1st Edition
Science Museums in Transition Unheard Voices
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
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Science Museums in Transition: Unheard Voices considers how museums can adapt their exhibits, programs, and organizational structures to the diversity of ideas, people, and cultures that speak to modern science. This collection contains individual expressions by museum insiders addressing a range of particular perspectives – Native American, African American, Latinx, Islamic, Israeli,... Read more
Contributor Biographies
- Inclusion and Relevance in Natural History Museums
- Re-Exhibiting Africa at the Penn Museum: An Interview with Penn Museum Curator Tukufu Zuberi
- Science, Islam and Critical Thinking: Lessons for Museums
- Museum Mantras, Teachings from Indian Country: Posterity is Now; Failure is an Option, and Repatriation is a Foundation for Research
- Ensuring Our People Have a Place that Feels Like Home
- Reflections on Empowering Youth in Science Museums
- Promoting Responsible Citizenship in Science Museums through Student Curated Exhibits
- Conflicts Between Traditional Knowledge Systems And Western Science: Do We Need To Revise Our Thinking in Order to Engage Youth from All Heritages?
- Navigating Worldviews in Conversation with David Begay and Nancy Maryboy
- Youth and the Challenge to Define the Museum of the Future
Biography
Hooley McLaughlin is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Information Studiesat the University of Toronto in Canada.
Judy Diamond is a Professor and Curator at the University of Nebraska State Museum in the USA.
