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Museums Need to Be Braver
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Read more: Museums Need to Be BraverNon-university museums could follow this model by including community members and students on their boards. Partnerships with local organizations, colleges, and universities also offer a powerful mechanism for demystifying the work of the board and bringing the public…
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Rethinking Prison Tourism, by Hope Corrigan
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Read more: Rethinking Prison Tourism, by Hope CorriganAt the end of the audio tour at Eastern State Penitentiary, a 16-foot steel sculpture called “The Big Graph” offers a visual representation of mass incarceration in America. It illustrates the racial breakdown of prison populations since 1970…
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Museums and Wealth – The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections
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Read more: Museums and Wealth – The Politics of Contemporary Art CollectionsA materialist description of the museum as a model institution of the liberal nation state reveals constellations of imperialist social relations. Nizan Shaked, Museums and Wealth – The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (June…
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Happy Pride Month
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Read more: Happy Pride MonthA reminder that Pride Month is ALL JUNE LONG. We love you. Thank you for being a part of The Empathetic Museum and all museums.
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To be hopeful
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Read more: To be hopefulTO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to…
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Loving friendships
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Read more: Loving friendshipsSending out gratitude for the wisdom and humor of @savedbythebellhooks. Institutional change is hard without building authentic relationships. The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (October 4, 2021). “Sending out gratitude for the wisdom and humor of @savedbythebellhooks. Institutional change is…
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Transformation and Justice Lounge, by Museums & Race
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Read more: Transformation and Justice Lounge, by Museums & RaceWondering where the Transformation and Justice Lounge is at #AAM2022? Check out Museums & Race blog to find out how @AAMers removal of it has impacted its members. The Empathetic Museum. [@empatheticmuseum] (May 20, 2022). “Wondering where the…
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White supremacy embedded in museum associations
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Read more: White supremacy embedded in museum associationsThank you to our member, @kayleighbindc, for so eloquently calling out the harmful behavior of organizations like @aamersofficial that seek to erase, gaslight and detract from original work; work being done by mostly Black and BIPOC women in…
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Jornada Telemática DIM22: Empatía institucional
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Read more: Jornada Telemática DIM22: Empatía institucionalEn 2022, en el marco del Día Internacional de los Museos, Nayeli Zepeda compartió con la Red de Museos Etnográficos de Asturias —cuyas instituciones ya habían trabajado con el Modelo de Madurez— la fundación de Empathetic Museum, su…
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Community Engagement during COVID-19 at the House of Memory Museum
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Read more: Community Engagement during COVID-19 at the House of Memory MuseumIn the last few years at global conferences, we’ve been talking about how a museum can’t just be a building where people come and have an experience. Covid-19 is the opportunity to see how we can get closer…
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