Museum, use of Theatre and Reenactments as Forms of Making History for Citizenship

Over three days, national and international specialists will come together to share research, experiences and innovative methodologies that explore how theatre and historical re-enactments can transform the way museums connect with the public. This meeting will be a unique opportunity to enrich the debate and strengthen knowledge in a rapidly evolving field.

Hybrid Seminar: presential in Gernika and online.

PROGRAM

8th October

Place: Gernika Peace Museum (Foru Plaza 1, 48300 Gernika-Lumo)

12.00-13.15 Walking tour “Memoritour Gernika” to the shelters
13:15–14:30 Guided tour to the Gernika Peace Museum with Iratxe Momoitio

Place: Elai Alai Aretoa (Foru Plaza s/n, 48300 Gernika-Lumo)
16.30 – 16.45 PRESENTATION OF THE SEMINAR AND WELCOME
Iratxe Momoitio – Idoia Orbe (Gernika Peace Museum)

16.45 – 17.30 BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE
Presents: Rebecca Shelley. (Heterotopia)

• Lauren Johnson (History Riot/The National Archives & Manchester Metropolitan University)
  “Integrating women’s histories into public history: Bringing our stories to life through heritage performance.”

17.45 – 19.45 DIÁLOGO SOBRE ¿QUÉ APORTAN LAS RECREACIONES A LOS CIUDADANOS, CÓMO LES ACERCAN A HECHOS HISTÓRICOS DESCONOCIDOS? EXPERIENCIAS, RETOS Y DILEMAS
Presents: Cristina Arana (Director of Gernika’s Culture House)
(Session in Spanish opened to a general public)

• Germán Labrador Méndez (Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y Antropología del CSIC) El fenómeno Puy du Fou Toledo
• Luis Jorge del Barco López (Expohistórica Belorado)
• Aitor Miñambres Amezaga (Grupo de recreación del Museo Memorial del Cinturón de Hierro, Euskadi)

9th October

Place: Culture House of Gernika (Foru Plaza 2, 48300 Gernika-Lumo)
9.30 – 12.00 THE USE OF THEATRE AT MUSEUMS TO TACKLE DIFFICULT PAST
Presents: Iñaki Hernáiz Burundarena (Cátedra UNESCO de la Universidad de Deusto)

• Dragan Kiurski (Museum Educator Senior, Dr of museology and heritology, The National Museum of Kikinda, Serbia).
  “Museum Theatre in the Service of Peer Education and Evoking Empathy: Two Sad Examples from War History”
• Paula McFetridge (Artistic Director, Kabosh Theatre, North of Ireland)
  “Humanising the unexpected narrative”
• Daniel Feliu (Museo de la Memoria de Rosario, Argentina)
  “Recorridos mediados teatralizados en el Museo de la Memoria de Rosario, Argentina. El teatro como estrategia de transmisión de pasados difíciles.”
• Maider Maraña Directora de Baketik Fundazioa. (Basque Country, Spain)
  “El teatro forum: activación para abordar temas complejos”

12.00-12.30 COFFEE BREAK

12.30-14.30 HOW CAN MUSEUM THEATRE TRANSFORM PERCEPTIONS?
Presents: Iratxe Momoitio (Director of the Gernika Peace Museum)

• Ellada Evangelou (Rooftop Theatre/CYENS Center of Excellence. Cyprus)
  “Interdisciplinary Approaches and Performance -making in museums in project Performing collection, performing archives: The creative afterlives of the Swedish
  expedition”
• Rebecca Shelley (Co-founder and Co-chair at Heterotopia. Greece)
  “Using theatre and performance to work across multiple languages. How this supports inclusive museum practice and audience engagement”
• Pierpaolo Piludu (Responsible of the theatre Company Cada die Teatro, Cagliary, Italy)
  “Theatre and memory: from the emotions on stage the understanding of the madness of war and its rejection”.
• Mauro Antonio Simone – Andrea Marina Villamayor (Buenos Aires, Argentina, TeatroXlaidentidad) (online)
  “Actuar para no olvidar, actuar para encontrar la verdad”.

