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New Paradigms for Intercultural Work in Museums – or Intercultural Work as a New Paradigm for Museum Practice? Part I
One of our favorite things about running the Incluseum is making new connections. We love when people, like today’s guest blogger, take the time to contact us to share their work. Simona Bodo is an independent researcher and consultant who co-created and edits Patrimonio and Intercultura, a rich on-line resource devoted to the intercultural potential of heritage education…
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Spotlight on Research–Subverting the Hetero-Normative Museum
One of our early goals with the Incluseum, was to provide a space where research and practice-based examples of social inclusion in museums could co-exist and, hopefully, inform each other. While most of our recent blog posts have been practice-oriented, we haven’t lost sight of our desire to link in research. Today, Maria Anna Tseliou,…
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Tales of a Museum Studies Grad Student Part 1
Kris Johnson is a Museum Studies graduate student from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She came across our blog a few months ago and contacted us to see if we’d be interested in sharing her experience on the Incluseum (you can do the same!). We were very impressed by the work she’s doing to help…
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Reading List: March
A selection of “stuff” we enjoyed reading this month. What did you think of these articles, blogposts, etc.? What else did you read? – On curators: a few articles on curators/curating caught our attention this month. All have to do with museum curation in a digital age and making room for broader participation and increased…
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Making Contemporary Art Accessible at the Whitney Museum of American Art
I had the pleasure of hearing Danielle Linzer, Manager of Access and Community Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, speak at last year’s American Alliance of Museums conference. Over the last few years, Danielle has launched wonderful initiatives aimed at increasing the Whitney’s level of accessibility to people with disabilities. In this blog post, she…
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Engaging Latino Audiences at the Denver Art Museum: My First Year as the Latino Cultural Programs Coordinator
America’s changing demographics is a reality that will increasingly impact museums whose audience continues to primarily be middle-to-upper class white Americans. For instance, it is projected that, by 2050, the Hispanic/Latino populations will comprise 30 percent of the U.S. population (Farrell & Medvedeva, 2010). So what are museums doing? Verónica Betancourt tackled this question in her provocative Masters Thesis, Brillan por…
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The Landscape of Arts Inclusion in Public Schools
Emily Shallman and I started talking about exclusion in arts and education while we were both working on our respective Master’s degrees. Lately, I have been eager to ask her to blog about her extensive research in inequitable access to the arts in public schools. Her findings suggest that museums, along with many non-profit arts…
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Reading List: February
Here’s a glimpse of museum-related articles and blog posts that impacted us this month. What have you enjoyed reading? – The Weight of White People in the World: This blogpost, authored by Clayton Lord, uses data about audience representation in Bay Area theaters as a springboard to discuss the lack of diversity in the arts more…
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Free Family Memberships at the Whatcom Museum
While interviewing Mary Jo Maute about the Whatcom Museum’s participation in Project Homeless Connect, she told us of the free family membership program the museum offers to qualifying low-income families. We decided to dig deeper and learn more about this initiative and its potential to increase access to individuals who might not afford to engage…
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On our Minds: Amplification
This week, we wish to share with you one of two ideas that has been bubbling in our heads for a while. Next week, we’ll delve into the second idea. Amplification of community-based organizations’ voices From the beginning, we always hoped the Incluseum would not only act as a resource and site of exchange for…