[Could you please pass this on to
curators/ other curators to whom you think it is applicable,
thanks]
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Hi there, just to
introduce myself I am a student working with the Riverside Museum Project Team
in Glasgow and my brief is to produce a checklist and a report to ensure
'cultural diversity' issues are taken into consideration by individual curators
working on displays/ exhibitions for the forthcoming Riverside Museum in
Glasgow, Scotland*. This could be making sure curators are aware
of how the 'institutional voice' or unwittingly insensitive Euro-centric
language could be potentially patronizing or offensive, or helping them think of
any implicit links to ethnic minorities in their displays/ exhibitions, thereby
ensuring they are more reflective of society as a whole.
At
present I am contacting museums professionals with practical experience to see
how they have approached these issues**. Is there any advice
you could offer the Riverside curators to
ensure the exhibitions in the forthcoming Riverside Museum have some
applicability to and are culturally aware of/ sensitive towards the diverse
audience that shall view them?
I
would be deeply appreciative if you could respond to the questions on
the attached questionnaire which fall under the rubric:
- Are there any lessons you or the
organization you work for have learned in regards to cultural diversity that you
could pass on to the Riverside Team and to it's individual
curators?
Thanks for any help you may have
been able to offer,
Andrew Hammond
<<Cultural
Diversity Questionnaire.doc>>
* The
Riverside Museum is a £60 million pound plus project that shall house Glasgow's
internationally important transport collection and will also allow for the first
time the proper interpretation of Glasgow's important maritime history as the
world's former preeminent shipbuilding center.
<http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showProject.cfm?venueid=7&itemid=33>
** I
understand that some questions may be more valid for some individuals and
museums than for others but any response will, as mentioned before, be greatly
appreciated.
Support Scotland's Bid to host the 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow - visit
www.glasgow2014.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer:
This
message is intended only for use of the addressee. If this message
was sent
to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this message.
Glasgow
City Council cannot accept responsibility for viruses, so please
scan
attachments. Views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect
those
of the Council who will not necessarily be bound by its
contents.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------