Challenging White Supremacy: A Call for Critical Race Theory in Museums RHIANON KOHLFather Flanagan’s Boys’ Home. Boys Town, Nebraska JARED HALTER Central Michigan University THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords museum, critical race theory, sociology, race Abstract This article is an examination of the potential use for critical race theory (CRT) perspectives in museumContinue reading “Challenging White Supremacy: A Call for Critical Race Theory in Museums”
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Implementation of New Guidelines For Museums’ Provenance Research
Implementation of New Guidelines For Museums’ Provenance Research TAYLOR KATHRYN MORDYDepartment of Art & Architecture, University of San Francisco THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords provenance, research, museum studies, cultural heritage, law, conventions Abstract This article explores the issues of current provenance guidelines and aims to develop a new set of guidelines for procuringContinue reading “Implementation of New Guidelines For Museums’ Provenance Research”
Panels of Power: Exploring the Role of Credit Panels in Museums
Panels of Power: Exploring the Role of Credit Panels in Museums HANNAH WANG Brigham Young University SAVANNAH RIRIE Brigham Young University THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords museum, credit panels, power, hierarchy, exhibition labels Abstract The topic of power has long been discussed in museums, often in relation to indigenous peoples, representation, and colonialism.Continue reading “Panels of Power: Exploring the Role of Credit Panels in Museums”
Reframing Attitudes and Habits: Strategies for Facilitating Learning in Museums Among Students with Disabilities
Reframing Attitudes and Habits: Strategies for Facilitating Learning in Museums Among Students with Disabilities SIMBARASHE SHADRECK CHITIMAMidlands State University, Zimbabwe THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords students with disabilities, museum education, physical barrier, cognitive barrier, intellectual barrier Abstract The majority of students with disabilities are often placed in special classes at formal schools whereContinue reading “Reframing Attitudes and Habits: Strategies for Facilitating Learning in Museums Among Students with Disabilities”
Objects, Provenance, and Cartography in Curation: The Use of Maps on Labels at the RISD Museum
Objects, Provenance, and Cartography in Curation: The Use of Maps on Labels at the RISD Museum GABRIELLE SANTASBrown University THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords postcolonial theory, museum decolonization, maps, cartography, RISD Museum Abstract This paper seeks to address how and why cartographic power is employed on the object labels of Head of aContinue reading “Objects, Provenance, and Cartography in Curation: The Use of Maps on Labels at the RISD Museum”
Inherently Political Museums: How Does the White Cube Affect Art’s Agency?
Inherently Political Museums: How Does the White Cube Affect Art’s Agency? I. ZEYNEP DAMGACIOGLUUniversity of Michigan THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords museum, political, contemporary art, white cube, objectivity Abstract Politics are inherent to museums’ existences, despite the current wave of museums that are attempting to showcase their collections in objective environments. These contemporaryContinue reading “Inherently Political Museums: How Does the White Cube Affect Art’s Agency?”
Us Not Other: Co-creating Space for Cooperative Learning
Us Not Other: Co-creating Space for Cooperative Learning ASHLEY FRENKELBANK STREET GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords dialogue, conscientização, collective learning, museum education Abstract Theories of praxis, conscientização, dialogue, and education as collective action are explored within the role that museums play in upholding existing power structures. Using the lensContinue reading “Us Not Other: Co-creating Space for Cooperative Learning”
No Need For Sugar: The Responsibility of Museums to Communities of Trauma
No Need For Sugar: The Responsibility of Museums to Communities of Trauma MIRIAM TAYLOR Tulane University THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords communities of trauma, cultural trauma, museum pedagogy, visitor transformation, Mississippi Civil Rights Museums Abstract The definition of museums in the modern era is evolving to reflect their inclusive and democratizing nature andContinue reading “No Need For Sugar: The Responsibility of Museums to Communities of Trauma”
Site of Conscience Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi: A Site Museum that Connects its Social Function with Communities and Territory
Site of Conscience Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi: A Site Museum that Connects its Social Function with Communities and Territory [i] DANIEL REBOLLEDO HERNÁNDEZ Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), España OMAR SAGREDO MAZUELA Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile ORNELLA ACERBI (translator) Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 KeywordsContinue reading “Site of Conscience Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi: A Site Museum that Connects its Social Function with Communities and Territory”
Amplifying the Voice of the Community: Engendering Inclusivity for Spanish Language Programming in Museums by Putting it First
Amplifying the Voice of the Community: Engendering Inclusivity for Spanish Language Programming in Museums by Putting it First AMY C. OLIVER Fred Lawrence Whipple ObservatoryNational Radio Astronomy Observatory JAIME CORDOVA University of Wisconsin, Madison THEORY AND PRACTICE, VOL. 4, 2021 Keywords science education, DEAI, language, Spanish, inclusion Abstract Multilingualism in museums has long been treatedContinue reading “Amplifying the Voice of the Community: Engendering Inclusivity for Spanish Language Programming in Museums by Putting it First”
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