Museum Workers Must Resist the Imposed Transformation Narrative
Whether we're called doomers or joyfulnauts, museum workers are having transformation imposed upon them.
Topic
Societal Collapse
A collection of 26 posts
Links of the Week: September 26, 2025: Running a-Middle-Ground
Just what are we supposed to do with all this news?
Museums, Their Workers, and the "Middle Ground"
Are museums seeking a middle ground that doesn't exist? And what does that mean for museum workers?
Yes, This Thing Is Still On
Museum Human has been reading and studying to help keep the writing relevant. Especially now.
Is There a "Joy Division" in Facing the World's Problems? A Review of Hospicing Modernity and What If We Get It Right?
Two recent books approach climate and societal collapse from different sides of the apparent doomer/hoptimism divide—with a side question of joyfulness.
Museum Human's End-of-Year Reading Break Rundown
You get a lot of reading done when you actually read.
Museum Human Plans—and Plans within Plans—for 2025
When things change, so can we—while also remembering what's important to us.
Links of the Week: November 26, 2024: Looking Back to Look Ahead, Post-Election Edition
What's keeping us from learning anything from recent events?
Do Museums Need to Go Bigger Than Just Minimally Viable?
Is there such a thing as too many MVPs?
After the App Is Gone: Museum-Field Conversation Post Bird
Museum professionals are despairing about conversations without a certain social media platform. But is the issue bigger than just one app?