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Curator: The Museum Journal is now publishing articles in multiple languages to make itself more accessible to scholars around the world. For more on Curator’s translations program, see the 65.2 issue’s editorial–by Knology CEO and President, John Fraser. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Looking for a museum worker or group interested in writing about the unionization process in museums for an academic journal. First-hand experience = important
Anyone into it? DM me. Know someone in a museum union? Pls share 🙏
One week left! Curator is accepting paper ideas for a special issue: The Way Ideas Are Shared.
We're looking for critical thinking about how professional knowledge is built + communicated across the museum field.
Questions? Contact guest editor @HeyFlin !
Have you been studying about the way museum workers share professional knowledge? And thinking about the ways that shapes museum practice? Consider submitting your paper idea to Curator.
We're now accepting paper ideas for a special issue for Fall 2022! Details below 👇🏾
Call for Papers!
In Fall 2022, Curator will publish a special issue on the ways professional knowledge is produced + communicated in the museum field. Interested in submitting an idea? Learn more 👉🏾
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There are a million more questions. Let's interrogate this 🤓
See the Call for Papers + get in touch if you want to talk
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✅What professional narratives have shaped the field and your career?
✅ Who is controlling those narratives? Who else plays a role? Who IS NOT involved? Why?
✅ Where do these narratives play out? How does that affect access?
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I'm guest editing a special issue of @CuratorJournal on how museum people share information + professional knowledge.
I know -- this might sound VERY DULL. But it's not! Think about it. Here are some questions to can think about:
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Association of Children’s Museums Names @ArthurGAffleck3 New Executive Director childrensmuseums.org/2022/01…
Are you an early career researcher in the social sciences interested in learning about the academic journal publishing process? If so, check out this free event from Global Policy bit.ly/39aVJnp
Jenny Holzer + @MuseoGuggenheim present LIKE BEAUTY IN FLAMES: 3 AR experiences, including 1 that can be accessed from anywhere in the world
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The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change Hong Kong is hosting a webinar: Green Museums & the Paris Agreement.
Speakers include: Joyce Lee, Zehra Ahmed, Ir Dr Vincent Cheng, Professor Thomas Chung
More info: ow.ly/R3TW50EAK2u
Museums can help distribute information about COVID-19 & vaccinations. Here's how:
#VaccinesAndUS has free resources for cultural institutions to share with their audiences
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"This museum‐pilot exhibition approached violence and resistance in the armed conflict through three main axes: land, water, and the human body."
Read our recent Exhibition highlight in Colombia by Sofía N. González‐Ayala & Alejandro Camargo
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"As a field, we need to better understand how educators and children interact in makerspaces and the context that surrounds facilitation."
Recent research on the Maker Movement in museums by Annie M. White, Thomas Akiva, Peter S. Wardrip, & Lisa Brahms:
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Dana Carlisle Kletchka's recent articles revisits a study on who worked as art museum educators 35 years ago, and discusses how this past study can inform the field currently.
Read, "Art Museum Educators: Who Are They Now?" to learn more.
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Read recent article by Emmanuel Boadi Manu & Nana Ama Pokuaa Arthur, "Museum Security and Purloin: The Manhyia Palace Museum in perspective" to explore the role of "security" in museums.
Link here:
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How can we protect natural history collections from outdoor and indoor pollutants?
Read recent article, "Assessing Environmental Acidity in Storerooms of Natural History Collections" to learn more.
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