Category: Maturity Model
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Mayday! Mayday!: Leaning into Empathy in Times of Crisis
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Read more: Mayday! Mayday!: Leaning into Empathy in Times of CrisisWe are using the international distress call to ask: How are you responding in this moment? What support, practices, and next steps are critical to build community in tumultuous times?
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10 Days of Empathy
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Read more: 10 Days of EmpathyWhat do we really mean when we say Empathetic Museum? The qualities of 21st century museums are impossible without an inner core of institutional empathy: the intention of the museum to be, and be perceived as, deeply connected…
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder
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Read more: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy SnyderOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder is a survival guide for democracy in perilous times. Drawing from the rise of totalitarian regimes in the 20th century, Snyder offers 20 urgent lessons that illuminate…
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Institutional Decision Making. MMF 2022-2023 Report
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Read more: Institutional Decision Making. MMF 2022-2023 ReportMost museum workers believe boards influence decisions more than missions or community input, while executives view missions and staff as key. This disconnect suggests a need for better communication and transparency in decision-making processes.
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On “Nothing can be Changed Until it is Faced: Museum Solidarity Statements as Reflections of Understanding Systemic Racism”
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Read more: On “Nothing can be Changed Until it is Faced: Museum Solidarity Statements as Reflections of Understanding Systemic Racism”We implore White staff at predominantly White institutions to examine their museum’s history and practices to understand how they reflect White supremacy culture and Colonialism.
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A “person-oriented society
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Read more: A “person-oriented societyWe must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society.
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Keynote Address by Gretchen Jennings, on Empathy as Action
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Read more: Keynote Address by Gretchen Jennings, on Empathy as ActionIn this keynote address for the 2022 Conference of the Association of Art Museum Curators, Gretchen Jennings, our co-founder, shares about The Empathetic Museum philosophy and work confronting histories of colonialism, racism, and privilege and for the practice…
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AAM is charging extra to post to ‘diversity websites’
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Read more: AAM is charging extra to post to ‘diversity websites’This thread (1-3) from @msquaredstump Facebook account reveals that AAM is charging extra to post to ‘diversity websites’.” It’s ironic that an organization who just released a report on ‘Excellence in DEAI’ is up charging folks to help…
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Charles Allis Art Museum will host “Ghosts of Segregation: America’s Continuing Struggle“
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Read more: Charles Allis Art Museum will host “Ghosts of Segregation: America’s Continuing Struggle“Beginning on July 28, Milwaukee’s Charles Allis Art Museum will host “Ghosts of Segregation: America’s Continuing Struggle,” a traveling photography exhibition that explores the lingering presence of segregation, slavery, and institutional racism hidden in everyday American architecture. Through…
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On our article “Empathetic Museum: A New Cultural Identity”
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Read more: On our article “Empathetic Museum: A New Cultural Identity”Our institutions do not represent the demographic makeup of our nation in their boards, staffing, collections, and audiences; they remain intransigently white in all but a few cases. Too often we talk about the need for diversity and…
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