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in title, tags, annotations or urlCenter for the Future of Museums: Robots for Accessibility: Help Henry Spread the Word - 0 views
Ramadan 2014 - Third Spaces and the Importance of Building Institutions - 0 views
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Background on how Muslims define home, work and a third space: One space in the domestic sphere (the family and the home); a second space is the sphere of civic engagement (including school, work and other forms of public participation); and a "Third Space" where individual, sometimes professional, and sometimes transgressive acts are played out: where people let their "real" selves show.
Pratt Institute to Offer Master's With a Focus on Public Space - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Mistrust of NPOs Up, Reflecting Overall Views of American Institutions - The NonProfit Times - 0 views
How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave Benin Bronzes Back to Nigeria - The New York Times - 2 views
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by a changing social consensus about the ethics of holding on to such items, and further strengthened by a backlash against Germany’s flagship cultural project: the Humboldt Forum,
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Germany’s approach also contrasts with those of the United States and British governments, which have left decisions up to individual institutions
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some of the most important museums in England cannot return their Benin Bronzes, even if they wanted to, without a change in the law. That includes the British Museum, which owns about 900 of the artifacts, arguably the world’s finest collection.
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The foreign minister's trip is the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany's approach to handling cultural items unjustly obtained during the colonial period. It is also part of a pioneering model for large-scale restitution, in which ownership is swapped before any artifacts change hands. Crucially, that approach allows for items to be restituted even if the country of origin does not yet have the facilities to store and exhibit them.
Cultural Institute - Google - 1 views
Futurist Speaker Thomas Frey - The Future of Education | DaVinci Institute - 1 views
P2PU | School of Open - 1 views
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How can museums participate in this trend?
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I like this trend --- how do we get in? Open course material by age group -- by themes --- design for cross institutional learning -- micro credentialing (Mozilla just opened the Badges Backpack platform)... lots of potential for museums to provide continuity of learning experiences...
http://cultureblocks.com/ - 1 views
Zócalo Public Square :: Why On Earth Am I Looking At This? - 0 views
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Most Museums Have Trouble Connecting To the Public. Maybe It's Time For Some New Ideas.
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underprepared for their pending encounter with the visual arts
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many audience members seem intuitively aware of what is missing: more access to the story explaining how and why a work has arrived at this place for their enjoyment.
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