Recent Posts by Suse Anderson and Ed Rodley
Museopunks Episode 42: A #MuseumMeToo Moment
Category:
Human Resources
Since the #MeToo movement began, many in the museum sector have wondered when members of our own community would be called to account. In this episode, the Punks are joined by Robin …
Museopunks Episode 41: Digitization is not neutral
Category:
Collections Stewardship
Over the past decade, museums have increasingly shared high-resolution open access images of their collections. Yet there are significant legal and ethical complexities related to digital …
Museopunks Episode 40: A very human exhibition
Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. In creating the exhibition, the Wellcome Collection worked with two …
Museopunks Episode 39: A new definition of “museum”?
Category:
Influence of Museums
The season for existential crises continued this past month when the International Council of Museums (ICOM) announced that a working group had proposed a new definition for museums and …
Museopunks Episode 38: Decolonization and its Discontents
Category:
Collections Stewardship
As decolonization moves more firmly onto the agenda in museums, so too does its critique. In this episode, we speak with Sumaya Kassim, author of the essay ‘The Museum Will Not Be …