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One of the most productive and beneficial fields of voluntary service is that which (and is also closely related to university volunteering) is provided in museums, art galleries, cultural centers, artistic production workshops, libraries, research teams and carrying out activities. cultural such as forums, reading circles, film screenings and dialogue with viewers, music appreciation sessions, art classes for infants, teaching sessions to learn to play a musical instrument, and other extra-wall actions that practically run the museum to the community. Cultural volunteering represents an area where different types of people, of various ages, professions, hobbies, interests and dreams, are included and coexist. Its positive effects are perceived throughout the artistic and cultural process: creation, classification, cataloguing, dissemination (which includes Information Technologies), enjoyment (or consumption), conservation and preservation of cultural heritage. The possibilities through which volunteers join these cultural organizations are varied. It can be directly, someone shows up at the premises and expresses their desire to help. On other occasions, museums have a volunteer program through which this service is called upon. But the most consolidated way has been through a civil association that was born in parallel or complementary to the museum or from university campuses. In the 1980s, Dr. Enrique Florescano, ultimately an entire institution in the history of art, an academic and an authority in cultural research and the creation of public policies on the subject, questioned what the future of art would be. cultural production and consumption in our country if the budget cuts that the De la Madrid and Salinas de Gortari governments continued to affect the sector persisted. From the optional chair "History of Culture", which was taught at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, together with the students we analyzed other possibilities and alternatives for expanding the production, preservation and dissemination of art and culture and the creation of cultural circuits. alternatives. We pointed out then that, although with a discreet performance, civil society was a means of fertile collaboration since its involvement was bearing fruit with its pertinent initiatives. So, we gave as an example experiences that we had witnessed and in a certain way encouraged from the Bancomer Cultural Foundation, to support those purposes.
We cited the creation of the New Zealand WhatsApp Number Mexico-United States Cultural Trust for Educational and Cultural Exchange that was signed between said organization, the Rockefeller Foundation and the recently created National Council for Culture and the Arts and its Fund (FONCA), where as well that Ercilia Gómez Maqueo, María Cristina García Cepeda, carried out efficient work between artists and creators from both nations. We also remembered the expwhich also contributed to dignifying the work of the collaborators of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. It was also time for the birth of several “museum-friendly associations” that were the “practical arm” to provide resources to these museums that today enjoy great vitality and prestige (we fondly remember María Eugenia Stephan Otto). These “friends of the museum of…” associations have been excellent allies to strengthen the work of the museums and incorporate volunteers both in the operation and in the Boards of Trustees and Boards of Directors. It is worth noting that there are at least four types of museums: a) public ones, that is, those that are under the direct responsibility of the government (Fine Arts), b) private ones, whose collections are the product of legacies from individuals (Soumaya Museum ), c) those that are created, managed and supported by civil society organizations (Papalote Museo del Niño) and d) university students that depend on the budget of the educational institution (Universum). It is important to note that in most cases they are non-profit organizations and obviously charge fees to maintain them and require additional financial resources. The marriage between museums, civil society organizations and volunteers is phenomenal, a formula where everyone wins and remains in force with great vitality and with increasing depth and relevance, both nationally and internationally. It's quite a movement. But it is undoubtedly one spectrum of national volunteering that has less visibility in the community and less research on the number of people who collaborate. Colloquiums, meetings and seminars are held annually where experiences, strategies and tactics are shared. Adriana Bravo and Nohemí Arriaga point it out well: “without volunteering, in many museums it would not have been possible to provide the range of services offered; in some of them, volunteers outnumber paid staff in a ratio of 6 to 1, supporting tasks in areas such as: administration, conservation, planning, organization and attention to the public”, ('Volunteering in the university spirit.
Active participation of the community in the dissemination of Science', in: University Museums of Mexico. Memory and reflections, Luisa F. Rico M., et. al.; UNAM, Mexico 2012). See the reader's testimony published this week in María Antonia Martínez Chávez's note about an experience in Baja California: “From its beginnings, the spirit of the Caracol (Museum) was made up of volunteers. The goal, to create and inaugurate a science museum. They were joined by teachers, scientists, professionals, businessmen and Ensenadenses in general, who have contributed in different ways. Some stay longer, others return, but all work with great passion for the benefit of the museum and its visitors” (“Volunteering, the spirit of the museum”, El Vigía, January 7). Next, María Antonia narrates the activities carried out by the volunteers in that facility: “our visitors, upon arriving at the museum, are greeted by a guide, who provides them with a tour and explanation of the facilities… the spirit of the guides has infected his friends and even visitors, who have decided to participate as volunteers. Like young people in social service, they receive training and instructions to serve visitors. “Volunteers incorporate their role as guide into their schedule and introduce themselves with the same formality.” The volunteers incorporated into the Caracol museum “offer their services for free, such as design, photography, among others, for the love of disseminating science. There is no limitation to being a volunteer, since everyone from teenagers to the elderly can join.” Many of these volunteers come from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, which has a campus there), the CBTis 41, the Inter-American University for Development (UNID), Xochicalco, and “Professor Jesús Prado Luna” State Normal School. This experience is a small sample of the collaboration of volunteers in the operation of the museum, but there are more fields of action from the mobilization of resources and fundraising, to the dissemination, preservation and conservation of the museum's heritage, but we must not forget the important role played by counselors and employers who are also volunteers. However, it must be noted, the main challenge of this type of volunteering is that it manages to consolidate itself through institutional volunteering programs, since it is perhaps the least institutionalized sector along with the one that occurs in areas of Sports and Recreation.
