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Welcome to our Instagram
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Read more: Welcome to our InstagramWelcome! The Empathetic Museum is now entering the Instagram sphere! We are here to help inform, educate and guide conversations related to empathetic practice within museums and in our museum communities. Follow us for more! And check out…
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[Collective Liberation] Disrupt, dismantle, manifest
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Read more: [Collective Liberation] Disrupt, dismantle, manifestThe legacies of colonial and racialized violence, and white supremacy broadly, express themselves in myriad ways in contemporary museum practice. Internal and external transformation is required for shifting systems of power; interrupting the cycle of abusive museum culture;…
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[COLLECTIVE LIBERATION] Disrupt, Dismantle, Manifest
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Read more: [COLLECTIVE LIBERATION] Disrupt, Dismantle, ManifestThe 2021 Equity Coalition Convening aims to address systemic racial inequities in museums, emphasizing the need for internal and external transformations. A call for proposals invites individuals to contribute ideas for sessions focused on embedding racial justice. The…
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An Empathetic Museum is an Antiracist Museum
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Read more: An Empathetic Museum is an Antiracist MuseumInstitutional empathy must replace embedded white privilege and colonialism to create inclusive spaces. We advocates for deeper empathy as a vital counterpart to antiracism in museum practices.
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Strategic Empathy Planning: Questions for the QuaranTime
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Read more: Strategic Empathy Planning: Questions for the QuaranTimeWe recognize the complexities of current times, emphasizing the need for human connection amidst social distancing. As museums navigate unprecedented challenges, they must reconsider their roles and operations, focusing on empathetic actions that benefit staff and communities. The…
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How to Be An Empathetic Museum in this Troubled Time | Cómo ser un museo empático en tiempos difíciles
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Read more: How to Be An Empathetic Museum in this Troubled Time | Cómo ser un museo empático en tiempos difícilesWe at The Empathetic Museum are mindful of and concerned about the current and future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our many communities, especially the vulnerable. At a time when our values and instincts drive us to be…
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Conversation on “The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity”
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Read more: Conversation on “The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity”Janeen Bryant and Gretchen Jennings, co-founders of The Empathetic Museum and members of The Museum Group, discuss issues related to their recent Curator article (October 2019), “The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity.”
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Curator Journal: Past, Present, & Future of The Empathetic Museum
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Read more: Curator Journal: Past, Present, & Future of The Empathetic MuseumOver the summer and fall of 2018, our merry band of empathetic museum players hit pause for a moment to take stock in the work we had accomplished as a group and in deep collaboration with others across…
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Empathy: Core VS Cosmetic
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Read more: Empathy: Core VS CosmeticAs the museum industry continues to examine the role of empathy in our work — with the public and one another — we wonder if the research and subsequent lessons will be authentically applied or if the word…
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Musings from Museum Commons: The Intangible Nature of Empathy
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Read more: Musings from Museum Commons: The Intangible Nature of EmpathyOur Empathetic Museum colleague and contributor, Gretchen Jennings, shares some recent thoughts about why the power and value of empathy continues to remain intangible as an industry best practice.Read more: https://www.museumcommons.com/2019/01/empathy-intangible-yet-powerful.html
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