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Envisioning the Accessible Future of Peer Review

One of my favorite parts of putting together the recent “future issue” of Museum was asking my colleagues at AAM to imagine how their work, and the programs they staff, such as …

Access and Inclusion Case Study: Connecting Students to the Museum Field

In a session at the 2017 AAM Annual Meeting in St. Louis, a look around the room revealed a small sea of mostly mid-career museum professionals with experience and interest in education and …

Wordless Wednesday: A Symphony of Smell

@LeGrandMuseeDuParfum #multisensory #perfume  Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s …

Wordless Wednesday: Bodies Bending Sound

@guggenheim @dorrancedance @nytimes #acoustics #dance  Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) …

Neurodiversifying the Museum

One topic I’ve explored here on the Blog is how museums such as the Pacific Science Center are making themselves more accessible to visitors with autism. And with ACLS Fellow Nicole Ivy, …

The Future of Education Road Trip Begins!

Hi, Nicole here! We are excited to begin this new year with a new project at CFM. My colleague, Sage Morgan-Hubbard (Ford W. Bell Fellow in Museums and P-12 Education) and I are preparing …

Access and Equity in Museum Internships: A Case Study

In the US in 2015, 17.5 percent of persons with a disability were employed–compared to a 65 percent employment rate for people without a disability: a troubling statistic that should …

The CFM Future of Education Tour starts in 2017 in the Southeast!

This week we are pleased to share our own bit of good news: CFM Fellows Sage Morgan-Hubbard and Nicole Ivy announce they are taking their work on the road with The Future of Education Tour. …

Wordless Wednesday: Read My Lips

#lipreading #deeplearning #bodycamera #deaf #accessibility @CompSciOxford Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) …

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Wordless Wednesday: Paralympic Pas de Deux

#Robot #Cyborg #Paralympics @Paralympics @amypurdygurl Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s …

Futurist Friday: Superhuman

As you may have guessed from Wednesday’s wordless post, I’m glued to the Paralympics this week. Today I’m encouraging you to watch this trailer for the 2016 Paralympic …
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