14.30-15.30 BREAK FOR LUNCH

Place: Culture House of Gernika (Foru Plaza 2, 48300 Gernika-Lumo)
15.30 – 18:00 THE USE OF DRAMA/THEATRE TO REACH NEW, YOUNG AND VULNERABLE MUSEUM AUDIENCES
Presents: Andreas Schäfter (Gernika Gogoratuz. Peace Research Center)

• Alison Ribeiro de Menezes (Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Warwick. Great Britain)
  “Developing REWIND to promote memory and Human Rights”
• Arantxa Iurre (Dramaturga, directora, actriz y socia del espacio Utopian. Euskadi)
  “El arte que cambia el mundo”
• Foteini Venieri (Researcher, co-chair of Heterotopia, Greece)
  “Online live museum theatre program developed for the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments, addressed to Roma students”
• Thomas Olsen (Library Manager, Storyteller, and producer. Malmö, Sweden)
  “Managing expectations; Building your programme from the ground up with inclusion and accessibility”
• Josemi Gaston (Director del Instituto Navarro de la Memoria, Gobierno de Navarra, Navarra, España)
  “Transmitir memoria crítica a través del teatro: el programa educativo Teatro con Memoria”
• Begoña Guzman (UN Etxea, Euskadi)
  “Teatro, diversidad y derechos: activar la participación desde los museos”

18.00- 19.30 THE ROLE OF THE ACTOR/REENACTOR/INTERPRETER AS A PERSON WHO TRANSMIT PASSAGES OF HISTORY
Presents: Idoia Orbe. (Head of the educational department. Gernika Peace Museum)

• Angela Pfenninger (Museum-Theatre-Events, Germany)
  “What do we stand for? Thoughts about value-based interpretation”
• Àgia Luna (Directora de ARTIXOC-Escena Histórica. Catalunya, Spain)
  “En temps del Sr. Muñoz y la Rumba de Bon Pastor”
• Izpiñe Soto Rodriguez (Dramaturga, creadora, directora de escena y actriz en Hortzmuga Teatroa, Euskadi)
  “Contar la historia entre muchas: teatro, memoria y participación de la mano de Hortzmuga Teatroa”

10th October

Place: Culture House of Gernika (Foru Plaza 2, 48300 Gernika-Lumo)
9.00 – 11.30 THEATRE, PERFORMANCE, REENACTMENTS, AND MUSEUMS
Presents: Iratxe Momoitio (Director of the Gernika Peace Museum)

• Everardo Perez-Manjarrez (Harvard University) – Mario Carretero (FLACSO-UAM)
  “Can a Reenactment change how we see History? Reflections from the schoolyard”.
• Elena Pol (Interpretart, Madrid, España)
  “From Colonial Williamsburg to Fort Langley: Living history and reenactments on learning history”
• Mikel Asensio (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España)
  “Between theatre and historical reenactments: Memory and identity at the National Museum of Roman Art”
• Idoia Orbe (Responsable del área educativa) – Iratxe Momoitio (Directora del Museo de la Paz de Gernika, Euskadi)
  “Gernika udaberri haretan: recreation about the Spanish Civil War done by the Gernika Peace Museum”
• Mihaela Gavrilia Universitá di Roma
  “Narrating war, shaping peace through audio storytelling” (Online)

11.30-12.00 CONCLUSIONS AND END OF THE SEMINAR

COMPLEMENTARY VISIT TO BILBAO (previous registration required)
13.30-14.30 Harrobia-Eskena, Amaia Ibáñez Zalba
14.30 -17.30 Visit to the old part ofBilbao

***The seminar will be hold in spanish and english with no simultaneous translation but some kind of help
to understand. Sorry for this inconvenience. Apologies for any inconvenience.