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Author:   Therese Quinn ,  Kevin K. Kumashiro ,  William Ayers
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
ISBN:  

9780807763445

ISBN 10:   0807763446
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   30 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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Therese Quinn is an associate professor and director of Museum and Exhibition Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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