Links of the Week: May 13, 2022: Change Like You Mean It
Whose change? And changing into what? What does change mean for museum workers?
The Illusion of Certainty in the Museum Field Has to End
Museums—and the western business model—are obsessed with certainty. Is there another path?
Links of the Week: December 3, 2021: Everything Must Go
It's been a big year in links … let's start by focusing on change.
Links of the Week: August 5, 2021: Bubble Bath
Times of uncertainty breed bubbles from greed and desperation. What do these mean for museums?
Museum Work in an Age of Anxiety
Are museums and workers ready to confront existential threats to their very existence?
Against the Museum Smartocracy
Museums aren't just meritocracies. They are organizations that identify with smarts above all else. (Yes, even money.)
Do We Need Museum Collectives?
Can the exceptionalist museum field move in a collaborative, networked direction?
What Museums Mean by Transparency
"Transparency" joins the performative hit parade in museum organizational culture.
The Current Museum Model Has to Die
A new unconference series demands Death to (the institutional failures of) Museums.
Normal, Disrupted
What normal are all of us in museums—leaders, workers—trying to get back to? Is there a better "no-normal" out there?
The Not-So-Fine Art of Being Wrong in Museums
Changing your mind? Open to opinions? The museum field doesn't seem to value I-don't-know-it-alls.