Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in museums / edited by Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Laura L. Lott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole, Johnnetta B., editor.

Lott, Laura L., editor.

American Alliance of Museums, sponsoring body.

Series:

American Alliance of Museums.

American Alliance of Museums

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums and minorities--United States.

Museums and minorities.

Museums--Social aspects--United States.

Museums.

Museum visitors--United States.

Museum visitors.

Social integration--United States.

Social integration.

Museums--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

"In this edited volume, thought leaders in the museum field contemplate the field's struggles with diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. For the first time, these watershed essays, keynote addresses, and data are gathered in one resource, so we can learn from recent history and build on these leaders' work in the next decade."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Part 1. A call to action. Flies in the buttermilk : museums, diversity, and the will to change / Lonnie G. Bunch III

Museums, racism, and the inclusiveness chasm / Carlos Tortolero

Museums, diversity, and social value / Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Women's locker room talk : gender and leadership in museums / Kaywin Feldman

Part 2. Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion strategies. Twin threats : how ignorance and instrumentality create inequality and injustice / Darren Walker

The leadership imperative : diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion as strategy / Laura L. Lott

History that promotes understanding in a diverse society / Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko

Pipeline is a verb : field notes on the Spelman College Curatorial Studies Pilot Program / Andrea Barnwell Brownlee

Museums and ADA at 25 : progress and looking ahead / Beth Bienvenu

Catalyzing inclusion : steps toward sustainability in museums / Natanya Khashan

It's time to stop and ask "why?" / Lisa Sasaki

Part 3. The necessity and power of first-person voices. Much has been taken, but all is not lost : the restorative promise of first-voice representation / Eduardo Díaz

No longer hiding in plain sight / William Underwood Eiland

The National Museum of the American Indian : whence the "art object"? / W. Richard West Jr.

Part 4. Personal journeys. Disability and innovation : the universal benefits of inclusive design / Haben Girma

Maybe this time : a personal journey toward racial equity in museums / Elaine Heumann Gurian

Museum musings : then and now / Cecile Shellman

Appendix A. Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion definitions

Appendix B. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey

Appendix C. Museum board leadership report excerpt : the people

Appendix D. Selected resources.

Notes:

"American Alliance of Museums"--Page ii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in museums.

ISBN:

9781538118634

1538118637

9781538118627

1538118629

OCLC:

1076377495