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Refracting the Social Justice Lens: An Intersectional Approach to Labor Equity in Museums
Hi–Sylvea here! Elizabeth is giving a talk in New Zealand and while she’s away Nicole and I will host CFM’s blog. Today’s post aligns quite well with Nicole’s Monday Musing on museum internships and Tuesday … -
Exploring the Future of Museums and Labor
Hi, this is Nicole. Yesterday, I posted some thoughts inspired by a local, intimate dialogue on museums and internships that I was honored to convene here at AAM. Today, continuing with the theme of museums and the future of work, I’m … -
Monday Musing…
Hi, Nicole here! Last week, AAM brought together over twenty museum professionals from the Washington, DC area for an intimate and in-depth dialogue about museums and internships. This convening gathered interns, museum directors, leaders … -
ReMAKING Learning through Hand-on Education
CFM’s 2014 report Building the Future of Education (Museums and the Learning Ecosystem), shared a vision in which all children draw on a vibrant learning grid of educational resources. In this future, “school” isn’t just a building where … -
Appraising the Arts with Sense, but no Dollars
I see TrendsWatch, CFM’s annual forecasting report, as a jumping off point for deeper explorations of each year’s themes. Every chapter is essentially a lure, hoping to attract the attention of people who know more about these topics than … -
Happiness: Because you get what you measure
“The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play.” —Robert F. Kennedy Humans are driven to succeed, so we mold our behavior to fit our definition of … -
Labor 3.0: new jobs, or a jobless future?
“The issue is jobs. You can’t get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket, and feeling like somebody.”—Studs Terkel In the last two centuries, labor pivoted from the farm and workshop to the factory and the office. Now, as … -
More Than Human: extending the spectrum of ability
“If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of who I am.”—Temple Grandin The year 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which banned discrimination against people … -
Me/We/Here/There: museums and the matrix of place-based augmented devices
“It turns out that the killer application for virtual reality is other human beings. Build a world that people want to inhabit, and the inhabitants will come.” —Charles Stross Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are portals to … -
Why VR?: Enhancing IRL (In Real Life) Experiences for visitors to the British Museum
2016 is clearly a break-out year for Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, with numerous companies releasing relatively affordable, consumer-ready devices. Still, when I was writing TrendsWatch 2016 last fall, I found relatively few museums …
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