Museums can be storehouses of knowledge, spaces we go in order to see ourselves represented, our histories retold, and our present reflected, places we can go to help build our futures. With the Mobile Museum, we engage with communities, collaborate, co-curate, listen – questioning who we are, in relation to ourselves and in relation to each other and in relation to the bigger collective identity.
ANO seeks to create a tangible outcome and to have an impact on the communities that they visit by bringing art, design, development, and implementation to each region across Ghana, and across other parts of Africa. As part of the community engagement, we involve local schools in the community with specially curated activities. One of the end goals of this project is to eventually create a curriculum that schools can adopt that speak to the arts and culture of the communities we go into. Curation is in three parts;
Curation of the works of the contemporary artists who will shine light on regional issues through their work, as well as workshops that will aim to resolve some of these issues.
Curation of the objects that are significant to the people and culture which had been passed down for many years.
Curation of the series of discussions with NGOs, youth leaders, community members and community stakeholders, organised to discuss certain themes or issues that people face in their daily lives, to see what role culture might play in alleviating and overcoming these issues. These discussions attempt to examine how culture can play a meaningful and activating role in nation-building, sustainable tourism, and economic development.
