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What does it mean to be "rural" in today's society? Watch our latest documentary, "Rural by Choice", to learn about how communities in Massachusetts have approached this complex question. Featuring filmmaker (and Mass Humanities board member) Lawrence Hott of #FlorentineFilms/HottProductions, KD Montgomery of the Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum, and Mass Humanities Board Member Leo Hwang of University of Massachusetts Amherst. #ruralamerica #senseofplace Smithsonian Institution 🎥 Wes DeShano

In times of vulnerability and change, collaborative storytelling is a source of courage and joy.

DkIT researcher Dr Daithí Kearney has published his reflections on a community arts project that was developed in Dunleer in the latest issue of the academic journal Culture Crossroads. The project, which was developed in 2021, involved a variety of groups and individuals in mid-Louth including the local church choir, St Brigid’s Primary School, the Men’s Shed group, Lolo Robinson School of Dance, and Scoraíocht Lann Léíre. Daithí’s paper reflects on his own artistic practice and details how collaboration and participation in the arts has benefits for the local community. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGNH-iqN #dunleer #communitycollab #communityarts

What are our practices for healing when working with traumatic collections? How are we supporting ourselves as museum and heritage workers? How are creating spaces for healing with communities whose histories are being told? Join us for an impactful session at the upcoming Museums + Heritage Show Show on May 15th - "Who Cares? Understanding Empathy and Trauma in Museums" with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ashton John. We'll be screening the powerful short film "To Whom Does This Belong?", made by Ashton John with Museum X, UK Activist Museum Award 2024 recipient,  together for Black Voices Cornwall CIO and Cornwall Museums Partnership. The film explores Cornish Black History through local archives and museum collections. You can expect a journey of raw reactions to artefacts ranging from newspaper articles to journal entries from a slave ship captain. We’ll discuss the discoveries made, Cornwall’s links to slavery and whether we think these artefacts should be on display at museums. We aim to spark critical discussions around confronting difficult histories, fostering empathy, and ensuring responsible and ethical interpretation of sensitive collections and subject matter in museums. Don't miss this powerful session, which sheds light on the trauma of racism and encourages museums to develop trauma-informed approaches as they decolonise their collections and practices: https://lnkd.in/e-RQiD5C Ashton John is adept at capturing the stories of diverse communities often overlooked. His films inspire social change and awareness. #MuseumsConnectingCommunities #DecolonizeMuseums #TraumaInformedPractices #RawHistories #EthicalCuration #SocialJustice

BREAKING NEWS: Virginia Key museum for African American history advances Virginia Key is one step closer to establishing a museum dedicated to African American history and civil rights, two decades after voters approved funding for it, as a trust moves to wrap up financial agreements and bring the long-awaited project to life. https://lnkd.in/egyUQ46U #MiamiTodaynews #VirginiaKeyMuseum #AfricanAmericanMuseum #MiamiToday

Here is an opportunity to learn more about GR River Park projects and to voice your preferences in development! Read all about it, or go directly to the questionaire: https://lnkd.in/gr4Mh6kg A fascinating read!

important reminder of the important work museums can do

🎨📚 Calling all scholars, educators, and creatives! The 2025 AAHHE National Conference is accepting proposals across five dynamic session types. Whether your work involves Artivista approaches, educational innovation, or research on Latinx/a/o communities in higher ed, this is your chance to make an impact. 💡 Session types include: Art as Activism/Artivista Approaches: Engage through spoken word, theater, or visual arts. Educational Sessions: Share research and practice-based innovations. Interactive Workshops: Facilitate skills-based learning and discussion. Poster Presentations: Highlight groundbreaking research. Roundtables (Works in Progress): Exchange ideas on evolving projects. 🗓️ Deadline to submit: October 11, 2024 Submit your proposal and learn more: https://buff.ly/3XOZh7F #LatinxResearch #HigherEd #ArtAsActivism #LatinxCommunities #EquityInEducation #CallForProposals

As school curricula shift, what role can museums play in filling the gaps? Discover what parents seek in supplemental educational experiences for their children in this Data Story from Wilkening Consulting: https://lnkd.in/eafimugZ

#CFP 46th International Conference for the #Fantastic in the Arts   Theme: #Night #Terrors March 12-15, 2025 Night Terrors can be conceptualized both internally, as the shadowy corners of humanity's #subconscious, and externally, as the unseen thing that lurks in the #shadows under the bed, in the woods, or in the quiet depths of space. In many ways, both internal and external #nightmares are manifestations of our anxieties, fears, and worries, which are buoyed by the nebulous unknown. Given the timelessness and cross-cultural similarities of human experiences, and as a creations of culturally-specific concerns and forms, sharing terrors give us the glimmer of hope that we can defeat these things. On internal levels, it means facing our fears, drawing on inner strengths, and creating community. Externally, it means making visible the unseen, and through the reliance on community, rendering #monstrosity benign and defeating it. Proposals might consider traditional horror elements (e.g. #ghosts, #vampires, #werewolves); stories of how children face their fears; the monstrous #Other - including culturally-specific monsters like the #BabaYaga; how fear and terror are represented in art and visual media; the terror of new technology; revisiting ancient terrors; ways that terror can be culturally situated; how to build space in order to confront our fears or other iterations of nightmares. https://lnkd.in/egCKxjQh