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Museums

Nature, Nurture, and the Future of Museums

This is an edited version of my closing keynote for the Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum on 18 May 2022.

About time

The following is based on a short presentation I gave at GLAMSLAM 2020, hosted by the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology, Sydney, on Friday, 6 March 2020. I have updated it based on recent events, and have adapted my slides and notes to produce a graphic blog post.

Reflections on ICOM Kyoto, and that definition

In the first week of September 2019, more than 4500 museum professionals from 120 countries descended on Kyoto for the 25th General Conference of the International Council of Museums. This post reflects on the conference, and the disconnect between individuals, institutions, and ICOM’s proposed new museum definition.

2016

What a year. So many aspects of 2016 were awful in so many ways. The horror-shows that were Brexit and the US election. The rise of minor parties and failures of policy and basic humanity (Dutton anyone?) that characterise the Australian… Continue Reading →

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