About Museums, Culture, and Justice to Explore in Your Classroom

ISBN-13: 9780807763445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 96 str.

Therese Quinn; Kevin K. Kumashiro; William Ayers

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• Singing in Dark Times: A Series Introduction xi
• William Ayers
• Foreword Kevin K. Kumashiro  xiii
• 1. Introduction: Are Museums for Everyone?  1
• Museums Delight and Surprise 1
• Museums Also Disappoint 2
• Museums Want Us—Do We Want Them? 2
• Museums and Cultural Justice 5
• Museums and Social Movements 6
• Teaching Museums 7
• Learning Museums—Chapter Topics  8
• 2. Who Made the First Museum?  11
• A Woman Made the First Museum 11
• Origin Stories Reveal and Create Value 12
• Looking Back to Look Forward 14
• 3. Why Do Museums Collect? 20
• A Collection in Every Classroom 20
• Collections, Science, and the Privilege of Curiosity 21
• Sciences and Other Ways of Knowing 22
• Museums for the Future 23
• Our Full View 25
• 4. What Have We Learned from the Past and About the Present That Can Help Us Shape the Future?  29
• Museum Revolutions 29
• Return Wakanda's Artifacts! 30
• Decolonize Is a Verb 32
• 5. How Can Museums Welcome All Bodies?  38
• Access and Experience 38
• Designing to Include  40
• Nothing About Us Without Us! 41
• Creative Access 42
• 6. How and When Should Museums Respond to Everyday Events?  47
• Museums Are Not Neutral 47
• Collecting and Archiving as Action 48
• Museums Taking Sides 48
• Exhibits as Agents of Change  49
• Rethinking Museums 51
• 7. What Is It Like to Work in a Museum?  56
• People Make Museums 56
• Museum Work Is Work 58
• What Makes a Good Workplace? 60
• 8. How Can Museums Celebrate LGBTQ People's Lives and Contributions?  66
• Holding Hands at the Museum 66
• Centering Queer Lives  69
• 9. What Can Museum Practices Teach Us About Collaborating and Sharing Authority? 77
• Becoming Leader-Full  77
• Collaborators and Co-Curators 78
• Resist Curation  79
• Making Exhibits to Build Community 80
• 10. Why Do We Pay to Visit Museums? 84
• Museums Belong to Us 84
• The Burden of Fees 85
• Free Museums 86
• Conclusion 90
• Index 91
• About the Author 96