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.

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

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:

1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

System Details:

text file

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

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

ISBN:

9781538118641

1538118645

Publisher Number:

99983143648

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.