Hybrid identities and changing definitions shift expectations surrounding museums about “a people.” For such institutions, the forces of change weigh heavily, and the opportunity for redefinition is exciting and urgent. This session addresses the need to transcend museum boundaries. It explores why new approaches are needed and how museums can navigate identity and identity politics. Ultimately it asks: how can we transcend definitions of a “museum” to realize new potential, and how does this lesson apply to museum interpretation on the whole?
Speaker(s):
Avi Decter, Charles Bethea, Deborah Cardin, Lisa Sasaki
