Social Justice
The Story of Technological Progress is Not a Given: A Review of Power and Progress
The cultural sector has to change its ideas about progress and technology.
Tough Love for the DEI Industry: A Review of DEI Deconstructed
A 2022 book has a damning analysis of why DEI hasn't worked so far—and how understanding org culture better is the first step to real change.
Links of the Week: December 15, 2023: Collapsagideon Time
Is there room for different approaches to—or even understandings of—societal collapse?
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.
Links of the Week: August 4, 2023: The Belonging Museum
Adding belonging to DEIA is a first step, but transformation runs deeper.
Links of the Week: July 21, 2023: Quarter Dump
The jury is still out on the future of workplaces.
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.
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?
Links of the Week: January 27, 2023: Rights and Royalties
You can tell a lot about a society by what it values.
Links of the Week: January 13, 2023: All the Pretty Trojan Horses
We laugh off some spectacles and collapses to our peril
Changing Museum Overwork Culture and More
Can lessons used in changing overwork behaviors be applied to larger societal issues?
Co-Creation Requires a Museum Field Re-Creation
More museums are co-creating, but a deep and widespread practice will require a new org culture.