
Effective Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Practices for Museums
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Since the beginning of her professional museum journey, Cecile Shellman-like many who have been marginalized by systems ill-prepared to support them-has had to engage in cultural realms in which she was not fully represented and where she was sometimes misrepresented or understood. It's difficult being the "only one in the room," while trying to build relations and succeed in your chosen career. Ms. Shellman shares personal relatable stories that explain how harmful inattention to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion can be to individuals and to the group dynamic. This rare peek behind the curtain of museum culture leaves no holds barred.
The telling is done in an entirely approachable, if humbling way. Poignant illustrations and vivid verbal descriptions are designed to take you further into the author's experience as well as providing moments of reflection and humor.
Tales from the field-anonymized stories describing microagressions, discrimination, barriers, and roadblocks in the field-are accompanied by questions to spark dialogue and engender empathetic responses. These anecdotes refer to those who share the author's identity and circumstance as well as those who don't. As with all stories, lessons and messages about culture and patterns are told as a point of caution. What might you do if you were participants in these events? How can you build your emotional intelligence to a desired level for your current museum and personal needs?
Finally, there are calls to action at the personal, interpersonal, organizational, and systemic levels. True transformation requires complete reassessment of norms bolstered by a broken society. This book provides strategies for implementing change.
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Cecile understands museums, having a long and varied history working in a variety of departments in museums from the early 1990s to the present day, from the Intermountain West to New England, New York, and Appalachia. Her past appointments have included education curator, exhibit curator, director of education, group and community outreach specialist, artistic director for visual arts and exhibitions, and culturally responsive arts education program manager at Pittsburgh Public Schools, connecting students to museums and other cultural assets.
Ms. Shellman has long served in leadership positions for the American Alliance of Museums, and is immediate past chair their Professional Network's Diversity Committee, DIVCOM. She is a frequent presenter at the AAM Annual Convening on topics related to DEAI, has been featured and published in MUSEUM magazine and on AAM's website, and was a contributor to Johhnetta Betsch Cole and Laura L. Lott, (ed.) Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion in Museums (2019).
Content
Chapter 1: The Only One in the Room
Chapter 2: Why DEAI? Why These Terms, and This Acronym?
Chapter 3: Places of Safety and Refuge
Chapter 4: Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion, Justice, and Anti-Oppression
Chapter 5: Case Studies and Practical Exercises for Deeper Engagement
Chapter 6: Our Duty to the Field and Each Other
Appendix: Additional Readings and Resources
About the Author
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