Moments of Change: A “Bottom Up” Push towards a More Inclusive Museum

Cole, Sarah

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“…Each person working in a museum needs to see that their actions and decisions can contribute to change. As two practitioner-scholars who consider ourselves to be activists within museum practice, we have been investigating how museum staff can be more civically involved and embrace social change activism in museums (Wood 2009(Wood , 2013(Wood , 2017Cole 2014). Having explored the role of children's museums in taking on issues of racism, prejudice and intolerance (Wood and Cole 2007), we noted that the realm of socially active museums tends to be limited to particular social causes (such as the District Six Museum, or Lower Eastside Tenement Museum), or identity-based museums, such as the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Experience.…”

Section: Understanding An Ethos Of Practicementioning

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Museum Activism

Janes¹,

Sandell²

2019

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Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although the idea remains controversial, the way we think about the roles and responsibilities of museums as knowledgebased, social institutions is changing. Museum Activism examines the increasing significance of this activist trend in thinking and practice.At this crucial time in the evolution of museum thinking and practice, this ground-breaking volume brings together more than fifty contributors working across six continents to explore, analyse and critically reflect upon the museum's relationship to activism. Including contributions from practitioners, artists, activists and researchers, this wide-ranging examination of new and divergent expressions of the inherent power of museums as forces for good, and as activists in civil society, aims to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice.Museum Activism elucidates the largely untapped potential for museums as key intellectual and civic resources to address inequalities, injustice and environmental challenges. This makes the book essential reading for scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, gallery studies, arts and heritage management, and politics. It will be a source of inspiration to museum practitioners and museum leaders around the globe.

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Section: Understanding An Ethos Of Practicementioning

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Museum Activism

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Sandell²

2019

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“…2 One exception in the science museum world was the exhibition "Race: Are we so different?" This widely touring exhibition made use of advisory boards and extensive staff training to help support dialogue with visitors and the community (Cole, 2014).…”

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The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication

Drotner¹,

Dziekan

Parry

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Museums today find themselves within a mediatised society, where everyday life is conducted in a data-full and technology-rich context. In fact, museums are themselves mediatised: they present a uniquely media-centred environment, in which communicative media is a constitutive property of their organisation and of the visitor experience. The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication explores what it means to take mediated communication as a key concept for museum studies and as a sensitising lens for media-related museum practice on the ground.Including contributions from experts around the world, this original and innovative Handbook shares a nuanced and precise understanding of media, media concepts and media terminology, rehearsing new locations for writing on museum media and giving voice to new subject alignments. As a whole, the volume breaks new ground by reframing mediated museum communication as a resource for an inclusive understanding of current museum developments.The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication will appeal to students and scholars, as well as to practitioners involved in the visioning, design and delivery of mediated communication in the museum. It teaches us not just how to study museums, but how to go about being a museum in today's world.

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“…Therefore, current discussions in the museum world have focused on creating more diverse and inclusive museum practices; becoming more socially responsive; and meeting the needs and expectations of a diverse population of visitors (Falk, 2016;Mason, 2004;Schultz, 2011). The literature on inclusive museums suggest that museums should establish a new trust with the communities they serve; redefine their roles, missions, and commitments; become more visitor oriented and integrate diversity and inclusion as institutional values and as initiatives into their main work (Cole, 2014;Falk, 2016;Weil, 2012).…”

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Intercultural Competence in 21st Century Museums: Museum Educators' Perspectives

2023

Education and New Developments 2023 – Volume 2

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Many museums around the world are providing engaging and participatory educational programs and exhibits, and reshaping their missions, structures, and staff to become more inclusive and to create and promote intercultural dialogue in their spaces. This qualitative study aims to understand the perceptions of museum educators regarding inclusive museums, intercultural dialogue practices in museums and explore necessary intercultural competence skills for museum educators. Several key findings emerged from the analysis of the data: In inclusive museums visitors feel welcome and belonged and their multiple needs are considered; museums should reflect the diversity of their community in their staff and their programs; museums should critically and continuously examine themselves and their educational programs; crucial intercultural competence skills for museum educators are flexibility, adaptivity, dynamism and openness; and financial restrictions should not discourage museum educators for creating professional trainings.

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Moments of Change: A “Bottom Up” Push towards a More Inclusive Museum

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