinctions, habitat destruction and resource depletion, and become net producers of positive environmental value as well as social value? How can museums help redefine ‘wealth’ or prosperity to include Planetary Health and One Health perspectives, which acknowledge that healthy humans require a healthy planet? How can they empower people to imagine and work towards a healthier and more just future by demonstrating the positive impact that living more sustainably can bring to individual lives?
CLIMATE CONTEXT
the UNFCCC & the Paris agreement
▼In 1992, the world’s governments committed to address the rapidly growing threat of global climate change by adopting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention came into force in 1994.[1] The Paris Agreement of 2015 saw its signatories agree “to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”[2]
[1] https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-convention/what-is-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change [2] https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreementsustainable development goals
▲The year 2015 also saw the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, the most ambitious programme ever to secure a sustainable future. The Sustainable Development Goals are strongly linked to activity for the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.[1]
[1] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300COP26
▲Since the UNFCCC came into force in 1994, governments and their representatives have met twice a year to monitor progress, evaluate what further action is needed, and agree programmes of activity to combat climate change. The main meeting is usually held in November or December. This meeting is often referred to as the ‘COP’, which means the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (Parties are the countries that are signed up to the Framework Convention). As the first COP was held in 1994, the next COP will be COP26, and it will be held in Glasgow in 2021.
action for climate empowerment
▲The Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement both recognise the crucial importance of involving the public in climate action. They both specify the importance of public education, training of key groups of staff, public awareness campaigns, public participation in climate change decision making, public access to information relating to science and policy regarding climate change, and international co-operation. These six areas are known informally as Action for Climate Empowerment, or ACE.[1]
[1] https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-action-for-climate-empowerment
museums and climate change
Museums have been defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) as follows: “A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.” For the purposes of this competition, we consider a museum to include all forms of natural, cultural and biosocial collections and associated institutions, including, but not limited to, social, historical and cultural museums, biobanks, zoos, art galleries, botanical gardens, herbaria, outdoor museums, and so on.
We encourage applicants to explore the usefulness or otherwise of this definition in the context of climate change, and to examine the very framework of the museum as a specific type of institution. What can museums be? What do they need to be? How can they liberate and leverage their fullest potential to create the future we want? How do they impede climate action? How can they collaborate more effectively with one another, with other sectors, and with wider society to realise positive climate action? How might new forms of museum architecture, interpretation and experience bridge the divide between nature and culture? How will existing and future natural, cultural and biocultural collections resource future worlds? What would a non-anthropocentric museum look like?
We believe that every museum can play a vital part in the shift to a low-carbon future. Recent years have seen an increasing number of initiatives focused on climate change across science, art, natural history and ethnographic museums, with exhibitions, events, festivals, and national and international partnerships aimed at raising awareness and shifting narratives. New forms of activist-led museum have emerged to confront the causes and consequences of climate change. Some museums have made public declarations of their intentions to reduce their carbon footprints and contribute to climate action, and activist groups have challenged museum practice, for example around sponsorship from fossil fuel companies.
Read the full brief for more on the climate context.
All you need to know to participate
how to enter
The competition is free to enter and open to anyone over the age of 18. Submissions can be made by individuals or small teams.
To enter, please provide the following as a single PDF, (file size no more than 10MB)
- 1-page description (500 words max) outlining your concept. This should explain how your proposal seeks to radically transform the museum in an era of rapid climate change.
- 2-page visuals. Concept drawings, sketches, photographs, contextual images and explanatory diagrams should be used to show: (a) the design concept itself; and (b) how you intend to represent this within the final exhibition. For the latter we are open to various modes of display, including design drawings, 3D visualisations, films, VR and AR environments, scale models, sound works and photographs.
- 1-page on the team or individual(s) submitting. This may take the form of short bios (150 words max) for any individuals involved, or a description of the group as a whole.
