Category: About The Empathetic Museum
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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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The Empathetic Museum: Mission Impossible – AAM 2018
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Read more: The Empathetic Museum: Mission Impossible – AAM 2018TrendsWatch 2017 highlights empathy as an important element of museum practice. In talk show format, panelists will examine, challenge, and describe efforts to achieve and assess empathy at an organizational level. PanelistsGretchen JenningsSuse AndersonCinnamon Catlin-LegutkoChris Taylor AmericanMuseumsUploaded on…
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Children at the Border: Where are Museums? | Niñxs en la frontera: ¿Dónde están los museos?
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Read more: Children at the Border: Where are Museums? | Niñxs en la frontera: ¿Dónde están los museos?We at the Empathetic Museum encourage all members of the museum community, and especially those in border communities, to think about ways in which they might show that US museums are concerned about the human rights violations at…
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“El Museo Empático”. Why we need a Spanish version of The Empathetic Museum
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Read more: “El Museo Empático”. Why we need a Spanish version of The Empathetic MuseumBy: Nayeli Zepeda. Empathy is not just a museum’s means to generate an emotional response in our visitors, but an ethical basis on which we can build our institutions. If the mission of the museum is to represent,…
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Reponse to White Supremacist Rallies in Charlottesvilee, VA
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Read more: Reponse to White Supremacist Rallies in Charlottesvilee, VAThe Empathetic Museum Group condemns unequivocally the beliefs and values of the white supremacist, neo-Nazi, neo-fascist groups that demonstrated in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend. While we recognize the deep historical roots underlying the choice of Charlottesville for…
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See you at AAM 2017!
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Read more: See you at AAM 2017!We’re thrilled to be partnering with NAME this year to run one of our Empathetic Museum activities at the NAME Lunch on Tuesday, May 9. You’ll also find us connecting with folks in the Museums and Race Transformation Lounge and presenting on…
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