Museums as agents of change
Issued Date
Copyright Date
2021
Resource Type
Language
eng
Text
Text
No. of Pages/File Size
132
ISBN
9781538108956
Alternative Title(s)
a guide to becoming a changemaker
Author(s)
Abstract
Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change—bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people’s lives. So how can we, as individuals, radically expand the work of museums to live up to this potential? How can we more fiercely recognize the meaningful work that museums are doing to enact change around the relevant issues in our communities? How can we work together to build a stronger culture of equity and care within museums ? Questions like these are increasingly vital for all museum professionals to consider, no matter what your role is within your institution. They are also important questions for all of us to be thinking about more deeply as citizens and community members. This book is about the work we need to do to become changemakers and demand that that our museums take action toward positive social change and bring people together into a more just, equitable, compassionate, and connected society. It is a journey toward tapping the energies within all of us to make change happen and proactively shape a new future.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 Museums Are Us 1 - -
2 Let Your Community In 17 - -
3 Community at the Core: A Conversation with Nina Simon 39 - -
4 Interrupting White Dominant Culture in Museums 45 - -
5 Museums Are Not Neutral: A Conversation with La Tanya S. Autry 55 - -
6 Leading toward a Different Future 63- -
7 Building a New Model: A Conversation with Lori Fogarty 81- -
8 Collaborative Leadership That Works: A Conversation with Lauren Ruffin, Molly Alloy, and Nathanael Andreini 91 - -
9 Care and Healing 99 - -
10 Let's Talk about Community Care: A Conversation with Monica Montgomery113 - -
11 Propelled by Love 121- -
Index 127- -
About the Author vii 131-