If job offers at #museumsbund are indicative of the future of researchers in museums & curators, it'll be filled with one #Volontariat after the other for years to come.

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As most people know by now, the #Volontariat doesn't guarantee a continuity as full-waged researcher in a museum, but what does is to underpay motivated scholars long enough for them to be exhausted by the museum system (ca. 2000 Euro before tax).
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The #Volontariat system in #Germany runs for 2 years after which no guarantees are made to keep the scholar at the museum or to find her/him better employment elsewhere. People are being chewed & spat out & it's not changing.

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So where does this leave museum work, considering we're in a pandemic?
How can museums protect & support young scholars at their most fragile when the global situation is so uncertain?
What kind of a future are public institutions setting up emerging curators for?
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These are the questions we need to be asking

Throughout the pandemic, I've come across no discussion abt changing the #Volontariat system in this country or at least re-thinking it under more equitable terms yet the #pandemic is framed by some as an opportunity to grow.

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For me, the job prospects in museums for the coming years are looking catastrophic with one #Volontariat after the other, I'm sad to say.
So museums want great research during & after the pandemic, but what are they doing today to ensure that researchers as humans can thrive?