http://www.eciec.eu Entrepreneurial Cultures in European Cities Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:15:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_578" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Albert Dock, Liverpool"][/caption] On the first conference day, the Director of the National Museums Liverpool, David Fleming, welcomed us and introduced the Keynote speakers. The first speaker was Professor Phil Redmond, Chairman of National Museums Liverpool. He spoke about his ideas of culture and entrepreneurship. After this, ... http://www.eciec.eu/2010/07/final-ecec-conference-in-liverpool-6-8-july-2010/ There are new objects in  the virtual gallery from the  Zagreb Ethnographic Museum  (media) http://www.eciec.eu/2010/06/new-objects-in-the-virtual-gallery/ The exhibition Let's Have a Coffee, Views of Zagreb Entrepreneurs on the Culture of Coffee Consumption, of the Zagreb Ethnographic Museum is a result of the two-year research conducted within the scope of the project Entrepreneurial Cultures in European Cities. [caption id="attachment_550" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Let's have a coffee - in the ... http://www.eciec.eu/2010/05/lets-have-a-coffee-exhibition-in-zagreb/ Find here information about the new Museum of the City of Volos, their activities, photos and interviews with entrepreneurs: Museum of the City of Volos (pdf) http://www.eciec.eu/2010/02/local-project-from-volos-grece/ Download all information (exhibition context, entrepreneur's biographies, photos)  about the local project from the ECEC partners in Berlin - the exhibition "Doner, Delivery and Design" of the Museum of European Cultures (MEK) and the Neighbourhood Museum: (pdf) Exhibition Berlin [caption id="attachment_520" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="A look at the exhibition, by Ute Franz-Scarciglia, Copyright ... http://www.eciec.eu/2010/02/doner-delivery-and-design-entrepreneurs-in-berlin/ The Museum of Liverpool is presenting objects from their local project "The secret life of Smithdown Road" in our virtual gallery. The exhibition shows from each entrepreneur the best selling item, or item which best represents their business. The Amsterdam Historical Museum is presenting several objects from their "Buurtwinkels" (neighbourhoodshops) project. The ... http://www.eciec.eu/2010/01/virtual-objects-from-the-national-museums-liverpool/ Our symposium in Berlin started with a lecture by Andreas Germershausen, Vice Representative of the Berlin Senate for Integration and Migration. He spoke about the situation of  new entrepreneurs and migrants in Berlin. After a discussion, we visited the exhibition « Doner, Delivery and Design » organised by the Museum of European ... http://www.eciec.eu/2009/12/symposium-2-41209-in-berlin/ [caption id="attachment_382" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Copyrights © Ethnographic Museum Zagreb, Croatia, 2009. Photographs by Oleg Moskaljov "][/caption] Let's Have a Coffee Views of Zagreb Entrepreneurs on the Culture of Coffee Consumption Coffeehouses have an interesting history, dating back to the late 17th century in many European cities. The first coffeehouse in ... http://www.eciec.eu/2009/12/lets-have-a-coffee-local-project-from-the-ethnographic-museum-zagreb/ There are some additional photos in the gallery (media)  from the ECEC symposium in Barcelona in June 2009 ("Contemporary Collecting and citizen participation in City History Museums"). http://www.eciec.eu/2009/12/additional-photos/ An international conference called "Migration, Politics and Work" gave us this June the opportunity to present our project. It was organized from Thursday, 25th of June to Saturday, 27th of June 2009  in Trier (D) and Dudelange (L) by the Institute for Regional and Migration Research IRM (Trier, Germany), the ... http://www.eciec.eu/2009/11/june-2009-ecec-project-presentation-in-trier-and-dudelange/