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Worlds within worlds: Immersion and museums
March 7, 2013
There has been significant discussion in recent months about immersive experiences in museums. Seb Chan and Ed Rodley have both written on the subject in response to the site-specific performance Sleep No More; Elizabeth Merritt has asked what museums can learn from Derren Brown: Apocalypse, a two-part television series that immersed a single protagonist in a surreal ‘other […]
A trailing spouse? Has being partnered affected your museum career choices?
February 25, 2013
When I was a mere kitten of five years old, my family relocated to Papua New Guinea. My dad had received an interesting job opportunity, so he, my mum and I all moved to the tropics and spent several years negotiating life in another culture. This was one of a few moves that we made […]
Posted in: Institutional change, Museum Sector
When failing isn’t awesome (or, notes on pain)
January 23, 2013
A couple of years ago, in the pre-PhD days, I was learning to mountain bike. This sport was not a natural fit for me. I have an easy propensity towards adrenalin, and rocketing down a hill at pace with trees lunging at me and lumps in the ground rearing up to try to catch my […]
Posted in: Museum Sector, Personal
Tell her she’s dreaming (or why my dangerous idea might never be more than fantasy)
January 4, 2013
All right. It’s time to get real. My last post was pretty idealistic. It painted what I’d love to see for the sector in coming years – a confident, collaborative, energised sector. A sector that works together, in order to build something bigger and stronger than any individual institution can. Sounds great, right?! And while […]
My dangerous idea about museums 2013: the greatest threats to museums come from within
December 31, 2012
Around this time 2011, I wrote a post that asked for your dangerous idea about museums. As the new year looms large on the horizon (mere hours away), I thought I would revisit the question and include my own current dangerous thinking; this is a culmination of a year of thoughts and discussion. The greatest […]
A post, post travels.
December 13, 2012
I have been trying for days now to write a post that would sum up everything I took away from my travels in November, but am fast coming to the realisation that it is impossible. There were too many conversations, too many notes, too many museums. Fortunately I just (re)discovered a little impromptu video shout […]
Posted in: Conferences, Personal
March 8, 2013
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