{"id":2271,"date":"2017-07-26T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/bienvenida\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T15:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T15:18:48","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museoecologiahumana.org\/en\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We welcome you to the Virtual Museum of Human Ecology (VMHE), a digital tool focussed on the temporary transformation of biocultural diversity and its consequences. Created to house exhibitions for consulting, educating and promoting science related with the world\u2019s most pressing challenges, included in the Sustainable Development Goals (UN Agenda 20230).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Museum is an initiative of the Association for the Study of Human Ecology (AEEH), which arises from previous activities and experiences. It is part of the \u201c<em>Women, bio cultural diversity and sustainability<\/em>\u201d project, which is backed by the National Spanish Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO and which counts on the support and collaboration of different institutions, museums, societies and private individuals with whom we have signed the corresponding agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to show in a simple, attractive and thorough way, how the biocultural diversity of our species originates, and how and why culture has become the main agent for transforming the environment, both creating and solving inequalities between genders, people and countries, providing a useful approach to the world\u2019s most pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To disseminate scientific knowledge through natural and artistic heritage and new technologies, illustrating the interaction between Biology and Culture, in the context of Human Ecology and the new Sciences of Sustainability.<\/li>\n<li>To provide a powerful tool to promote interest and training on the subject, as well as to increase knowledge and the ability of decision making for transforming the world through the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (UN) for Sustainable Development.<\/li>\n<li>To incorporate the gender dimensions in the Sciences of Sustainability, evaluating its temporal transformation and its consequences in different environmental circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>To illustrate the disaggregated reality of progress in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by age, gender, ethnicity, population and Countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Future and development <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since its inauguration on November 29<sup>th<\/sup> 2017, the museum expanded its permanent exhibition spaces, and those intended for collaboration with experts and institutions, through proposals for <em>The work of the month<\/em> and <em>temporary exhibitions <\/em>(more information contact: aecologia.humana @ uam.es)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Coordination:<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Cristina Bernis y Carlos Varea<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Researchers:<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Barry Bogin, In\u00e9s Varela-Silva, Joaqu\u00edn D\u00edaz, M\u00aa P\u00eda Tim\u00f3n, Consolaci\u00f3n Gonz\u00e1lez, Pablo Dom\u00ednguez, Emilio Blanco, Beatriz D\u00edaz,\u00a0Pilar Montero, Rafael Tom\u00e1s y Jos\u00e9 Manuel Ter\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Advisors:<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Sof\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez (Directora del Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas), Juan Luis Arsuaga (Catedr\u00e1tico de Paleontologia y Director Cient\u00edfico del Museo de la Evoluci\u00f3n Humana), Silvia Arias (Doctora en Ciencias Biolog\u00eda y Directora de la Oficina de Acci\u00f3n Solidaria y Cooperaci\u00f3n de la UAM), Carlos Montes (Catedr\u00e1tico de Ecolog\u00eda y coordinador del Laboratorio de Socioecosistemas del Departamento de Ecolog\u00eda de la UAM), Joaqu\u00edn D\u00edaz, Etn\u00f3logo y Director de la Fundaci\u00f3n Joaqu\u00edn D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asociaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de la Ecolog\u00eda Humana (AEEH)<\/p>\n<p>Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid: Vicerrectorado de Relaciones Institucionales, Responsabilidad Social y Cultura; Facultad de Ciencias;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Mujer (IUEM)<\/p>\n<p>Fundaci\u00f3n ASISA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comisi\u00f3n Nacional Espa\u00f1ola de UNESCO<\/p>\n<p>Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n, Cultura y Deportes, Direcci\u00f3n General de Bellas Artes y Patrimonio Cultural<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Museo de Am\u00e9rica<br \/>\nMuseo Arqueol\u00f3gico Nacional<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional de Antropolog\u00eda<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional de Artes Decorativas<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional del Romanticismo<br \/>\nMuseo Sorolla-Fundaci\u00f3n Sorolla<br \/>\nMuseo del Traje<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n<p>Museo Arqueol\u00f3gico Regional<br \/>\nMuseo de Historia de Madrid<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC<br \/>\nMuseo Nacional del Prado<\/p>\n<p>Fundaci\u00f3n Alaine<br \/>\nFundaci\u00f3n Joaqu\u00edn D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<p>Museo Textil del Val de San Lorenzo<\/p>\n<p>Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Association for Cultural Equity<\/p>\n<p>Survival International<\/p>\n<p>Archivo fotogr\u00e1fico Mart\u00edn Chambi (Per\u00fa)<\/p>\n<p>Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Vicerrectorado de Campus y Sostenibilidad,<br \/>\nDepartamento de Biolog\u00eda (Facultad de Ciencias)<br \/>\nLaboratorio de Socioecosistemas del Departamento de Ecolog\u00eda (Facultad de Ciencias)<br \/>\nInstituto Universitario de Estudios de la Mujer<br \/>\nMuseo de Artes y Tradiciones Populares<br \/>\nUnidad de Igualdad de G\u00e9nero<br \/>\nServicio de Cartograf\u00eda<br \/>\nC\u00e1tedra UNESCO Red Unitwin en \u201cPol\u00edticas de G\u00e9nero e Igualdad de Derechos entre Mujeres y Hombres\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Excmo. 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