Links of the Week: May 24, 2024: This Deal Is Getting Worse All the Time
Has the new buzzword for being trapped in a platform finally come for the museum field?
Hustle Culture, Revisited, part 2: What I've Learned about Museums from Making Museum Human
What have I learned about the museum field from eight years of making Museum Human?
"Who's Defensive? You're Defensive!" Accountability in Museum Work
When all around is collapsing, internal mistrust can easily turn into defensiveness.
The Genius Delusion in Museum Work
Like most sectors, museums are in search of geniuses. But is that just the same old idolatry?
The "Cultural Translation" Burden in Museum Work
Is the fine art of cultural translation another organizational trap for museum workers?
Links of the Week: December 10, 2021: Everything Must Go, Part 2
Some end-of-year reading on museums, silos, learning, racism, leadership, and climate
So I Missed My Museum's Orientation
Is museum onboarding too inconsistent to make "museum citizenship" a reality?
Boundaries in Museum Work
Boundaries are good, except when they keep us apart. Can museum work manage both?
TMPR for Museum Workers, Part 4: Resources
This four-part series ends with Resources—can museums move past scarcity to abundance for their workers and orgs?
Are Museums Really Ready for Audience Research?
Museums' audience research efforts are undermined by troubling organizational trends.