Social cohesion, Participation, Inclusion through Cultural Engagement (SPICE) is an EU Horizon 2020 funded project dedicated to citizen curation of cultural heritage spanning over three years, from May 2020 to April 2023. Horizon 2020 is an EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation that provides funding to projects tackling societal challenges. The objective of SPICE is to support citizen curation through co-design with a diverse set of museums and communities.
There are five different case studies involving museums and participant groups in which codesign and evaluation of citizen curation activities will be implemented. The countries in which these case studies are being carried out are Finland, Ireland, Israel, Italy and Spain. The Irish case study is being carried out at IMMA through a collaboration with Open University.
IMMA’s case study aims to support groups who are less able to visit the museum physically, such as asylum seekers and children with serious illnesses, to access collections and share their own perspectives, both online and in the museum. Participants will be encouraged to think about universal, personal themes such as family to make interconnections across groups.
For further information on the SPICE project, contact [email protected]
