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Working Internationally Conference 2022

This year's conference Cynefin: Museum Practice for Future Generations took place on the 7th and 8th of April online. 

Cynefin (ku-nev-in), the evocative Welsh word, describes our relationship to the environment in which we live. The 2022 Working Internationally Conference connected pioneering museum practice from Wales and across the UK with international museums on the local and global challenges of climate change, ageing and bridging community divides.

Over two afternoons, the online conference explored successful and award-winning museum projects designed to build better for future generations.  UK and international museum professionals discussed how museum practice can lead and contribute to the needs of future generations.

Session topics included

  • Climate change and a focus on the practical steps museums can take to reduce the impact of their operations and thus carbon emissions, and how we can change the conversation through exhibitions and online content on climate change solutions.
  • New thinking around museum programming for people living with dementia that draws on policies such as the Welsh Dementia Action Plan, Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014 and international initiatives regarding living and ageing well.
  • How museums work with and about refugees, exploring the increasing participation of museums in safeguarding human rights.
  • How ICOM UK Grant Programmes have benefited UK museums to meet their international plans to work with other museums and collections around the world and future opportunities.
  • A conversation on the challenges and psychological discrepancies many students and emerging professionals face when they first enter the cultural sector, and how challenges and obstacles can turn into opportunities.
  • Bridging community divides.
  • Agents of change within the cultural sector.

Click HERE to view the full conference programme, speakers and session descriptions.

The 2022 Working Internationally Conference was organised by ICOM UK in partnership with the National Museum Directors' Council, the Federation of Museums & Art Galleries of Wales, with support from the British Council and Barker Langham.  This conference is part funded by the Welsh Government.