Here at the Horniman we have been doing a lot of work in this area of practice. We have ongoing collaborations with over 10 refugees and asylum seekers organisations from south east London. Our partnership models span from project-based community engagement work to the co-production of ad-hoc events (including annual Refugee Week and Crossing Borders celebrations http://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/blog/crossing-borders-2016), residencies for refugee artists and the delivery of activities for our family programme.
A couple of years ago we also organised a symposium, exploring sectorial practices in the UK and beyond. You can find minutes from the day here (bottom of the page) http://www.horniman.ac.uk/learn/our-projects
A while ago the Museum Association published a special online issue on museums’ work with refugees. Let me know if you can access it, otherwise I can send you the piece I wrote. See here http://www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/museums-and-refugees
Finally I have just completed a PhD on this very subject, so you are more than welcome to pick my brain on it! Rebecca, I am happy to discuss our work in more details so feel free to drop me a line [log in to unmask]
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Dom
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1. Collections Manager role at the New Room / John Wesleys' Chapel
2. We're failing in our aim of mass participation (Nick Merriman)
3. GEM Digest - 9 Jan 2017 - Special issue (#2017-10)
4. Home Schooled Groups
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Subject: Collections Manager role at the New Room / John Wesleys' Chapel
Hi everyone,
Please see attached the job description for a Collections Manager position we are recruiting for. Please forward to anyone who might be interested.
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:14:35 +0000
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Subject: Re: We're failing in our aim of mass participation (Nick Merriman)
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Could you stop this discussion on a reply all basis please and keep it between those of you who are involved in it.
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Subject: Re: We're failing in our aim of mass participation (Nick Merriman)
Hi Nigel,
My response to Nick Merriman's article and the basis of my points made are about the gap between what the groups in the lower socio-economic groups and the visions held by the museums and heritage sector and whether those visions are based upon their own needs to keep museums open and accessing funds for the purpose of existing rather than actually helping those groups access parts of society they feel disenfranchised from or indeed. As to whether such groups want such assistance from the museums and heritage sector is also the point I wanted to make in that the money wanted by museums is money which should be directed elsewhere.
However, as someone who thinks museums do play a role in society, I agree that funding issues have caused a problem for the museum sector and that the problem is that perhaps museums have to operate more in other parts of society beyond approaching them for funds and helping such companies feel good about themselves e.g. govt, individuals, companies, media, entertainment, health. It is these sources which are the forcing changes behind society, forces which focus on the future not History and museum collections ( or not perceived to be). Today's society is more than just adapting to using the latest technology in museum exhibitions and showing that museums can be just as 'whizzy' in its methods of communications with the public. Methods of technology changes but human ideas only adapt and evolve according to circumstances and in my opinion, nothing new changes within humans about their ideas for societal control and development. I only have to refer to the wording change from David Cameron's 'Big Society' to Theresa May's 'Shared Society'. Humans are just using and re-using words to try and change people's perceptions over a society which just goes on and on with a few modifications but is essentially the same (even having civil wars have the same repeating issues). Basically, I just think museums should be in a position to recognise this situation and accept the same misconceptions. Maybe museum professionals so but they are just wise enough not to say it or because I'm a casual worker, I don't operate in the circles which discuss such issues at a philosophical/pragmatic level. Maybe we are just too used to saying the same motivational words and challenges every generation?!?
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On 6 January 2017 at 12:43, Nigel Sadler <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
It is good to have professionals who are willing to be the Devil's Advocate.
My problem with all of this is that a complicated situation that is caused by politics, economy, educational attainment etc. can not be resolved by constant tinkering. There needs to be a long term plan at all levels, not just in museums and the cultural sector, to attempt to provide a sustainable solution. As an example, Nick Merriman, like many others link the Leave vote to xenophobia and intolerance to immigrants which at best is an over simplistic view but at worst, and more likely, it is labelling all those who voted to leave the EU wrongly, and devaluing the real reasons why these voters justify their decision to vote Leave. Yes a minority are xenophobic etc but in reality the vote to leave by many was a decision based on many issues and the media, politicians etc have been quick to tag Leavers as xenophobic and racist with few people willing to question the accuracy of this. This just continues to fan the fire of distrust and division whilst we should be working to build a stronger community and to understand fully the complex issue of Leave/Remain. Therefore, can the Museum sector move on - Brexit is happening - and let us be forward thinking and take on the challenge rather than continuing to push the stereotypes, as well as clearly pushing an individual's own political view.
