Repensar la formación museológica: la mediación cultural como marco profesional crítico [Rethinking museum training: cultural mediation as a critical professional framework]

Abstract

This article addresses a central question: how can we train the professionals that today’s and tomorrow’s museums need? In contrast to a traditional training focused on objects and technical expertise, it argues for cultural mediation to be integrated as a key framework for a museological practice committed to participation, sustainability, and social transformation. Drawing on theoretical approaches, public policies, and concrete institutional experiences, the article explores the role of mediation in redefining the museum as a situated space, open to conflict and grounded in work with communities. Finally, it highlights the urgent need to address the working conditions of these emerging professional profiles so that the commitment to a more just cultural landscape goes beyond discourse.