How can museums change society? What consequences can
curatorial actions have? Curators and educators, organizers and designers, artists and scholars today are looking for ways
not only to critically analyze existing notions and narratives of exhibition-making but also to intervene in them and reformulate
them through curatorial practices.
The /ecm is a two-year, postgraduate program that provides comprehensive knowledge
and skills in the expanded field of museums and exhibitions. In collaborative processes, we experiment with different methods
of curatorial research, theory and practice. Thus, discourses, ruptures and horizons emerge that challenge the canon, occupy
exhibition spaces and the public sphere, and seek not only to digitize museums and collections but above all to democratize
them.
We offer our program to a diverse group of 25 students, maximum. They may be anchored in institutions or freelancers
in the art and culture sector; they deal with questions of display and presentation, education and communication, and have
varied educational and professional backgrounds. Together with their colleagues, they will develop theoretically, practically
and critically sound perspectives for international museum work. They will gain skills to conceive and realize independent
cultural projects, exhibitions, and public programs. We see our students as future colleagues and expect them to have an open-minded,
inquisitive attitude.
The program offers two different paths:
a/ an associate Master's degree program with the
requirement to complete a Master's thesis, graduating with the academic title "Master of Arts (Continuing Education)" – abbreviated
"MA (CE)";
b/ a university course with the requirement to complete a practice-based research project, graduating with
the academic title "Academic Curator."
Both options (a/ and b/) are offered concurrently as a joint educational program.
The distinctions lie in the admission requirements and the associated format of the graduation assignment.
Detailed
information on the course and admission can be found via the department's website.