Museums suffer from political interference whether this is from the rationale of grant programmes, national and local museum policy and even to the staff who work in them. In the case of funding, grant programmes target one specific area that is good in the short term, but we then see the direction of funding changing so what was once the target shifts. This means museums constantly have to change their priorities to fit in with the political thinking of National, Local government and funders, who are generally only worried about short term solutions to meet their political agendas. Instead of having a holistic approach to museum work to include staffing, exhibitions, storage etc then the sector will continue to generally appear to being missing the targets. If 25 years ago an effective system had been put into place to encourage people from all sector's of society to enter the museum world both as visitor's and staff we would not be having this discussion now, but minor tinkering and changes to priorities have meant that many opportunities have been missed and even though the sector has made steps forward we could have achieved so much more. In many cases the present staff in museums are trying to change museums for the better, as did the generation before, and the generation after will attempt as well, but often the goal posts/priorities shift, so what i was trying to do 25 years ago to change things and had to stop as the funding priorities changed (both in local authority and granting bodies) are now being considered again today by the present museum workers.
Also, the relevance of collections held by museums is often cited as an issue, but the real issue is that staff have not been allowed to fully understand the collections held (through proper documentation, research, better storage, and collection rationalization) as front of house work and the outward looking approach of museums has generally taken priority. If museums had been given adequate funding 25 years ago (as being requested at the time) few museums would have large backlogs of documentation and the collections and exhibitions would now have more relevance to the present audiences and researchers. Museums could also target new collecting policies to fill in the gaps to make them more relevant.
Finally, the Museum sector must also shoulder some of the blame. We have been bad at recording what we do well and creating an argument for why we should exist beyond the pure financial. Museums have provided very well for society and for the well being of its members, yet as it has been hard to record how museums for example provide a sense of well being, a sense of belonging, provide direct and indirect health benefits and support other sections of the community providers (especially the Local Government run museums). Therefore on paper the museum sector looks an expensive 'luxury' whereas many museums do a lot more than just store and display dusty artifacts.
I know my views are very simplistic and in a sector with around 2000 museums and galleries there is not one solution, or a quick fix but at the same time we sometimes need to step back and look at what we are doing from a distance. Maybe we should try and simplify museums again and their offer rather than providing an over complicated and over thought 'solution' - there is no 'fix all'' for the whole sector and what may work well for one museum, one region or one subject matter does not necessarily work well for all. However, lets try and make ALL museums reach their full potential.
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On Friday, 6 January 2017, 10:58, Mary B Hickford <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
I have just read this article and on the point about the current museum sector stalling in its efforts to encourage people from lower social-economic groups: Will the current generation of staff do anything substantially different from previous generations? How much of the current generation's attitudes are the barriers? Remember, what people say in their interviews, or in their actual jobs, can be very different from what they write, regardless of how good their intentions are. Is it time that despite the number of reviews, the number of reflections that can happen, the continuing moans about lack of funding or funding being cut, that there are people from such groups who might be opposed to such efforts, that such efforts can be viewed as patronising, ignorant and egotistical? That these so called projects and offers are just an effort by the museums to make sure they stay open, get the funds but only to keep open for themselves and not really for the audience groups identifed; That collections from the past are out-of-date and represent eras which created the so-called problems they face (and who defines what these problems are anyway?) That collections of the contemporary age are collections which are only for the few and which represent what is wrong about past societies and today's society and very much are the problem not the solutions. That museums are part of a society which wants to keep creating problems or keep existing problems alive and vibrant in order for staff to stay in jobs and for museums to provide "tailored" services and projects?
Just being a devil advocate but my questions are partly based on my own experiences of not just the museum and heritage sector but also the charities sector.
