Meeting of the Migration, Work and Identity, Culture 2000 Programme,12-16 June 2002, Museum Arbeitswelt, Steyr, Austria Present: Myna Trustram, Manchester Jaume Matamala, Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya, Cath Birchall, People’s History Museum, Manchester Pete Brown, … Continue reading →
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF WORKLAB 23 November 2001 Arbejdermuseet, Copenhagen Minutes (Myna Trustram) Present Michael Parr, Torsten Nilsson (Arbetets Museum); Pete Brown, Sarah Gore, Catharine Rew (People’s History Museum); Anne-Lise Walsted, Peter Ludvigsen, Morten Bo Almstrup (Arbejdermuseet); Jürgen Ellermeyer (Museum … Continue reading →
Speech at the Conference in Copenhagen 2001 The works surrounding you in this hall are the results of two identities combined in one person. The first identity was constructed in the town of Beirut, the second in Copenhagen. But let … Continue reading →
Conference on Migration, Work and Identity Peter Ludvigsen, Workers museum Copenhagen Michael John (University of Linz, Austria) Uffe Østergaard (Danish Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies) Lunchbreak Udo Wiesinger, Museum Arbeitswelt Steyer Thursday 22. – Friday 23. November 2001 Download … Continue reading →
Minutes of Worklab annual general meeting 12 November 2000 Pump House: People’s History Museum, Manchester, UK Present: Udo Wiesinger (UW) (Steyr); Torsten Nilsson (TN) (Norkopping); Jurgen Ellermeyer (JE) (Hamburg); Morten Bo Almstrup (MA) (Copenhagen); Peter Ludvigsen (PL) (Copenhagen); Torkil (Copenhagen); … Continue reading →
Editorial Press release from the Migration Project Migration, Work and Identity conference in Copenhagen November 2000 Preliminary Programme Conference i Manchester 2000 Migration, Work and Identity Manchester, Migration and the Museums Association The Peoples of Edinburgh Attracting South Asian Audiences … Continue reading →
In connection with WORKLAB’s annual meeting, the museum project Migration, Work and Identity held its first international conference 9-12 November 2000 in Manchester. National Museum of Labour History arranged and hosted the conference. The papers from the conference are to … Continue reading →
Editorial Immigration, Work and Identity The dream of a better life The Nordic Model – Myth and Reality Worklab’s second annual conference, 1999 Hooks and Flounders 1 Hooks and Flounders 2 Oral History with Dockworkers in Southampton London’s Museum in … Continue reading →
Minutes Visits First we visited the Speicherstadt Museum which is a museum based in one of Hamburg’s spectacular and distinctive warehouses built between the 1880s and 1920s. 20,000 people were uprooted to make room for the “Warehouse City”. The warehouses … Continue reading →
Editorial Preliminary Invitation A museum service for the people Cultural heritage has it´s uses Documentation in a Social History Museum. The Workers’ Museum in Copenhagen Drama and conflicts at the celebration of LO’s (The Danish Federation of Trade Unions) Centenary … Continue reading →
