The museum speaks. It communicates constantly in every one of its spaces, through its collections, exhibitions, signage, information, security, and activities. To engage in a decolonial practice, the first question we ask ourselves in the education and mediation departments is: how can we make the museum be silent? Keeping silent to better listen to the community, to the individuals who, for various reasons, have been excluded and do not feel involved in the museum and its content. Who identifies who this "community" is? Which communities are not feeling welcome? Whose voices does the museum wish to hear? What new perspectives can it learn from? In this workshop, we ask ourselves how we can ensure the Museum becomes a place that remains silent to create a time for genuine listening, a place for dialogue among equals, and shared learning: a space to speak anew, a space to talk again.
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