How can our Cultural Institutions keep up with a Rapidly Changing World? Embrace Diversity
A Western mindset that pervade curation and scholarship impedes demystification of museums and other cultural institutions. In this article for the
World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, David Skorton calls for a more diverse workplace by curating exhibitions that tell the forgotten stories of history’s hidden figures, and by encouraging a broader variety of perspectives from curators, researchers, scholars and educators. Museums should periodically revisit their collections and present them in a way that communicates effectively to a culturally diverse audience.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/why-building-more-diverse-cultural-institutions-is-better-for-everyone/
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