Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2018.1617604
Carolin Südkamp
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2018.1480852
Stephanie A. Johnson-Cunningham
ABSTRACT We can commend mainstream museums and much of the arts world in their current efforts to exhibit and showcase much more talents than in past years that highlight women, artists of color, and social issues. However, the collecting and displaying of objects uphold a historical practice regarding the ongoing acculturating of visual expressions, especially those belonging to people of color. Leaders in cultural institutions must go beyond their gallery walls and performance halls to begin to focus on people and communities and to cultivate effective societal change. In order to shift their practice, they must push past their brick and mortars to change cultural esthetic reflected in the general public. A deep dive into cultural entities past and present must take place before they can truthfully move forward into honest realms of representation, access, use of the space, racial and gender equity, etc. For now, it is mostly a cover up, a distraction from the actual problem at hand – their most formative years of creation and the institutional framework. This piece will share five actionable approaches for an effective structural intervention for museums and other cultural institutions.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2018.1486127
D. Allison
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2018.1477389
Rebecca Joy Norlander, John C. Anderson, John Fraser, Kate Flinner
ABSTRACT Informal science education institutions (ISEIs) often work in isolation, or even in competition, with one another. However, addressing large social issues becomes more tractable when ISEIs are able to pool ideas, perspectives, and resources. Collaboration across ISEIs has high potential for developing exhibitions, programming, and professional development opportunities that effectively address social issues in a variety of contexts. The ISEI field promotes institutional collaboration, but few studies exist that identify the mechanisms enabling collaboration and making collaborative initiatives successful. The visualizing change project demonstrates the value of a collaborative model for ISEIs working toward public education on a critical social-environmental issue. We further outline strategies for developing this structure at the outset of collaborative initiatives and adhering to it as those projects unfold.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2017.1367222
Keri Watson
ABSTRACT Successful exhibitions engage the public and encourage debate. In the era of Trump, this means curating shows that court controversy and examine issues such as xenophobia, immigration, and climate-change denial. This paper considers a recent exhibition funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, In the eyes of the hungry: Florida’s changing landscape (University of Central Florida Art Gallery and Terrace Gallery at Orlando City Hall, 27 February–23 April 2017), which explored Florida’s history of migrant labor, racism, and urban development, and demonstrated how the arts can act for social justice.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2017.1364571
B. Cohen-Stratyner
ABSTRACT Mass political protests have emerged as a persistent theme in the presidency of Donald Trump, among them, the 300+ Women’s Marches that occurred worldwide on 21 January 2017. Collecting by curatorial staff at protests is an existing, although sometimes controversial, practice. However, in the era of social media, crowd-collecting has also become common practice. This Forum article summarizes the history and practice in museums and identity-based archives and proposes protocols for documenting artifacts acquired by protest participants.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2017.1386015
Chiara O’Reilly, Nina Parish
ABSTRACT This article examines the particular challenges that are associated with collecting and exhibiting objects to represent immigrant narratives. Everyday objects play a crucial role in migration history and curators need to capitalise on the representational possibilities offered by these seemingly banal objects when conceiving exhibitions. This analysis concentrates on strategies used by Australian museums – from large federal institutions to state-based organisations as well as smaller community-based and council-run museums – as migration history is core to the settler history of Australia. In critically examining how objects are collected, this article discusses what it means for museums to engage with and tell stories of migration today and into the future. The study reveals the diversity of approaches at play and what lessons can be learnt from the study of how curators and institutions themselves are striving to engage with a diverse audience in their collections and exhibitions.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2017.1361689
Rebecca S. McMillen, Frances Alter
ABSTRACT For many people, social media is an integral part of everyday life that can lead to a greater sense of social inclusion. This article examines social media’s impact on social inclusion regarding art museum disability access. This qualitative study explores ways people with disabilities interact socially and culturally using social media and how it impacts their perception of being socially included. Data were collected from individuals with varying types of disabilities regarding their use of social media. Results show that social media can have a positive effect on people with disabilities regarding social inclusion. This research also discusses how art museums can use social media to better connect and socially include people with disabilities.
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Pub Date : 2017-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15596893.2017.1364551
Janda Gooding
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