Regards,
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On 5 January 2017 at 12:33, Nicky Boyd <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Very interesting article from Nick Merriman http://www.museumsassociation. org/museums-journal/comment/ 01012017-were-failing-in-our- aim-of-mass-participation?dm_ i=2VBX,DDTO,27LR56,1CCSB,1<http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/comment/01012017-were-failing-in-our-aim-of-mass-participation?dm_i=2VBX,DDTO,27LR56,1CCSB,1>
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:19:06 +0000
From: Becki Morris <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: GEM Digest - 9 Jan 2017 - Special issue (#2017-10)
Hi,
Re: In response to the discussions relating to participation of people in lower socio-economic groups.
I've worked with people who potentially fall within this group for 4 years.
From my own experience, history as a subject is not the issue, but how museums can be perceived as just labels and cases. Lack of participation and engagement is due to people being unable to read the labels.
As I work in the field as a museum curator and also support adult/family engagement, that more inclusive practice using different learning styles such as tactile, auditory and visually through a variety of interpretative media will challenge these preconceptions and increase the engagement with and strength of the museum in the community.
Inclusive practice does not mean high cost but needs investment not just financially but with skills and good practice. The Disability Co-operative Network (www.musedcn.org.uk) has been working to show case studies and good practice from various sectors to ensure that this is taken forward.
We warmly welcome participants.
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:20:05 +0000
From: Sally Turner <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Home Schooled Groups
Hi Everyone,
We are about to start offering a few school sessions a year to home schooled children (accompanied with their adults). We are charging per child rather than per family.
I need a few tips on what to do and what not to do.... my last experience of this has left me a bit traumatised!
I'm mainly concerned in the information I need to give to them before the day, rather than in the delivery.
Any advice or warning would be great!
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:24:13 +0000
From: Simon Stephens <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Working with refugees
We did a Museum Practice on this in 2013, but obviously that is a bit old now:
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/museums-and-refugees
There was also this session at our annual conference in Glasgow:
http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/events/seeking-refuge-museums-association-conference
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Date: Monday, 9 January 2017 at 11:27
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Subject: Working with refugees
Hi
Has anyone done any work recently with refugees? If so could you please reply to me off list at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
We’re holding an exhibition about the Spanish Civil War during Refugee Week this year and are interested in linking it with the current refugee crisis, as Islington has a large population of Syrian Refugees at the moment I’m interested in hearing how others have approached this issue in art, community and schools projects.
Thanks so much
Rebecca
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:17:22 +0000
From: Roz Bonnet <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Freelance Community Engagement Officer - Invitation to Tender
Dear all,
South West Museum Development<http://www.southwestmuseums.org.uk/> hosted by Bristol City Council, is seeking a suitably experienced Freelance Community Engagement Officer to work with 10 museums and heritage organisations across Devon and Cornwall as part of the Heritage Lottery funded 'Raising the Standard' project. The project involves the conservation, display, interpretation, development of a schools resource and engagement alongside a programme of community engagement and events at locations in which the 10 museums and heritage organisations are based during the summer and autumn of 2017.
The successful applicant will have experience in developing, planning and delivering successful, exciting, creative, audience-focused events and projects within a museum or heritage environment.
Preferably with experience in delivering projects funded by Heritage Lottery the successful candidate will have a passion and commitment for the role of heritage in local communities along with a track record in working with volunteers and developing partnerships across a variety of community groups.
The contract is from February 2017 to February 2018 and will not exceed £15,000 inclusive of VAT and fees excluding travel for which there is a separate budget up to £3,000 for travel within Devon and Cornwall.
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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:37:58 -0000
From: Jo Ward <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM? All hail polymaths
Hello Lucy Ann
Thank you for this! I have been biting my lip in relation to the apparent ‘genderisation’ of subjects in some of the e-conversations. We need STEAM because we need to live in joined up world where despite people’s obsession with dividing things up and working in silos the reality is everything is linked and as life becomes more complex the connections matter more not less.
