Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Akichi in Collections Management: Perspectives from a Japanese University Museum
This online course explored the current state of and issues related to university community collections management. We discussed the sharing concept to reconnect communities and their collection, and akichi, a creative and open space, is introduced as one of the sharing methods. The course also presented various activities centered on collections from "Keio Museum Commons (KeMCo)" and other Japanese universities to identify the possibility of sharing concepts in community collections management.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Yohko Watanabe
Keio Museum Commons Professor/Curator
Keio University
Yu Homma
Keio Museum Commons Assistant Professor/Curator
Keio University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Engage with the state and issue of the local community collections.
- Explore the effective and possible practices to re-engage university collections with wider community members.
- Develop new ideas on how to create a new community of practices around community collections.
- Collaborate with various colleagues worldwide to share challenges and best practices.
Syllabus
Week1: Re-engaging with Community Collections
- Community Collections
- Community Collections in Universities
- Challenges of Community Collections in Universities
- Re-engage with Community Collections
Week2: Designing a Place for Sharing - Akichi
- Sharing Collections in Exhibitions
- Sharing Collections in Learning
- People Around Collections
- Akichi for Your Community
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Issued on 19th November 2025
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