Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa

We live in a society increasingly technological and digital. It is a mainstream tendency with inevitable impacts also for the museum sector. How is this transformation-affecting museum professional’s profile roles? What new competences are necessary and expected? Are there changes or up-skilling to...

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Main Authors: Ana Carvalho, Alexandre Matos, Manuel Morais Sarmento Pizarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Évora
Series:Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1463
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author Ana Carvalho
Alexandre Matos
Manuel Morais Sarmento Pizarro
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description We live in a society increasingly technological and digital. It is a mainstream tendency with inevitable impacts also for the museum sector. How is this transformation-affecting museum professional’s profile roles? What new competences are necessary and expected? Are there changes or up-skilling to be made? What kind of professional training is needed? These are some of the questions that led to the development of project Mu.Sa – Museum Sector Alliance (2016-2019), a project funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme that directly addresses the shortage of digital and transferable skills in the museum sector, by supporting on-going professional development. In this short article, we discuss the project rationale, its objectives and methodologies, but also the key findings of the first phase of the research activities carried out in Portugal, Greece and Italy. Among other aspects, the research highlighted a very fragmented experience across the three countries in terms of the digital shift, partially determined by different contexts (policies, governance), and the availability of the necessary investment in resources (financial, logistical), including human resources and the strengthening of digital competences in museum professions across the whole organisation. On-going professional training for digital competences was also a need recognized in the three countries, and four emerging job profiles were identified. The development of training programmes in the framework of Mu.Sa project may contribute to empower museum’s workforce and, consequently, help museums to achieve digital transformation with more proficiency and agility.
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spelling doaj.art-a47eceea2a0140ea855c65d07d23cb432024-02-13T13:54:48ZengUniversidade de ÉvoraMidas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares2182-9543910.4000/midas.1463Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.SaAna CarvalhoAlexandre MatosManuel Morais Sarmento PizarroWe live in a society increasingly technological and digital. It is a mainstream tendency with inevitable impacts also for the museum sector. How is this transformation-affecting museum professional’s profile roles? What new competences are necessary and expected? Are there changes or up-skilling to be made? What kind of professional training is needed? These are some of the questions that led to the development of project Mu.Sa – Museum Sector Alliance (2016-2019), a project funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme that directly addresses the shortage of digital and transferable skills in the museum sector, by supporting on-going professional development. In this short article, we discuss the project rationale, its objectives and methodologies, but also the key findings of the first phase of the research activities carried out in Portugal, Greece and Italy. Among other aspects, the research highlighted a very fragmented experience across the three countries in terms of the digital shift, partially determined by different contexts (policies, governance), and the availability of the necessary investment in resources (financial, logistical), including human resources and the strengthening of digital competences in museum professions across the whole organisation. On-going professional training for digital competences was also a need recognized in the three countries, and four emerging job profiles were identified. The development of training programmes in the framework of Mu.Sa project may contribute to empower museum’s workforce and, consequently, help museums to achieve digital transformation with more proficiency and agility.https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1463information and communication technologydigital competencesmuseum professionalsmuseum professional trainingemerging job profilesMu.Sa – Museum Sector Alliance
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Alexandre Matos
Manuel Morais Sarmento Pizarro
Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares
information and communication technology
digital competences
museum professionals
museum professional training
emerging job profiles
Mu.Sa – Museum Sector Alliance
title Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
title_full Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
title_fullStr Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
title_full_unstemmed Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
title_short Competências para a transformação digital nos museus: o projecto Mu.Sa
title_sort competencias para a transformacao digital nos museus o projecto mu sa
topic information and communication technology
digital competences
museum professionals
museum professional training
emerging job profiles
Mu.Sa – Museum Sector Alliance
url https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1463
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