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Effective diversity, equity, accessibility, inclusion, and anti-racism practices for museums : from the inside out

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25519
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Shellman, Cecile
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Call Number
00 S3e
Author
Shellman, Cecile
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
ix, 120 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Diversity
Equity
Accessibility
Inclusion
Anti-Racism
Abstract
This book draws from the author's nearly three-decade career of being "the only one in the room". Cecile Shellman builds a process for individualizing, identifying, and prioritizing DEAI challenges; acknowledges key universal challenges in goal-setting and goal achieving; and shares resources and tools for making and charting progress. -- From publisher
Contents
The Only One in the Room ; Why DEAI? Why These Terms, and This Acronym? ; Places of Safety and Refuge ; Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion, Justice, and Anti-Oppression ; Case Studies and Practical Exercises for Deeper Engagement ; Our Duty to the Field and Each Other
ISBN
9781538155998
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
00 S3e
Collection
Archives Library
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Cataloguing culture : legacies of colonialism in museum documentation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25523
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Turner, Hannah
Publisher
Vancouver, British Columbia : University of British Columbia
Call Number
00 T85c
Author
Turner, Hannah
Publisher
Vancouver, British Columbia : University of British Columbia
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Cataloguing
Colonialism
Inclusion
Abstract
How does material culture become data? Why does this matter, and for whom? As the cultures of Indigenous peoples in North America were mined for scientific knowledge, years of organizing, classifying, and cataloguing--hardened into accepted categories, naming conventions, and tribal affiliations --much of it wrong. Cataloguing Culture examines how colonialism operates in museum bureaucracies. Using the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History as her reference, Hannah Turner organizes her study by the technologies framing museum work over 200 years: field records, the ledger, the card catalogue, the punch card, and eventually the database. She examines how categories were applied to ethnographic material culture and became routine throughout federal collecting institutions. As Indigenous communities encounter the documentary traces of imperialism while attempting to reclaim what is theirs, this timely work shines a light on access to and return of cultural heritage. -- Provided by publishe
Contents
Introduction: "The Making of Specimens Eloquent" ; Writing Desiderata: Defining Evidence in the Field ; On the Margins: Paper Systems of Classification ; Ordering Devices and Indian Files: Cataloguing Ethnographic Specimens ; Pragmatic Classification: The Routine Work of Description after 1950 ; Object, Specimen, Data: Computerization and the Legacy of Dirty Data ; Conclusion: A Museum Data Legacy for the Future
ISBN
9780774863933
Accession Number
P2022.04
Call Number
00 T85c
Collection
Archives Library
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Museums as agents of change : a guide to becoming a changemaker

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25522
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Murawski, Mike
Publisher
Laham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Call Number
00 M94m
Author
Murawski, Mike
Publisher
Laham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
132 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
American Alliance of Museums
Subjects
Museums
Community Engagement
Diversity
Inclusion
Colonialism
Abstract
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. -- Provided by publisher
Contents
Museums Are Us ; Let Your Community In ; Community at the Core: A Conversation with Nina Simon ; Interrupting White Dominant Culture in Museums ; Museums Are Not Neutral: A Conversation with La Tanya S. Autry ; Leading toward a Different Future ; Building a New Model: A Conversation with Lori Fogarty ; Collaborative Leadership That Works: A Conversation with Lauren Ruffin, Molly Alloy, and Nathanael Andreini ; Care and Healing ; Let's Talk about Community Care: A Conversation with Monica Montgomery ; Propelled by Love
ISBN
9781538108949
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
00 M94m
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in museums

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25521
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Call Number
00 C67d
Responsibility
Edited by Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Laura L. Lott
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
170 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
American Alliance of Museums
Subjects
Diversity
Equity
Accessibility
Inclusion
Museums
Abstract
Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in all aspects of museums’ structure and programming are top issues in the field today – and in the overall arts/culture sector. Much has been written, from various perspectives, over several decades. Yet, a lack of diversity remains and exclusive practices and inequities persist in all types of museums. A go-to resource for readers interested in learning about diversity and inclusion work in the field – past, present and future. This edited collection of the most important essays, speeches, and reports on these topics seeks to facilitate a much-needed intergenerational dialogue that builds on lessons from the past, broadens thinking about the many different facets of this complex work, and ignites inspiration for continuing to correct inequities across museums of all types, sizes, and locations. In this book compiled and edited by Dr. Johnnetta Betch Cole, who has served as both director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and as the president of both historically Black colleges for women in the United States, Spelman College and Bennett College (a distinction she alone holds) and Laura Lott, president and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, (the first woman to the lead the organization), thought leaders in the museum field present their research, analysis and work to answer some of the most challenge questions facing the museum field. Why do these problems persist? How can a new generation of museum leaders champion change to better represent the communities that museums strive to serve and engage? What can we learn from those who have been observing, experiencing, and writing about these issues? -- From back cover
Contents
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 ; 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 ; Much Has Been Taken, but All Is Not Lost: The Restorative Promise of First-Voice Representation / Eduardo Diaz ; No Longer Hiding in Plain Sight / William Underwood Eiland ; The National Museum of the American Indian: Whence the "Art Object"? / W. Richard West Jr. ; 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: Inclusion Then and Now / Celine Shellman
ISBN
9781538118627
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
00 C67d
Collection
Archives Library
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Indigenous repatriation handbook