Language of submissions should, where possible, be English. If you are unable to submit your entry in English but would nonetheless like to be considered for the competition, please include this information in your expression of interest email and we will try to make arrangements for the entry to be translated. We will evaluate each such request on a case by case basis.
registration deadline: 31 july 2020
submission deadline: 15 sept 2020
The consideration process
After this date the jury will convene to select eight finalists (individuals or teams) who will be invited to develop their proposals for display at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2021. The exhibition will provide resources, ideas and inspiration for museum professionals, policy makers and the wider public to think differently about the purpose of museums in times of change and uncertainty.
The development process
Finalists will each receive £2500 to develop their ideas for the exhibition. This money can go towards materials, staff time, digital resources, or any combination of the above. The finalists will work with the competition team and exhibition designers to present their proposals in an appropriate format, and to assist with the exhibition installation.
meet the jury
Asher Minns
Executive Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the University of East Anglia
Asher Minns is a science communicator who specialises in engagement with climate change and other global change research to audiences outside of academia. He has over two decades in practice, and is also the Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Janene Natasha Yazzie
International Indian Treaty Council
Janene Yazzie is the Sustainable Development Program Coordinator for IITC and represents the organisation as the Co-Convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development. She coordinates the development of rights-based approaches for Climate Action.
Dr Jenny Newell
Manager, Climate Change Projects, Australian Museum, Sydney
Jenny works on increasing public engagement in climate solutions, locally and internationally, through the medium of museums. She runs the Museums & Climate Change Network.
Kavita SiNgh
Professor of Art History, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Kavita Singh’s teaching and research focus on the history of Indian painting and the history and politics of museums.
Kristine Zaidi
Strategic Lead for Literature, Languages and Area Studies, AHRC
Kristine Zaidi is Associate Director of Programmes at the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and a member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) COP26 working group. She has particular responsibilities for: Strategy, Impact and Evaluation; Research in the areas of Heritage, History, Literature and Languages; and Research in the areas of Health and Environmental Humanities.
Lucia PietroiustI
Curator of General Ecology, Serpentine Galleries
Lucia Pietroiusti is Curator of General Ecology at the Serpentine Galleries, London. Her work focuses on art, complexity, plants, animism and the environment.
Miranda K.S. Massie
Director, Climate Museum
Our work at the Climate Museum is dedicated to inspiring climate progress by inviting visitors to build community, make meaning, and take action together.
Peg Rawes
Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Peg Rawes’s teaching and research focuses on architectural and artistic practices which engage with ecological, social, political and wellbeing issues. Her publications include: Architectural Relational Ecologies (2013), Equal By Design (2016) and Poetic Biopolitics (2016).
EXHIBITION VENUE & INFORMATION
Eight competition winners will be invited to develop their proposals for display at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2021, in an exhibition to be held ahead of and during COP26. The exhibition will provide resources, ideas and inspiration for museum professionals, policy makers and the wider public to think differently about the purpose of museums in times of change and uncertainty. The finalists will work with the competition team and exhibition designers to present their proposals in an appropriate format. We hope there will be opportunities for finalists to contribute to public events through talks and workshops, whether virtually or in person.
Key DatEs
competition live: 18 may 2020
registration deadline: 31 july 2020
submission deadline: 15 sept 2020
winners announced: 8 oct 2020
exhibition opens: march 2021*
*Subject to change
dependent on
rescheduled COP26 dates
THE TEAM BEHIND THE COMPETITION
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area team – led by Rodney Harrison, Professor of Heritage Studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology – works with the AHRC/ UKRI, the heritage research community, and national and international heritage partner organisations, to draw together and stimulate the development of a wide range of research across the arts and humanities that makes an important contribution to understanding heritage. We take an expansive view of this field, and aim to encourage work that highlights intersections between natural and cultural heritage, and key global challenges.
