Keynotes
Suzanne MacLeod, University of Leicester, UK
Museums and design for creative lives
Suzanne MacLeod is Professor of Museum Studies at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK. Suzanne trained and worked as a graphic designer before moving into academia, and now leads the field in the study of historic and contemporary museum and exhibition design. Her particular focus is on design methodologies and the potential of design in creating inclusive environments which foster relationships, equality, and enable full lives. Her instrumental publications include, The Future of Museum and Gallery Design (Routledge, 2017), Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions (Routledge, 2012) and Reshaping Museum Space: Architecture, Design, Exhibitions (Routledge, 2005). Her new book, due for publication in September 2020, is titled Museums and Design for Creative Lives.
Andrea Witcomb, Deakin University, Australia
From representing the ‘other’ to representing collective selves and their engagement with ‘others’: exhibition design and the poetics of ‘voice’
Andrea Witcomb is Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, Australia. A former social history curator, Andrea’s prolific scholarship has been seminal in establishing museums as spaces of interactivity, affect and community, and in challenging the focus on governmentality in Museum Studies. Her most influential publications include, Re-Imagining the Museum: Beyond the Mausoleum (Routledge, 2003), South Pacific Museums: An Experiment in Culture (Monash e-press, 2006), and Museum Theory (Wiley and Sons, 2015).
Andrea Witcomb is Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, Australia. A former social history curator, Andrea’s prolific scholarship has been seminal in establishing museums as spaces of interactivity, affect and community, and in challenging the focus on governmentality in Museum Studies. Her most influential publications include, Re-Imagining the Museum: Beyond the Mausoleum (Routledge, 2003), South Pacific Museums: An Experiment in Culture (Monash e-press, 2006), and Museum Theory (Wiley and Sons, 2015).