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26210
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Royal British Columbia Museum
Call Number
07.2 C69i
Responsibility
Prepared by Jisang Nika Collison, Sdaahl K'awaas Lucy Bell, and Lou-ann Neal
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Royal British Columbia Museum
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
162 pages ; 6 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Repatriation
Museums
Abstract
A reference for BC Indigenous communities and museums, created by and for Indigenous people working in repatriation. -- From back cover
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Organizing a successful repatriation -- 3. Conducting research -- 4. Repatriation from the royal BC museum -- 5. Repatriation for other institutions -- 6. For institutions wishing to repatriate to Indigenous Peoples in BC -- 7. Case study: repatriation journey of the Haida Nation -- APPENDIX -- A. Glossary of terms -- B. Indigenous museums and cultural centres in Canada -- C. Organizational templates, procedures and examples -- D. Fundraising resouces -- E. Sample letters to museums -- F. Tips for planning for travel and transport -- G. Global museums with major indigenous collections from BC -- H. Resources on education in indigenous museology -- I. Frequently asked questions about repatriation -- J. Repatriation stories.
ISBN
9780772673176
Accession Number
P2023.25
Call Number
07.2 C69i
Collection
Archives Library
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The theory and craft of digital preservation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25520
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Owens, Trevor
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : John Hopkins University Press
Call Number
00 O2t
Author
Owens, Trevor
Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : John Hopkins University Press
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
226 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Archives
Digital Preservation
Abstract
While many people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever, warnings of an impending "digital dark age" - where records of the recent past become completely lost or inaccessible-appear with regular frequency in the popular press. It's as if we need a systme to safeguard our digital records for future scholars and researchers. Digital preservation experts, however, suggest that ensuring long-term access to digital information is not that straightforward; it is a complex issue with a significant ethical dimension. It is a vocation. In this timely book, librarian Trevor Owens establishes a baseline for practice in this field. He synthesizes work on the history of preservation in a range of areas (archives, manuscripts, recorded sound, etc.) and sets that history in dialogue with work in new media studies, platform studies, and media archeology. Owens also builds from this theoretical framework and maps out a more deliberate and intentional approach to digital preservation.
Contents
Beyond Digital Hype and Digital Anxiety ; Preservation's Divergent Lineages ; Understanding Digital Objects ; Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Preservation ; The Craft of Digital Preservation ; Preservation Intent and Collection Development ; Managing Copies and Formats ; Arranging and Describing Digital Objects ; Enabling Multimodal Access and Use ; Tools for Looking Forward
ISBN
9781421426983
Accession Number
2022.02
Call Number
00 O2t
Collection
Archives Library
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We are coming home : repatriation and the restoration of Blackfoot cultural confidence

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14537
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Conaty, Gerald T
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press
Call Number
07.2 C74w
Author
Conaty, Gerald T
Responsibility
edited by Gerald T. Conaty
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
299 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits. ; 23 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
First Nations
Health
Museums
Religion
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Pertains to the Glenbow Museum's return of 251 ceremonial and sacred items from its collection to the Blackfoot nation
Contents: The development of museums and their effects on First Nations / Gerald T. Conaty; Niitsitapiisinni: our way of life / Conaty; Repatriation among the Piikani / Allan Pard; Reviving traditions / Jerry Potts; Repatriation experiences of the Kainai / Frank Weasel Head; Bringing back Iitskinaiksi at Siksika / Herman Yellow Old Woman; Reviving our ways at Siksika / Chris McHugh; Moving toward repatriation / John W. Ives; The Blackfoot repatriation: a personal epilogue / Robert R. Janes; Moving forward / Conaty;
ISBN
9781771990172
Accession Number
P2014-07-13
Call Number
07.2 C74w
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian oral history reader

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14573
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Llewellyn, Kristina R.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Call Number
08.2 L77c
Author
Llewellyn, Kristina R.
Responsibility
edited by Kristina R. Llewellyn, Alexander Freund, and Nolan Reilly
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
388 pages ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Carleton library series ; 231
Subjects
Canada
Indians
First Nations
Japanese
Museums
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Partial contents: 1. Methodology for recording oral histories in the aboriginal community -- 8. Oral history, narrative strategies, and Native American historiography -- 13. Narrative wisps if the Ochekiwi Sipi past : a journey in rocovering collective memories -- 14. I can hear Lois now : corrections to my story of the internment of Japanese Canadians
ISBN
9780773544963
Accession Number
P2015-09-10
Call Number
08.2 L77c
Collection
Archives Library
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Museums, heritage and indigenous voice

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14776
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Onciul, Bryony
Publisher
New York : Routledge
Call Number
07.2 On1m
Author
Onciul, Bryony
Responsibility
Bryony Onciul
Publisher
New York : Routledge
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
xvi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Routledge Research in Museum Studies 10
Subjects
First Nations
Museums
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index Partial contents: includes references to various museums including: Glenbow Museum, Head-smashed-in Buffalo Jump, Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum, Blackfoot Crossing
ISBN
9781138781115 hardcover
Accession Number
P2015-09-10 72,000
Call Number
07.2 On1m
Collection
Archives Library
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Royal Alberta Museum, Natural History Engagement Panel

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Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of meeting notes, correspondence and design plans pertaining to natural history and geology exhibits at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton.
Date Range
2014
Reference Code
M590 / III / D / 6
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / III : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / III / D / 6
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
2014
Physical Description
0.3 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of meeting notes, correspondence and design plans pertaining to natural history and geology exhibits at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton.
Name Access
Gadd, Ben
Subject Access
Museums
Natural history
Organizations
Geology
Environment
Correspondence
Communications
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Edmonton
Language
English
Category
Environment
Communications
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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