rodney-harrison.com
heritage-research.org
The AHRC Heritage Priority Area’s work on the design competition is undertaken in partnership with Colin Sterling as part of his own AHRC-funded leadership fellowship project New Trajectories in Curatorial Experience Design, and Henry McGhie, founder of Curating Tomorrow, a consultancy which aims to help maximise the contribution that museums, the heritage sector and other organisations and sectors make to support a thriving society, economy and environment.
experience-design.co.uk
curatingtomorrow.co.uk
Glasgow Science Centre is one of Scotland’s most popular visitor attractions. It is an educational charity that inspires and motivates people to engage with science. Its vision is a Scotland where all people feel empowered through learning and engagement with science to make positive differences in their lives, their communities and to society as a whole. Glasgow Science Centre’s values are to strive for excellence, to be inclusive, innovative and collaborative. Glasgow Science Centre is for all ages, genders, abilities and backgrounds. Its role is not to teach science, but to change the way that people feel and engage with science to build their social, cultural and science capital.
Frequently asked questions
FAQs
Q. How can I register for the competition?
To register for the competition you can simply click on the above email address (register@museumsforclimateaction.org). This will generate an automatic email pre-populated with a short set of questions. If you do not want to use this automated system please send a message to the same address answering the following questions.
Name (individual, company, studio or team):
Country in which you are currently based (if working across territories please state which):
Main contact email:
Secondary contact email (if applicable):
Contact telephone (including international dialling code):
Proposed language of submission:
How would you prefer the Competition Organisers to contact you, should they need to? Phone / email
Do you have any further special requirements or preferences, in terms of communicating with the Competition Organisers?
Q. Do I need to send the requested submission files to register?
No, to register you just need to send us responses to the above questions.
Q. Will you provide a registration number?
We will send out registration numbers when we have an idea of how many teams / individuals will be submitting. You will receive these after 31 July.
Q. What format do the submission files need to be in (e.g. page size)?
Submissions should be no more than four pages, and no larger than 10MB.
Page 1 - Description of concept (suggested size A4-A3);
Page 2 - Visuals for concept (suggested size A3-A2);
Page 3 - Visuals for how you would display this idea in an exhibition (suggested size A3-A2);
Page 4 - Bio or team description (suggested size A4-A3).
Q. How many people can be in a 'small team'?
We do not have a strict definition of a small team - it is simply to encourage people to collaborate with others inside and outside their own disciplines in developing their proposals. However, you should consider how you would work together in developing the concept for exhibition if you are successful. This may become tricky with more than say 4 people.
contact us
© 2020 Reimagining Museums for Climate Action
museums AS climate ACTION
introduction
In the lead-up to COP26, we invite concept and design proposals that radically reimagine the museum as an institution to help shape meaningful climate action. We want to explore how rethinking the design, purpose and experience of museums can help society make the deep, transformative changes needed to achieve a net-zero or zero-carbon world. Eight competition winners will be awarded £2500 each to develop their ideas for an exhibition at Glasgow Science Centre ahead of and during COP26.
As the world confronts a global pandemic that is impacting on all aspects of social, cultural and economic life, many of the certainties we may have had about the future seem less concrete. While thousands of museums around the world remain closed, new forms of engagement and experimentation have emerged to rethink the relationship between museums and society. Alongside a profound sense of loss and insecurity, there is hope: hope that the multitude of ways in which communities globally have responded to COVID-19 might inspire new forms of radical action to address the climate and ecological emergency.
In this moment, it is particularly important to consider the unique capacities of museums to shape more just and sustainable futures.
Glasgow Science Centre
(exhibition venue)
what can museums be?
design challenge
This competition invites you to think about how new approaches to the design, organisation and experience of museums can amplify and accelerate climate action in diverse contexts and at various scales, enabling museums and society to move farther, faster, together to a net-zero or zero-carbon future.
