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Informationen zum Autor Gail Anderson president of Gail Anderson & Associates (GA&A) works with museum leaders facilitating institutional transformation, building institutional and leadership capacity, and expanding community and global relevance. Anderson has dedicated much of her 40+ year career to researching, amassing and sharing resources and new ideas to contribute to the evolving thinking about museums. Anderson’s projects include strategic planning, organizational restructuring, institutional assessment and development, and board development. She has worked with more than 70+ clients and completed over 110+ projects. Her core commitments have been to advance social responsibilities, DEAI efforts in the field, decolonization efforts, and museums as key players in the larger global ecosystem. Prior to launching her own consulting business, Anderson was Deputy Director of The Mexican Museum, Vice President of Museum Management Consultants, Chair of the Graduate Department of Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California, Assistant Director at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, and Museum Educator at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Her publications include the American Association of Museums book, Museum Mission Statements: Building A Distinct Identity (1997), Reinventing the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift (2004), and the second edition, Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift (2012), and, Mission Matters: Relevance and Museums for the 21 st Century (2019), plus numerous articles . This 3rd edition Reinventing the Museum: Relevance, Inclusion and Global Responsibilities is Anderson’s latest publication. Anderson continues her commitment to advancing the field through frequent speaking engagements, writing, and teaching. Klappentext This dramatically updated version of this seminal reader provides an inspiring contemporary collection of works from diverse voices from the US and the international stage capturing change and innovative approaches useful to museum leaders, students, and professionals aiming to stay relevant, inclusive, and viable. Zusammenfassung This dramatically updated version of this seminal reader provides an inspiring contemporary collection of works from diverse voices from the US and the international stage capturing change and innovative approaches useful to museum leaders, students, and professionals aiming to stay relevant, inclusive, and viable. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments , xi , INTRODUCTION: The Urgency for Relevance, Inclusion, and Global Responsibilities , 1 , PART IGLOBAL REALITIES CHALLENGE MUSEUM PURPOSE , 9 , Chapter 1 , Museums: Geopolitics, Decolonisation, Globalisation and Migration George Okello Abungu , 13 , Chapter 2 , Indigenous Peoples and International Museology Bryony Onciul , 23 , Chapter 3 , From Objects of Enlightenment to Objects of Apology: Why You Can't Make Amends for the Past by Plundering the Present Tiffany Jenkins , 39 , Chapter 4 , The Empathetic Museum: A New Institutional Identity Gretchen Jennings, Jim Cullen, Janeen Bryant, Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Stacey Mann, Charlette Hove, and Nayeli Zepeda , 47 , Chapter 5 , The Value of Museums in Averting Societal Collapse Robert R. Janes , 67 , Chapter 6 , Paradigm Shift to Illuminate this Disrupted Planet Emlyn Koster, PhD , 81 , Chapter 7 , Global Trends in Museums David Fleming , 91 , SPECIAL FEATURE , Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development United Nations , ...
