Why museum professionals need to talk about Black Panther

“The seminal film Black Panther has become an international sensation in the week following its release. Notable for its impeccable dialogue, witty banter, and nearly all POC cast, Black Panther provides a platform to discuss a multitude of topics on a national scale. With issues such as police brutality, the ever-present effects of slavery in Western society, and black identity approached in the film, it is easy to gloss over one of the more exposition-driven scenes of the film that engages with the complicated relationship between museums and audiences affected by colonialism.”

https://jhuexhibitionist.com/2018/02/22/why-museum-professionals-need-to-talk-about-black-panther/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

Labor of Love: Revaluing Museum Work

http://labs.aam-us.org/blog/labor-of-love-revaluing-museum-work/

 

For further reading on this topic, we recommend the following pieces:

A recap of the 2015 AAM rogue session. https://storify.com/MuseumWorkers/aam-2015

Sarah Erdman, Claudia Ocello, Dawn Estabrooks Salerno, and Marieke Van Damme, “Leaving the Museum Field.” http://labs.aam-us.org/blog/leaving-the-museum-field

Michael Hare, “Hard Times at Plimoth Plantation.” https://theoutline.com/post/2511/hard-times-at-plimoth-plantation

Nicole Ivy, “The Labor of Diversity.” http://www.aam-us.org/docs/default-source/museum/the-labor-of-diversity.pdf

Amy Tyson, The Wages of History: Emotional Labor on Public History’s Front Lineshttp://www.umass.edu/umpress/title/wages-history

Andy Urban, “Lifting the curtain on living history.” http://ncph.org/history-at-work/lifting-the-curtain-on-living-history