01 December 2023

Links of the Week: December 1, 2023: We Can't Grow Our Way Out of This

Climate and societal collapse need to be viewed as a beginning, not an end.

28 November 2023

Complexity, Simplicity, and Collapse, Part 1: A Review of Museums and Societal Collapse

A short book with a simple message brings in much about a complex world.

17 November 2023

Links of the Week: November 17, 2023: Everything Everywhere

After a virtual conference considered the Future of Museums, can we find common ground between civics, tech, and worker wellbeing?

14 November 2023

Can Museums Prioritize Civics, Wellbeing, and Technology All at Once?

A brief virtual conference made a game attempt to link civics, in a partisan age, staff wellbeing, and technology.

11 July 2023

Asking Museums and Workers Why, What, and for Whom? An Interview with Robert R. (Bob) Janes

A longtime museum leader, scholar, and activist says that it's time for museums and their workers to ask hard questions of themselves and their institutions.

16 May 2023

Making Sustainability Sustainable for Museums: an Interview with Caitlin Southwick

Sustainability for museums is a cross-disciplinary mindset.

21 February 2023

The War of All Against All: Review of The Persuaders, part 2

The callout culture around callout culture only feeds into the War of All Against All.

14 February 2023

Are We Listening? Review of The Persuaders, Part 1

A new book calls out callout culture, but does it practice the deep listening it advocates?

29 July 2022

Links of the Week: July 29, 2022: Going Deep

When a story is ending, what needs to changeā€”the story or the storytellers?

22 July 2022

Links of the Week: July 22, 2022: What Vibrations?

Some leaders think the Great Resignation is caused by bad vibes. It's more than that.

21 June 2022

The Dawn of a New Org Culture?

More thoughts about The Dawn of Everything and lessons it holds for museum org culture

18 February 2022

Links of the Week: February 18, 2022: Org Culture War

The org culture war in museums isn't just new vs old, but changing into the new or changing back into the old.

05 October 2021

Is there a "Museum Left"?

What does it mean to be a radical museum worker?

24 November 2020

The Capitalism Conundrum for Museum Workers

Is there another way for the museum sector besides all-encompassing capitalism? Thoughts on week two of MCN 2020.