We cited the creation of the New Zealand WhatsApp Number Mexico-United States Cultural Trust for Educational and Cultural Exchange that was signed between said organization, the Rockefeller Foundation and the recently created National Council for Culture and the Arts and its Fund (FONCA), where as well that Ercilia Gómez Maqueo, María Cristina García Cepeda, carried out efficient work between artists and creators from both nations. We also remembered the expwhich also contributed to dignifying the work of the collaborators of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. It was also time for the birth of several “museum-friendly associations” that were the “practical arm” to provide resources to these museums that today enjoy great vitality and prestige (we fondly remember María Eugenia Stephan Otto). These “friends of the museum of…” associations have been excellent allies to strengthen the work of the museums and incorporate volunteers both in the operation and in the Boards of Trustees and Boards of Directors. It is worth noting that there are at least four types of museums: a) public ones, that is, those that are under the direct responsibility of the government (Fine Arts), b) private ones, whose collections are the product of legacies from individuals (Soumaya Museum ), c) those that are created, managed and supported by civil society organizations (Papalote Museo del Niño) and d) university students that depend on the budget of the educational institution (Universum). It is important to note that in most cases they are non-profit organizations and obviously charge fees to maintain them and require additional financial resources. The marriage between museums, civil society organizations and volunteers is phenomenal, a formula where everyone wins and remains in force with great vitality and with increasing depth and relevance, both nationally and internationally. It's quite a movement. But it is undoubtedly one spectrum of national volunteering that has less visibility in the community and less research on the number of people who collaborate. Colloquiums, meetings and seminars are held annually where experiences, strategies and tactics are shared. Adriana Bravo and Nohemí Arriaga point it out well: “without volunteering, in many museums it would not have been possible to provide the range of services offered; in some of them, volunteers outnumber paid staff in a ratio of 6 to 1, supporting tasks in areas such as: administration, conservation, planning, organization and attention to the public”, ('Volunteering in the university spirit.
Active participation of the community in the dissemination of Science', in: University Museums of Mexico. Memory and reflections, Luisa F. Rico M., et. al.; UNAM, Mexico 2012). See the reader's testimony published this week in María Antonia Martínez Chávez's note about an experience in Baja California: “From its beginnings, the spirit of the Caracol (Museum) was made up of volunteers. The goal, to create and inaugurate a science museum. They were joined by teachers, scientists, professionals, businessmen and Ensenadenses in general, who have contributed in different ways. Some stay longer, others return, but all work with great passion for the benefit of the museum and its visitors” (“Volunteering, the spirit of the museum”, El Vigía, January 7). Next, María Antonia narrates the activities carried out by the volunteers in that facility: “our visitors, upon arriving at the museum, are greeted by a guide, who provides them with a tour and explanation of the facilities… the spirit of the guides has infected his friends and even visitors, who have decided to participate as volunteers. Like young people in social service, they receive training and instructions to serve visitors. “Volunteers incorporate their role as guide into their schedule and introduce themselves with the same formality.” The volunteers incorporated into the Caracol museum “offer their services for free, such as design, photography, among others, for the love of disseminating science. There is no limitation to being a volunteer, since everyone from teenagers to the elderly can join.” Many of these volunteers come from the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, which has a campus there), the CBTis 41, the Inter-American University for Development (UNID), Xochicalco, and “Professor Jesús Prado Luna” State Normal School. This experience is a small sample of the collaboration of volunteers in the operation of the museum, but there are more fields of action from the mobilization of resources and fundraising, to the dissemination, preservation and conservation of the museum's heritage, but we must not forget the important role played by counselors and employers who are also volunteers. However, it must be noted, the main challenge of this type of volunteering is that it manages to consolidate itself through institutional volunteering programs, since it is perhaps the least institutionalized sector along with the one that occurs in areas of Sports and Recreation.