THREAD (a reading list for white museum folk, by non-white museum folk)

Some of my fellow white museum workers have shared that they discovered this @PorchiaMuseM& #39;s "Cartography: a Black woman’s response to museums in the time of racial uprising" via @MuseumNext& #39;s newsletter...
The Incluseum is dedicated to "advanc[ing] new ways of being a museum through dialogue, community building and collaborative practice related to inclusion in museums" & has been publishing on issues of the intersection of museums and race for years
It should go without say, reading the work of First Nations & Māori museum professionals is mandatory. @SaywhatNathan has been dismantling narratives of neutrality, white comfort and diversity via https://archivaldecolonist.com/ ">https://archivaldecolonist.com/">... (not even going to share one post, just go read em all)
In Aotearoa, @PuawaiCairns has been unpacking the term & #39;decolonisation& #39; and working to instead Indigenise museum spaces and practices: https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/author/puawai2011/">https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/author/pu...
Zipping across the globe to the UK, you can read @SFKassim& #39;s https://mediadiversified.org/2017/11/15/the-museum-will-not-be-decolonised/,">https://mediadiversified.org/2017/11/1... or if you prefer to listen that angle is covered too: https://vimeo.com/302162709 ">https://vimeo.com/302162709...
And speaking of listening, you can tune in to @TheWonderHouse to hear @littlegaudy& #39;s work uncovering histories of eugenics at UCL: https://thewonderhouse.co.uk/episode-1-subhadra-das-bricks-mortals">https://thewonderhouse.co.uk/episode-1...
...and from there, if further reading is your jam, @artstuffmatters has also done a huge amount of work assembling a reading list on social justice and museums: https://twitter.com/artstuffmatters/status/929779705519267840?s=20">https://twitter.com/artstuffm...
This little mini syllabus is just a start, from my open tabs to yours - you can also follow @EmpatheticMuse, @MuseumsandRace, @MuseumWorkers, @visitorsofcolor @museum_detox plus a whole host of writers I& #39;ve likely missed out on.
My point: issues of White Supremacy culture & structural racism in the museum sector aren& #39;t new. Black, First Nations & POC workers have been working to uncover & deconstruct them *for years*. It& #39;s white museum workers& #39; responsibility (me too) to follow, read & uplift their work
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