Museums in Slovenia show culture is positive and meaningful in the time of COVID-19
Kaja Širok is the Director of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia and a research fellow at the Faculty of Arts Department for Sociology in Ljubljana A historian by training her PhD in Cultural studies focused on contested memories and identity making in the border areas She discusses with us in this interview the impact of the pandemic crisis on culture and the mitigation of its effects Ms Širok serves as a member of the International Council of Museums ICOM Ethics Committee and the International Committee of Memorial Museums in Remembrance of the Victims of Public Crimes ICMEMO She is the president of the ICOM Slovenia and a member of the Academic Committee of the House of European History museum