Museums come in many different shapes and sizes. Rather than focus on a specific location or type of museum, we invite proposals that unsettle and subvert the very foundations of museological thinking to support and encourage meaningful climate action. You can locate your museum anywhere, or suggest an approach that is not tied to a specific place. We invite design and concept proposals that are radically different from the ‘traditional’ museum, or that explore new ways for traditional museums to operate. Your response can address any aspect of museum design and activity, and the ideas can be as fantastical or as grounded as you see fit. We are not looking to judge proposals on their feasibility, but on the extent to which they reimagine the museum to bring about more equitable and sustainable futures in the climate change era.
In line with the core aims of the Glasgow Science Centre, we particularly welcome proposals that address the following two priority themes:
climate justice
Those who have contributed least to the problem of climate change will suffer most from its impacts, both within and between countries. This is simply unfair. Climate change multiplies a range of social issues, driving up inequality and misery. Climate justice calls for a recognition of the principle of sustainability, that future generations’ abilities to meet their needs and live their lives should not be compromised by the activities of the present generation. Climate justice is about rights – yours, ours, everyone’s, and the rights of nature and other species. How can museums build, enhance and strengthen climate justice, in their own places, in broader society, and across the world?
green futures
How can the relationship between society, the environment and the economy be rebalanced so that human wealth is not created at the cost of the destruction of nature and the environment on which we all depend? How can museums help society decouple economic growth from environmental destruction? How can they help reverse the trends of extinctions, habitat destruction and resource depletion, and become net producers of positive environmental value as well as social value? How can museums help redefine ‘wealth’ or prosperity to include Planetary Health and One Health perspectives, which acknowledge that healthy humans require a healthy planet? How can they empower people to imagine and work towards a healthier and more just future by demonstrating the positive impact that living more sustainably can bring to individual lives?
CLIMATE CONTEXT
the UNFCCC & the Paris agreement
▼In 1992, the world’s governments committed to address the rapidly growing threat of global climate change by adopting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention came into force in 1994.[1] The Paris Agreement of 2015 saw its signatories agree “to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”[2]
[1] https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-convention/what-is-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change [2] https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreementsustainable development goals
▲The year 2015 also saw the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, the most ambitious programme ever to secure a sustainable future. The Sustainable Development Goals are strongly linked to activity for the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.[1]
[1] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300COP26
▲Since the UNFCCC came into force in 1994, governments and their representatives have met twice a year to monitor progress, evaluate what further action is needed, and agree programmes of activity to combat climate change. The main meeting is usually held in November or December. This meeting is often referred to as the ‘COP’, which means the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (Parties are the countries that are signed up to the Framework Convention). As the first COP was held in 1994, the next COP will be COP26, and it will be held in Glasgow in 2021.
action for climate empowerment
▲The Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement both recognise the crucial importance of involving the public in climate action. They both specify the importance of public education, training of key groups of staff, public awareness campaigns, public participation in climate change decision making, public access to information relating to science and policy regarding climate change, and international co-operation. These six areas are known informally as Action for Climate Empowerment, or ACE.[1]
[1] https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-action-for-climate-empowerment
museums and climate change
Museums have been defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) as follows: “A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.” For the purposes of this competition, we consider a museum to include all forms of natural, cultural and biosocial collections and associated institutions, including, but not limited to, social, historical and cultural museums, biobanks, zoos, art galleries, botanical gardens, herbaria, outdoor museums, and so on.
We encourage applicants to explore the usefulness or otherwise of this definition in the context of climate change, and to examine the very framework of the museum as a specific type of institution. What can museums be? What do they need to be? How can they liberate and leverage their fullest potential to create the future we want? How do they impede climate action? How can they collaborate more effectively with one another, with other sectors, and with wider society to realise positive climate action? How might new forms of museum architecture, interpretation and experience bridge the divide between nature and culture? How will existing and future natural, cultural and biocultural collections resource future worlds? What would a non-anthropocentric museum look like?
