Museum Hour takes place on Twitter on Monday nights 8 - 9pm. It is regularly hosted by a team of four people working in various museums but they also invite guest hosts to propose subjects to discuss. On Monday 16 September I was the guest host, focusing on Community Participation. You can follow the promo tweets and then the conversation via the eleven questions I posed by clicking on the various date links below. Thanks to #MuseumHour twitter.com/museumhour for having me!
Promos:
MuseumHour (@museumhour)14/09/2019, 19:00 Join us on Monday 16 September at 8pm (UK time) for #MuseumHour with @particip8tion focusing on Community Participation. Who do you engage with in your community? Who is missing? How do you sustain relationships & what is the legacy? Hit 'like' if you'll be joining in on Monday! pic.twitter.com/py1PG1UA9Y
MuseumHour (@museumhour)15/09/2019, 19:00 To get ready for tomorrow night's #MuseumHour discussion around Community Participation with me @particip8tion take a look at this interview with #MikeMurawski Director of Learning & Community Partnerships @PDXArtMuseum ow.ly/6gFU50w6J2P pic.twitter.com/YxUY4X7dYa
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 08:00 Check out this link ready for #MuseumHour at 8pm tonight (UK time) with me @particip8tion focusing on Community Participation. An example of positive community practice is @SLG_artupdates working with local residents on three housing estates bit.ly/2lQNd7w pic.twitter.com/Y0MmLNdRS9
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 12:01 Check out this link ready for #MuseumHour at 8pm tonight (UK time) with me @particip8tion focusing on Community Participation. An example of positive community practice is @mimauseful working with refugees and running a weekly community day bit.ly/31KZtas pic.twitter.com/hKYBe4DWWL
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 16:01 Check out this link ready for #MuseumHour at 8pm tonight (UK time) with me @particip8tion focusing on Community Participation. An example of positive community practice is @empathymuseum art projects helping us look at the world through other people's eyes ow.ly/LNal50w6KE5 pic.twitter.com/M6nZlvLuKQ
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 19:50 This is your 10 minute countdown to #MuseumHour tonight with me @particip8tion focusing on Community Participation. Grab a cuppa, get yourself comfy and be ready to chat... pic.twitter.com/w80bx85C5J
Questions:
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:01 Q1. Welcome to #MuseumHour focusing on Community Participation guest hosted by me, freelance arts educator & evaluator @particip8tion To get us started who do you engage with in your local community? And how would you define ‘community’?
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:05 Q2. Does your ‘community’ exist outside the walls of your institution, or is your institution part of that community offering a community-centred approach? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:10 Q3. Who is responsible for community engagement on your staff? Is it only those within your learning team or is it everyone's priority? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:15 Q4. How do you prioritise who you work with within your community? Is this dictated by funding? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:20 Q5. What factors are key to consider when engaging with new communities? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:25 Q6. How do you avoid tokenistic community work and make sure that the audience’s voice is included and respected? How do you reflect on and evaluate this? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:30 Q7. "Who is not in the room and why?” This applies to local community participants but also workforce. How could you diversify your staff to reflect your local communities and help to make your organisation more inclusive? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:35 Q8. What has worked well for you, or give examples from other organisations, around working with your local community? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:40 Q9. What has not worked so well for you, or give examples from other organisations (feel free to keep this anonymous), around working with your local community? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:45 Q10. How could you sustain your community relationships beyond the end of your funding? What legacy could there be from your community work? #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 20:50 Q11. To end tonight's discussion, if funding and other barriers were not present which new communities would you ideally like to engage with and in what way? Think blue sky! #MuseumHour
MuseumHour (@museumhour)16/09/2019, 21:01 Thanks to everyone who joined in tonight & to #MuseumHour for having me as a guest host. Please feel free to continue the conversation with me @particip8tion or to check me out at particip8tion.com pic.twitter.com/7CNQ3uDEvM
