The Natural History Museum’s co-founders will lead a workshop at the Miami Museum of Art and Design that will generate methodologies for how the cultural sector and citizens of Miami can contribute to the climate justice movement. The event coincides with the exhibition SUPERFLEX: We Are All in the Same Boat.
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The NHM’s co-founders will join Dr. Angela Colbert, Senior Director of Learning at the Frost Science Museum to discuss strategies for presenting scientific fact in an exhibition context, the responsibility of cultural institutions to respond to climate change, and the politics that shape visual representations of nature.
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Embedded in a political landscape that is increasingly fueled by “fake news” and distorted facts, museums are being challenged to ditch “neutral” positions on polarizing topics and embrace advocacy positions. This panel at the 2019 American Alliance of Museums convention explores the emerging interface between public discourse and the changing roles of museums through the topic of climate change.
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How can scientists better amplify their voices in today’s fractured public sphere? This discussion panel will convene a group of eminent scientific researchers who have also stepped into the public limelight around issues of critical contemporary importance.
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This discussion panel will feature a group of museum professionals and activists who have helped move the sector in significant new directions by stressing the responsibility of museums to their publics in the broadest possible sense.
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