We believe that every museum can play a vital part in the shift to a low-carbon future. Recent years have seen an increasing number of initiatives focused on climate change across science, art, natural history and ethnographic museums, with exhibitions, events, festivals, and national and international partnerships aimed at raising awareness and shifting narratives. New forms of activist-led museum have emerged to confront the causes and consequences of climate change. Some museums have made public declarations of their intentions to reduce their carbon footprints and contribute to climate action, and activist groups have challenged museum practice, for example around sponsorship from fossil fuel companies.
Read the full brief for more on the climate context.
All you need to know to participate
how to enter
The competition is free to enter and open to anyone over the age of 18. Submissions can be made by individuals or small teams.
To enter, please provide the following as a single PDF, (file size no more than 10MB)
- 1-page description (500 words max) outlining your concept. This should explain how your proposal seeks to radically transform the museum in an era of rapid climate change.
- 2-page visuals. Concept drawings, sketches, photographs, contextual images and explanatory diagrams should be used to show: (a) the design concept itself; and (b) how you intend to represent this within the final exhibition. For the latter we are open to various modes of display, including design drawings, 3D visualisations, films, VR and AR environments, scale models, sound works and photographs.
- 1-page on the team or individual(s) submitting. This may take the form of short bios (150 words max) for any individuals involved, or a description of the group as a whole.
Language of submissions should, where possible, be English. If you are unable to submit your entry in English but would nonetheless like to be considered for the competition, please include this information in your expression of interest email and we will try to make arrangements for the entry to be translated. We will evaluate each such request on a case by case basis.
registration deadline: 31 july 2020
submission deadline: 15 sept 2020
The consideration process
After this date the jury will convene to select eight finalists (individuals or teams) who will be invited to develop their proposals for display at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2021. The exhibition will provide resources, ideas and inspiration for museum professionals, policy makers and the wider public to think differently about the purpose of museums in times of change and uncertainty.
The development process
Finalists will each receive £2500 to develop their ideas for the exhibition. This money can go towards materials, staff time, digital resources, or any combination of the above. The finalists will work with the competition team and exhibition designers to present their proposals in an appropriate format, and to assist with the exhibition installation.
meet the jury
Asher Minns
Executive Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the University of East Anglia
Asher Minns is a science communicator who specialises in engagement with climate change and other global change research to audiences outside of academia. He has over two decades in practice, and is also the Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Janene Natasha Yazzie
International Indian Treaty Council
Janene Yazzie is the Sustainable Development Program Coordinator for IITC and represents the organisation as the Co-Convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development. She coordinates the development of rights-based approaches for Climate Action.
Dr Jenny Newell
Manager, Climate Change Projects, Australian Museum, Sydney
Jenny works on increasing public engagement in climate solutions, locally and internationally, through the medium of museums. She runs the Museums & Climate Change Network.
Kavita SiNgh
Professor of Art History, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Kavita Singh’s teaching and research focus on the history of Indian painting and the history and politics of museums.
Kristine Zaidi
Strategic Lead for Literature, Languages and Area Studies, AHRC
Kristine Zaidi is Associate Director of Programmes at the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and a member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) COP26 working group. She has particular responsibilities for: Strategy, Impact and Evaluation; Research in the areas of Heritage, History, Literature and Languages; and Research in the areas of Health and Environmental Humanities.
Lucia PietroiustI
Curator of General Ecology, Serpentine Galleries
Lucia Pietroiusti is Curator of General Ecology at the Serpentine Galleries, London. Her work focuses on art, complexity, plants, animism and the environment.
Miranda K.S. Massie
Director, Climate Museum
Our work at the Climate Museum is dedicated to inspiring climate progress by inviting visitors to build community, make meaning, and take action together.
Peg Rawes
Professor of Architecture and Philosophy, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Peg Rawes’s teaching and research focuses on architectural and artistic practices which engage with ecological, social, political and wellbeing issues. Her publications include: Architectural Relational Ecologies (2013), Equal By Design (2016) and Poetic Biopolitics (2016).