To add to your well-made point I just think we should underline the role and value of any of the polymaths who have been pivotal in so many ways for British society and history to demonstrate just how important it is to be able to draw on people with expertise that spans a significant number of different subject areas; and consider the value of why such people are able to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems. We just need more people with "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination".
And where would be in in this sector without people like Ruskin? I am sure his positive thirst for both the arts and sciences didn’t in any way impoverish him. Subjects may be different but any hierarchies are manmade and imagined. Or it is just that some scientist like to talk about ‘immutable truths’ even when they don’t have any real evidence that stacks up and the arts and social sciences are often too quick to reflect on the problem of certainty.
Perhaps if people made more connections in life the public wouldnÂ’t make so many false assumptions or jump to over simplistic conclusions about cause and effect when faced with outright misrepresentation of the facts or reality in the world of politics?
Jo
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Sent: 09 January 2017 15:56
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
Hi Maria
From my perspective STEAM is very important in the work that I do. Being the collection of a manufacturer, but one that has its fundamental roots in art and design also, we recognise that STEM subjects do not stand alone in the world. For example I can manufacture a coin and learn about it using all my STEM subjects – what material it’s made from, how technology is used to manufacture the dies and equipment to strike it, the engineering involved in making a coin ‘work’ and in the building of tools and the use of presses, and to calculate striking rates or draw an equilateral curve-heptagon. But if I just did that no one would know about how coins are designed. They wouldn’t know about our extensive collection of coin design artwork, or about how the design teams use digital software to design and create their models, or how plaster models are hand carved. So for me although STEM is important, STEAM is fundamental.
I should also add that I have never heard of the ‘arts’ part being intentioned or used to promote STEM to girls, and would hope that this is not the case.
I hope thatÂ’s of some help.
Lucy-Ann Pickering
Education and Learning Manager
Royal Mint Museum
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Sent: 06 January 2017 13:36
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
The Cultural Learning Alliance have been debating this:
http://www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/news/steam-hack-october-2015
Best Wishes
Becky Bracey
Volunteer Support Officer
Kirklees Museums and Galleries
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On 6 Jan 2017, at 12:53, sara brouwer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Maria,
Bit late to this thread & not an expert, but nevertheless.. having worked in different arts organisations in a learning capacity here's what I've picked up about STEAM:
- For some, perhaps it is a way to include the arts in curriculum areas that get more attention. Maybe this feels a bit transparent, but the way in which arts education is declining in schools means that the arts is trying every which way to stay in the picture.
- However the birth of STEAM is truly rooted in the thought that when working towards scientific and technological innovation, arts and science go hand in hand. I think the idea is that soft skills that are essential to the outcomes championed by STEM/STEAM are provided by the A for Arts. Among these soft skills are independence, team working, resilience, resourcefulness, risk taking, communication and entrepreneurship.
The Visual Arts and Design & Technology subjects provide a level of visual and 3D thinking that stimulates creativity and problem solving within engineering processes. I guess this kind of link is more specific and counteracts that vagueness that Ian mentioned, as a result feels more concrete.
- I have not yet heard before of the A in STEAM being there to appeal to girls, but I have heard of it being there to appeal to those students that find the arts an easier way of taking in information, as Holly mentioned, allowing them a less intimidating entry into science based processes. I've worked on automata-making <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5SF0NWqxk> and robotics <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW6J7-Aol8k> workshops that were pretty STEAM perfect, and it was so interesting and awesome to see the levels of engagement, across ages, genders, learning styles.. all totally absorbed.
I come at this from a visual arts background and as someone who has been excited by instances of art & science collaborative practice in the past decade - I obviously see STEAM as a great initiative. But it has been useful to learn more about the frustrations with STEM vs STEAM in this thread.
Here's some links in case you were still looking for sources on STEAM:
*
https://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/academic/research/researchcentres_csteam.a
sp
* <http://steamedu.com/> STEAM: A Framework for Teaching Across the
Disciplines
* http://www.steamco.org.uk/
* <http://stemtosteam.org/> STEM to STEAM
* <http://steamconnect.org/> STEAM Connect
* <http://steam-notstem.com/> STEAM Not Stem | Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art, Mathematics
*
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/Studies/stem-vs-steam-how-
the-sciences-and-arts-are-coming-together-to-drive-innovation-a7047936.html
*
<http://scholarship.claremont.edu/do/search/?q=steam&start=0&context=1652366
> The STEM Journal: Peer-reviewed papers with a focus on the
> intersection of
STEM and Art
* CLA June 2014 STEAM report
<http://CLA%20June%202014%20STEAM%20report>
Happy new year!
