Curating arts and heritage in intercultural perspectives

Becoming a curator aware of cultural dynamics | Diventare curatrici e curatori consapevoli delle dinamiche culturali

Today, curators operate in a context that requires an awareness of those intercultural dynamics, power relations and asymmetries that have marked history. Moreover, curators are required to understand how such factors translate into the tangible form of the curatorial gesture, in the design of material and immaterial spaces.

This course will train professionals to be capable of planning the curation of cultural heritage in the broadest sense – inclusive of visual arts, architecture, archaeology, visual cultures, and ethnographic universes – from an intercultural perspective. Graduates will be able to operate in cultural contexts characterised increasingly by the centrality of intercultural relations and dynamics, the growing critique of Eurocentrism and colonial dynamics, the openness to other cultural horizons and the examination of issues of cultural appropriation, the re-elaboration of colonial events and memories, and cultural circulation in a global geographical dimension. The course provides both theoretical and operational skills, developed in educational workshops with professionals who operate in intercultural perspective.

This course stands out in the way in which it combines curating, interculturality, and design, thereby offering a training programme that is unprecedented within the Italian academic context which benefits from its unique location in Venice, a well-known international center for the arts. After graduating, students will be able to work in public and private cultural institutions as curators capable of understanding and reproducing in an exhibition context the transcultural dynamics that have crossed
historical eras, in particular the ideological constructions related to exoticism, orientalism, colonialism, and the construction of otherness. 

The programme is undergoing ministerial accreditation.
If you are interested in the course, you can register in our database, we will notify you as soon as the call for applications opens.

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Le curatrici e i curatori si muovono oggi in un orizzonte che richiede consapevolezza delle dinamiche interculturali, delle relazioni di potere e delle asimmetrie che hanno segnato la storia e, soprattutto, comprensione di come esse si traducano nella forma sensibile del gesto curatoriale, nella progettazione di spazi materiai e immateriali.

Il corso forma figure capaci di progettare le attività di curatela dei beni culturali in senso ampio – arti visive, architettura, archeologia, culture visuali e universi etnografici – in chiave interculturale. Le laureate e i laureati saranno in grado di muoversi in un orizzonte culturale caratterizzato da una ormai affermata centralità dei rapporti e delle dinamiche interculturali, dalla crescente critica dell’eurocentrismo e delle dinamiche coloniali, dall’apertura verso orizzonti culturali altri e da un confronto coi temi dell’appropriazione culturale, dell’elaborazione di vicende e memorie coloniali, della circolazione culturale in una dimensione geografica globale. Il corso fornisce sia competenze teoriche (cultura visuale, teorie dei media, semiotica, East-West Relationships, tra gli altri), sia competenze progettuali sviluppate nei laboratori didattici con professioniste/i del settore che lavorano in questa prospettiva.

Il corso trova la sua specificità nel cortocircuito tra passato e presente, nell’intreccio tra curatela, interculturalità e dimensione progettuale, offrendo un programma formativo inedito nel panorama italiano e un rapporto unico con Venezia, polo internazionale delle arti.
Dopo la laurea potrai lavorare in istituzioni culturali pubbliche e private operando come curatrice/curatore capace di comprendere e restituire nella concezione del gesto espositivo le dinamiche transculturali che hanno attraversato le epoche storiche, in particolare le costruzioni ideologiche relative all’esotismo, all’orientalismo, al colonialismo, alla costruzione dell’alterità.

Il corso è in fase di accreditamento ministeriale.
Se sei interessata/o al corso, puoi registrarti nel nostro database: ti avviseremo non appena il bando sarà aperto.

Features

Ministerial degree code

LM-89 R 

Qualification

Number of university credits

120

Duration

2 years

Coordination

Monica Centanni

Entry requirements

Available places

60

Distribution of available places

Admission, evaluation, enrolment 2025/2026

The number of students is limited, and admission is based on an interview
A certificate of English language proficiency (level 2B) is required for admission to the course.

If you are interested in the course, you can register in our database, we will notify you as soon as the call for applications opens.

 

Il numero di studentesse e studenti è programmato e le modalità di accesso consisteranno in un colloquio attitudinale
Si richiede per l’accesso al corso la certificazione di conoscenza della lingua inglese di livello B2.

Se sei interessata/o al corso, puoi registrarti nel nostro database: ti avviseremo non appena il bando sarà aperto.

 

Tuition fees

For bachelor’s and master’s degrees the maximum annual fee amount is 2806,18 euros divided into 3 instalments.
The 1st instalment is split into 2 parts: the first amount to be paid within the pre-enrolment deadline; the remaining part to be paid upon the student’s arrival in Italy.
The amount of the 3 instalments varies according to income and/or merit criteria. In order to get an official assessment of their financial situation, students need to request the ISEE (Equivalent Economic Situation Indicator) certification.
More information on fee reductions

Other charges

184,00 euros
regional tax

16,00 euros
stamp tax

Additional expenses

You may need to cover additional costs that are not included in tuition fees, such as accommodation, transport and materials. For more information see the Welcome Guide

Scholarships

Students can receive the benefits of the right to study: scholarships, fee waivers, fee reductions based on ISEE, university loans, student collaborations, tutoring activities. 50% of those enrolled at Iuav University have access to a form of reduction in the maximum contribution required.
More information on the benefits of the right to study

Manifesto degli studi (Study prospectus)

Manifesto degli studi is the document that annually outlines how a study programme works, describes the available learning paths, and provides you with all the information you need to deal with the various aspects of your university career.
It is the official source of information you can rely on in your university career.

Regolamento didattico (Degree programme teaching regolation)

It is the set of rules that regulate the educational systems and criteria for the functioning of study courses, in compliance with the law and the Statute.