Education, Audience Research & Evaluation

Making Space for (Other) Voices: Challenging Perceptions 

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How can museums empower marginalized communities to have ownership and voices in their institutions? This session will use examples to stimulate reflection and discussion about creating inclusive exhibitions and programs that become meaningful experiences for community partners, museum staff, and visitors.

Learning Objectives:

• Become better able to understand your own inherent biases toward different groups of people, and explore how you might help visitors recognize theirs.
• Identify how a successful collaboration functions and the role(s) the museum takes in it.
• Gain an understanding of the agency museums have in empowering or marginalizing communities.

Presenter(s)

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  Lisa Falk

  Head of Community Engagement
  Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona
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  Jaden Hansen

  Executive Director
  Museum of Minneapolis

Moderator(s)

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  Chris Taylor

  Chief Inclusion Officer
  Minnesota Historical Society