http://www.eciec.eu Entrepreneurial Cultures in European Cities Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:43:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ Follow the link below to the interview with an entrepreneur from Tallinn, owner of a popular coffehouse chain in the capital city Tallinn with migration background. This interview is a part of the current project research made by the Tallinn City Museum: Vello The Estonian capital city is home ... http://www.eciec.eu/2009/11/news-from-the-tallin-city-museum/ The ECEC forum on this website has opened. Have a look and leave your comments, suggestions and questions on the ECEC project's topic or start building your network. http://www.eciec.eu/2009/10/the-forum-is-opened/ [caption id="attachment_302" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Frozen doner kebab, produced by Remzi Kaplan, photo: Metin Yilmaz, 2003"][/caption] Doner, Delivery and Design - Entrepreneurs in Berlin 21.11.2009-28.2.2010 (opening 20.11., 7pm) [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Objects designed by Mark Kwami, photo: Rita Klages, 2006"][/caption] More infos in this document:  mek-ddd-announcement [caption id="attachment_306" align="alignright" width="240" caption="A group of students interviewing ... http://www.eciec.eu/2009/08/berlin-special-exhibition-announcement/