{"id":1035306,"date":"2026-05-07T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"trans-27960-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/trans-27960-1\/","title":{"rendered":"RMG \u2013 The Preventive System as a cornerstone of mediation in the success of the Salesian Museums\u2019 formation session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting, attended by representatives of the Salesian Museums and other institutions interested in Don Bosco&rsquo;s methodology, began with a moment of prayer and a welcome address by Salesian Fr Reginaldo Cordeiro, a member of the Missions Sector. Following this, Fr Marcelo Farf&aacute;n, Provincial of the Salesian Province of Ecuador, delivered an inspiring message, urging educational communities to continue offering these educational opportunities that enrich the institutional mission.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Nataly Orbe Ortiz, Director of the Abya Yala Museum in Ecuador &ndash; the institution that broadcast the event via its YouTube channel &ndash; emphasised the importance of this work, in line with the theme proposed by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for this year: &ldquo;Museums unite a divided world&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A group of international experts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The formation was structured around three high-level presentations, which addressed the theme of mediation in different contexts: To enrich the digital environment of the meeting, an example of cultural mediation and an artistic video by the <em>Proyecto Ra&iacute;z<\/em> group were then presented, highlighting the importance of art in educational processes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oscar Rodr&iacute;guez (National Museum of Colombia) <\/strong>explored the fundamentals of mediation and its role as an essential educational activity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ana Mart&iacute;n Garc&iacute;a (Don Bosco House Museum in Turin, Italy) <\/strong>presented the Preventive System within the museum space, highlighting <em>loving kindness <\/em>as a fundamental key to guiding the visitor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dirceu Mauricio Van Lonkhuijzen (Don Bosco Museum in Campo Grande, Brazil) <\/strong>explored intercultural mediation as a necessary dialogue between institutional identity and the Amazonian and Andean heritage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conclusions of the meeting were presented by Mariano Garc&iacute;a, Coordinator of the Advisory Team of the Salesian Missionary Museums. In his summary, he emphasised that what distinguishes Salesian museums from other institutions is their essence as a &ldquo;welcoming home&rdquo;. Furthermore, it was reiterated that Don Bosco&rsquo;s Preventive System is the tool that enables a more human visitor experience, transforming the museum into a space for encounter and lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<p>With this event, the Salesian museum network reaffirms its commitment to professional development and the strengthening of a unique cultural offering, centred on the person and on shared heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting, attended by representatives of the Salesian Museums and other institutions interested in Don Bosco&rsquo;s methodology, began with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoans.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}