Links of the Week: March 4, 2022: Hybrid Horror
Discussions of hybrid and remote work have given way to the horror that we've found a substitute normal.
AOC, Rock Stars, and Leaderless Movements in Museum Orgs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a star, but the rock star system isn't helping politics—or museums.
Links of the Week: February 25, 2022: Financialize This
Museums and their workers should avoid financialization in this desperate economy.
Links of the Week: February 18, 2022: Org Culture War
The org culture war in museums isn't just new vs old, but changing into the new or changing back into the old.
Towards a New Museum Conference Ecosystem?
Nearly 50 museum-field professionals discussed evolving the museum conference-scape into something broader
Links of the Week: February 11, 2022: Let This Be Your Last Fake News
All the news that isn't can come from anywhere.
Roles, Responsibilities, and Hats in Museum Work
What does it mean if our museum jobs are doomed to be undescribable to other museum workers?
Links of the Week: February 4, 2022: the Non-Fungible Mind
If mindfulness is the art of noticing, then NFTs are the new noticing of art.
Next-Level Museum Conference Chess
Come to a Museum Human gathering about museum conference gatherings
Links of the Week: January 28, 2022: Stress Test
Workers are stressed, but the leadership radar is focused elsewhere.
Study Hall: The Org Culture of Self-Examination in Museums
Museum-field studies are interesting, but does institutional org culture prevent real learning?
Links of the Week: January 21, 2022: Traumatic Times
Exploitation around many individual issues is adding up to big trauma for museum workers.
The Illusion of Certainty in the Museum Field Has to End
Museums—and the western business model—are obsessed with certainty. Is there another path?
Links of the Week: January 14, 2022: Unconventional Wisdom
We're mistaken … about a great many things.