Overview

Feminism is a social justice movement that aims to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression - and to change society for the better, for all. Alongside class and race, gender fundamentally shapes our perceptions and beliefs. But issues of sex and gender are still largely ignored in many museums and galleries: the inequalities that exist in society are replicated in museum practice. And, in turn, these practices reinforce and reaffirm social inequality. Anonymous Was A Woman is a 300-page positive, inspiring, practical reader, focusing on actions being taken within museums (including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museums Liverpool, V&A and the Whitechapel Gallery) to address these issues, as well as new initiatives aiming to impact and change museums from the outside. Featuring carefully selected texts from the two-volume Feminism and Museums, this book has a new Introduction by editor Jenna C Ashton, and each text has been reviewed and updated by the author.

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Professor Sarah Perks - MIMA School of Art & Design, Teesside University Accessible, inspirational and urgent reading. Feminism, and its intersection across factors from ideas of care to the realities of class and race, is both an important critical lens and a call to activism, and this book's strength is a range of practical, international case studies that exist both inside and outside of the official sector. Jenni Sorkin - Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara An activist endeavour, this volume transmits the continuity of a profound commitment to diversity, inclusivity, and representation that has been largely pioneered by women cultural workers everywhere. Dr Sarah Williams - Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield This is an inspiring book! It should be a companion for anyone who is committed to social justice and wishes to imagine and see a change in society for an equitable and better world. It's a fascinating and scholarly collection of chapters which explores and challenges the status quo. Dr Lara Perry - Deputy Head, School of Humanities, University of Brighton Museums and related institutions have an opportunity in this moment to remake themselves to serve communities and fight inequalities even more effectively than they have in the past. The projects and propositions that are documented in this volume provide inspirational stories for the work of righting wrongs and growing inclusivity in museum work, museum programmes and museum audiences. J P Singh Professor of International Commerce and Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, and Richard von Weizsacker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin This volume boldly and innovatively provides an excellent resource for feminist practices within conventional and alternative curatorial spaces, and the broad context of human rights and social justice issues.

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Dr Jenna C Ashton is a curator and artist, research consultant, and Lecturer and MA Programme Director of Heritage Studies in the Institute for Cultural Practices, The University of Manchester. Her practice concerns the development of collaborative and creative feminist methods and analysis, working across heritage, arts, activism, place, care, ecology, and social justice. She is the founder and Creative Director of the arts and heritage organisation Digital Women's Archive North (DWAN), and in 2019, in collaboration with international women artists, she co-founded CIWA, the Centre for International Women Artists, a collective artist studio and gallery in Manchester, UK.

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