Sara
On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 at 13:03, Holly Bee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi!
I completely agree about the gender question, everyone needs to feel like they can belong in an environment before they move into it.
As for STEAM, I believe an increase in interdisciplinary approaches in both arts and sciences could be beneficial. However, as the National Curriculum promotes the sciences more and more, it is important that children with more artistic minds are not left
feeling that they are only valuable as add-ons to the 'main' curriculum. All talents need to be given room to grow. Maybe there needs to be more cooperation between subjects to help this?
Happy New Year!
Holly
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
Amen to that! As the father of two daughters the ‘girlification’ of subjects infuriates me. When at the Centre for Life our approach to things like getting more girls to explore
physics was based on two ideas
·
Make sure that we did the subject really well – barriers often turn out not to be gender at all, but rubbish teaching. Do it well and everyone is more likely
to participate
·
Make sure that female and minority participants are prominently represented as participating on equal terms, not being treated as special cases against a
background of the norm being boys.
Seemed to work pretty well
IAN
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
I agree, art is too frequently shoehorned in to serve, although in fairness I also understand it's often the only chance to sneak it in. I do, however, question the suggestion that girls require
art to make STEM attractive - why not just make lab coats pink.
Apologies for sarkiness but I recently attended a secondary school open day in which the DT class showed a powerpoint with only boys evident. When asked why the teacher said because really it
was only boys who chose to do it - in front of a room of prospective girl students.
Girls need representations of themselves doing the subjects not the subjects being altered to attract them.
RIP Vera Rubin.
Best wishes
Sarah
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
I think the nub of my objection to STEAM is that Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths are, in this context, the things we are hoping to get the audience to engage with,
while the arts are a) too vaguely expressed and b) essentially a tool that we hope to use to engage people with the other four areas, again, in this context. This means it doesnÂ’t really fit with the remaining areas that make up the acronym, and also that
it is patronising to ‘arts’ which are either viewed only as an instrument to involve people in the other areas, or something that only deserves one letter when it can encompass painting, sculpture, writing, film, dance, theatre etc, etc, etc. It flat out doesn’t
work. I agree with Andy, I donÂ’t buy into the kind of thinking that puts it there. The various artforms deserve attention in their own right, and the tools for engagement donÂ’t need to have a place in the acronym.
IAN
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Subject: Re: STEM or STEAM?
My understanding is that it was felt that STEM was a little reductive and particularly appealed to a small section of the audience (particularly boys) leaving many feeling excluded (particularly
girls). It was also felt that the STEM approach was quite formulaic, leaving little room for creativity so it was hard for people to feel excited about it.
The A was added to breathe a little creativity into it. As far as I am aware the “arts” was used in its widest sense to cover things as diverse as problem solving (coming up with a creative solution
to a situation) and entrepreneurship (if thatÂ’s even a word) so creating something that meets a demand, as well as the more core arts as set out in the school curriculum.
I am not sure to what extent I buy into this thinking.
What it means for us is that there is a challenge to create science-based provision that encourages and supports creative thinking, problem solving and thinking around the issue. ItÂ’s an opportunity
for us to embed the science in what we do without calling it (necessarily) a “science session” or creating science sessions that offer something for students who aren’t particularly fond of numbers.
Or, as Ian put it, everything.
That is something I can get on board with.
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Subject: STEM or STEAM?
Dear colleagues
I am struggling a bit to understand what exactly we mean by STEAM (education). I understand that we now want to include the Arts, but do we end up mixing things up? What is the new ‘identity’ we bring into education with this new term?
Do you have any papers/articles to suggest? I would really like to look into this a bit more!
Thank you for your help, best wishes for the holidays
Maria
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