EXHIBITION VENUE & INFORMATION
Eight competition winners will be invited to develop their proposals for display at the Glasgow Science Centre in 2021, in an exhibition to be held ahead of and during COP26. The exhibition will provide resources, ideas and inspiration for museum professionals, policy makers and the wider public to think differently about the purpose of museums in times of change and uncertainty. The finalists will work with the competition team and exhibition designers to present their proposals in an appropriate format. We hope there will be opportunities for finalists to contribute to public events through talks and workshops, whether virtually or in person.
Key DatEs
competition live: 18 may 2020
registration deadline: 31 july 2020
submission deadline: 15 sept 2020
winners announced: 8 oct 2020
exhibition opens: march 2021*
*Subject to change
dependent on
rescheduled COP26 dates
THE TEAM BEHIND THE COMPETITION
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area team – led by Rodney Harrison, Professor of Heritage Studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology – works with the AHRC/ UKRI, the heritage research community, and national and international heritage partner organisations, to draw together and stimulate the development of a wide range of research across the arts and humanities that makes an important contribution to understanding heritage. We take an expansive view of this field, and aim to encourage work that highlights intersections between natural and cultural heritage, and key global challenges.
rodney-harrison.com
heritage-research.org
The AHRC Heritage Priority Area’s work on the design competition is undertaken in partnership with Colin Sterling as part of his own AHRC-funded leadership fellowship project New Trajectories in Curatorial Experience Design, and Henry McGhie, founder of Curating Tomorrow, a consultancy which aims to help maximise the contribution that museums, the heritage sector and other organisations and sectors make to support a thriving society, economy and environment.
experience-design.co.uk
curatingtomorrow.co.uk
Glasgow Science Centre is one of Scotland’s most popular visitor attractions. It is an educational charity that inspires and motivates people to engage with science. Its vision is a Scotland where all people feel empowered through learning and engagement with science to make positive differences in their lives, their communities and to society as a whole. Glasgow Science Centre’s values are to strive for excellence, to be inclusive, innovative and collaborative. Glasgow Science Centre is for all ages, genders, abilities and backgrounds. Its role is not to teach science, but to change the way that people feel and engage with science to build their social, cultural and science capital.
Frequently asked questions
FAQs
Q. How can I register for the competition?
To register for the competition you can simply click on the above email address (register@museumsforclimateaction.org). This will generate an automatic email pre-populated with a short set of questions. If you do not want to use this automated system please send a message to the same address answering the following questions.
Name (individual, company, studio or team):
Country in which you are currently based (if working across territories please state which):
Main contact email:
Secondary contact email (if applicable):
Contact telephone (including international dialling code):
Proposed language of submission:
How would you prefer the Competition Organisers to contact you, should they need to? Phone / email
Do you have any further special requirements or preferences, in terms of communicating with the Competition Organisers?
Q. Do I need to send the requested submission files to register?
No, to register you just need to send us responses to the above questions.
Q. Will you provide a registration number?
We will send out registration numbers when we have an idea of how many teams / individuals will be submitting. You will receive these after 31 July.
Q. What format do the submission files need to be in (e.g. page size)?
Submissions should be no more than four pages, and no larger than 10MB.
Page 1 - Description of concept (suggested size A4-A3);
Page 2 - Visuals for concept (suggested size A3-A2);
Page 3 - Visuals for how you would display this idea in an exhibition (suggested size A3-A2);
Page 4 - Bio or team description (suggested size A4-A3).
Q. How many people can be in a 'small team'?
We do not have a strict definition of a small team - it is simply to encourage people to collaborate with others inside and outside their own disciplines in developing their proposals. However, you should consider how you would work together in developing the concept for exhibition if you are successful. This may become tricky with more than say 4 people.
contact us
© 2020 Reimagining Museums for Climate Action