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Museums as Agents of Change: A Guide to Becoming a Changemaker

by Mike Murawski

Museums and the work of social change

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Museums and the work of social change

Mike Murawski frames museum work as a civic and institutional practice, asking how museums can strengthen their ties to local communities and respond to issues that matter there. The book connects that outward-facing role with internal questions of equity and care, and considers how people across an institution—and citizens beyond it—can press for more active engagement. Its central concern is the practical and shared work of shaping museums into contributors to a more just, connected society.

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  • Museum professionals considering their institution’s community role and internal culture
  • Citizens and community members interested in museums’ potential contribution to social change

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Museums and social changeCommunity engagementEquity and care in institutionsCollective action

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Book overview

Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change--bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people's lives. So how can we, as individuals, radically expand the work of museums to live up to this potential? How can we more fiercely recognize the meaningful work that museums are doing to enact change around the relevant issues in our communities? How can we work together to build a stronger culture of equity and care within museums Questions like these are increasingly vital for all museum professionals to consider, no matter what your role is within your institution. They are also important questions for all of us to be thinking about more deeply as citizens and community members. This book is about the work we need to do to become changemakers and demand that that our museums take action toward positive social change and bring people together into a more just, equitable, compassionate, and connected society. It is a journey toward tapping the energies within all of us to make change happen and proactively shape a new future.
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