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Liza Dale-Hallett, Senior Curator, Sustainable Futures, Museum Victoria presented at the Museum and Gallery Services Queensland 2011 State Conference in Mackay on Thursday 11 August 2011. Her presentation is titled, 'Making Meaning from Ashes - Developing the Victorian Bushfires Collection'
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Plenary: Dealing with DisastersHall A, MECCChair: Christine Ianna
Liza Dale-HallettSenior Curator, Sustainable Futures, Museum Victoria
Making Meaning from Ashes - Developing the Victorian Bushfires Collection
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Making meaning from ashes: Developing the Victorian Bushfires Collection
Liza Dale-HallettLiza Dale-HallettSenior Curator, Sustainable Futures Senior Curator, Sustainable Futures Museum VictoriaMuseum Victoria
Satellite image: smoke on Black SaturdaySatellite image: smoke on Black Saturday
Documenting change over time
Holistic, cross-disciplinary approaches
Community education & engagement
Reputation for being unbiased & trustworthy
Preserve & learn from our past
Create places for reflection and commemoration
Acknowledge the complexity of disasters
Enrich understandings & broaden perspectives
Use art to help people engage with complex feelings and experiences
‘Disaster’ by Netty, Grade 6
‘The Aftermath’ by Cassie, Grade 6
'Marysville', Joshua, Grade 1
‘Ashes’ by Michael, Grade 6
'Go CFA ', Robert, Grade 4
‘Firestorm’ by Rachel, Grade 5
National September 11 Museum, New York
Tribute WTC Visitor Center, New York
Tribute WTC Visitor Center, New York
‘Katrina & Beyond’ exhibition, New Orleans
‘Katrina & Beyond’ exhibition, New Orleans
Create places for reflection & commemoration
Acknowledge the complexity of disasters
Enrich understandings & broaden perspectives
Use art to engage with feelings & experiences
Use the past to prepare for the future
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/