Against the Museum Smartocracy
Museums aren't just meritocracies. They are organizations that identify with smarts above all else. (Yes, even money.)
So, What Do You Think?
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Do Museum Workers Need a Demon of Their Own?
Is a deal with sinister forces necessary for museum people to get their work done?
What a Recent Symposium Says about Museum Democracy
Is it time for a museum-field symposium for the rest of us?
Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?
Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.
Museum Human's Top Five Themes of 2020
What throughlines did Museum Human's posts traverse over the course of the year?
Museum Human's Top 10 Posts of 2020
Looking over the year that was, in Museum Human posts …
Museums Trust the Process but Not the People
Museum workers are told to think in systems but put people first. So which is it?
Do We Need Museum Collectives?
Can the exceptionalist museum field move in a collaborative, networked direction?