The Federation of International Human Rights Museums- Asia Pacific, or FIHRM-AP, was established at the ICOM Kyoto Conference in September 2019. Serving as a platform for strategic collaboration and resource connection, FIHRM-AP can facilitate practices of contemporary human rights by building human rights driven museum values. In 2023, FIHRM-AP will hold its inaugural annual conference under the theme "Synergizing for Human Rights" while appealing to the language and cultural diversity of the Asia-Pacific region. The conference calls for papers from around the world on research, cases, and practices related to human rights issues in museums in the Asia-Pacific region. Discussions on the following sub-topics are encouraged, in the hope of sparkling new perspectives and methods through exchange and sharing to send powerful ripples across the regions.
Here are some of the topics which will be addressed:
The development context of human rights practices in the Asia-Pacific region varies significantly, with a high degree of historical complexity and backgrounds marked by colonization, suppression, and authoritarianism. Some countries place great emphasis on human rights issues within their national museums, while in others, grassroots initiatives and small-scale local cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations take the lead. How can we leverage museums as means to channel more attention to human rights issues? This year's conference will focus on various practices of museums and cultural institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, including collection, research, exhibition, and education, as well as how to foster community involvement, address issues of racial discrimination and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, transform the negative heritage of authoritarian eras into museums and memorial institutions, and explore cross-border collaborations. The aim is to introduce more innovative approaches and thinking to museums.
The conference is planned to feature three keynote speeches and the presentation of sixteen papers. The presenters come from various countries, including Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Argentina, and more, promising a wealth of insights. On the morning of the third day, the conference will host a workshop with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) on the theme "Resonating Human Rights: Museums in the Asia-Pacific Region Collaborating with Communities." This workshop will discuss public participation in museums and stimulate idea exchange and sharing of experiences.
Here are some of the topics which will be addressed:
- Leveraging Museums for Human Rights Practice
- Engage with Communities to Advocate Human Rights
- Migration and Human Rights Challenges across Borders
- Narratives of Negative Heritage Sites Transformed into Museums and Memorial Institutions
- Interdisciplinary Human Rights Collaboration: Synergy and Reverberation
The development context of human rights practices in the Asia-Pacific region varies significantly, with a high degree of historical complexity and backgrounds marked by colonization, suppression, and authoritarianism. Some countries place great emphasis on human rights issues within their national museums, while in others, grassroots initiatives and small-scale local cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations take the lead. How can we leverage museums as means to channel more attention to human rights issues? This year's conference will focus on various practices of museums and cultural institutions in the Asia-Pacific region, including collection, research, exhibition, and education, as well as how to foster community involvement, address issues of racial discrimination and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region, transform the negative heritage of authoritarian eras into museums and memorial institutions, and explore cross-border collaborations. The aim is to introduce more innovative approaches and thinking to museums.
The conference is planned to feature three keynote speeches and the presentation of sixteen papers. The presenters come from various countries, including Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Argentina, and more, promising a wealth of insights. On the morning of the third day, the conference will host a workshop with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) on the theme "Resonating Human Rights: Museums in the Asia-Pacific Region Collaborating with Communities." This workshop will discuss public participation in museums and stimulate idea exchange and sharing of experiences.
國際人權博物館聯盟-亞太分會（FIHRM-AP）2019年9月於ICOM京都大會成立，作為一個串連國際及亞太地區博物館和人權相關組織的平臺，透過亞太分會會員的策略合作與資源連結，建構以人權為核心的博物館價值，共同推廣人權教育及推動當代人權理念。2023年FIHRM-AP首度於台灣召開年會，本次以「共振人權」為號召，博物館、關心人權議題之組織單位及各界相關領域專家學者參與出席，藉由本次跨領域、跨國際的交流機會，進行案例發表及經驗分享，激發對於人權教育推廣、社群合作、移動人權、負面遺產和跨領域的新思維，為博物館及各領域帶起共振作用。
本次年會涵蓋以下議題：
亞太地區人權實踐的發展脈絡不盡相同、歷史複雜性極高、具有殖民、壓制與獨裁的背景。有些國家博物館對於人權議題著力甚大，有些國家則是由草根、在地的小型文化機構與非營利組織主導倡議。我們如何以博物館作為一種途徑和方法？本次年會將針對亞太地區博物館與文化機構在收藏、研究、展示與教育的各種實踐、如何發展社群參與、亞太地區種族歧視與人權問題、威權時代所留下的負面遺產如何轉化為博物館與紀念機構、以及跨界合作等案例探討，藉此為博物館引進更創新的作法與思維。
本次年會規劃三場專題演講、十六篇論文發表，發表者來自台灣、日本、印尼、尼泊爾、印度、泰國、越南、澳洲、阿根廷等多國的研究成果，精彩可期。第三天上午則邀請國際良知遺址聯盟（International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, ICSC）以「共振人權：亞太博物館與社群協力」主題的工作坊討論博物館中的公眾參與，激盪想法與經驗分享。
本次年會涵蓋以下議題：
- 以博物館為方法的人權實踐
- 推動社群參與為人權發聲
- 跨越邊境的移動人權挑戰
- 負面遺產轉為博物館與紀念機構的敘事
- 跨領域的人權共振與迴盪
亞太地區人權實踐的發展脈絡不盡相同、歷史複雜性極高、具有殖民、壓制與獨裁的背景。有些國家博物館對於人權議題著力甚大，有些國家則是由草根、在地的小型文化機構與非營利組織主導倡議。我們如何以博物館作為一種途徑和方法？本次年會將針對亞太地區博物館與文化機構在收藏、研究、展示與教育的各種實踐、如何發展社群參與、亞太地區種族歧視與人權問題、威權時代所留下的負面遺產如何轉化為博物館與紀念機構、以及跨界合作等案例探討，藉此為博物館引進更創新的作法與思維。
本次年會規劃三場專題演講、十六篇論文發表，發表者來自台灣、日本、印尼、尼泊爾、印度、泰國、越南、澳洲、阿根廷等多國的研究成果，精彩可期。第三天上午則邀請國際良知遺址聯盟（International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, ICSC）以「共振人權：亞太博物館與社群協力」主題的工作坊討論博物館中的公眾參與，激盪想法與經驗分享。
