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Inclusion
The Community Futures Lab: Oral Histories, Oral Futures, and Quantum Time
This is Nicole with a bit of field reporting about futurist work in practice. Last week, I traveled to Philadelphia, PA to visit the Community Futures Lab, a project of the Black Quantum …
Wordless Wednesday: Access for All
#AllGender #AccessForAll @WorcesterArt Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links) on CFM’s Pinter…
Capture the Flag: the Struggle Over Representation and Identity
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2016 issue of Museum magazine. Exploring the social justice role of museums in the preservation and presentation of history and culture. …
Futurist Friday: Coming this Fall, the First Cyborg Olympics
One of the themes I explore in TrendsWatch 2016 is the blurring boundaries between ability, disability and augmented ability. We are experiencing a surge in “assistive …
Creating a More Inclusive Museum: Welcoming LGBT Students and Visitors
One of the important and difficult topics I delve into in TrendsWatch 2016 is the interplay of identity, representation, and inclusion. As I explore in the report, American society is …
Do-ing Diversity in Museums
Chris Taylor’s commitment to helping his institution make traction in conversations about diversity, inclusion, and professional development led to the creation of The Department of …
Setting the Standard for LGBTQ Inclusion
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of the Museum magazine. It’s a common assumption that the arts and culture fields are populated with LGBTQ folks who find …
Visitor Voices
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Museum magazine. A story of accessibility and inclusion The “Visitor Voices” session at the 2015 AAM Annual Meeting …
Museums And Race
This article originally appeared in the November/December 2013 edition of Museum magazine. It has been more than two decades since artist Fred Wilson “mined” the Maryland …
Full Spectrum: Addressing the Needs of Kids with Autism
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2011 edition of the Museum magazine. An average sixth-grade class is touring your galleries. Most of the children are only mildly …
A New Spin: Are DJs, rappers and bloggers ‘curators’?
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2010 edition of Museum magazine. A November 2008 headline in The New York Times read as follows: “Ludacris as Curator of His …