Abstract
Despite the assumption of neutrality, museums are unavoidably political. Throughout their existence, they have served a collective of people, expanding their reach to the public and becoming, in recent years, a place of participation. Community engagement has become essential for museums’ survival. This paper argues that museum programming can benefit from a slow-paced and practical approach. To reach this goal, cultural engagement experts were interviewed both in the United States and in Italy. The result of this paper is a set of versatile guidelines that can serve any institution, regardless of size or discipline. With the belief that a multidisciplinary and grassroots approach is best practice for community engagement, this paper approaches museology as a whole through a decolonial, non-academic, and ecofeminist lens. We explore alternatives to the product- and result-driven paradigm inherited from capitalist and colonialist structures.
Presenters
Arianna OlivieriStudent, Arts Administration, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—Intersectionality: Museums, Inclusion, and SDGs
KEYWORDS
Slow design
