TrendsWatch [Recurs electrònic] : navigating a disruptive future / Center for the Future of Museums

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Publication details: [Washington] : American Alliance of Museums, cop. 2021Description: 52 p. : digital, fitxer PDF (10,53 Mb)ISBN:

9781941963166

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TrendsWatch 2021

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Summary: In a normal year, TrendsWatch explores the impact emerging forces of change may have on museums in the next decade or longer. Some, such as demographic shifts, affect all museums in the present. Others, such as the rise of blockchain technologies, are just barely visible in the distance. This is not a normal year. In 2021, museums face rapid, transformative shifts on all fronts. In response, this edition of TrendsWatch focuses on issues museums must attend to right now, to minimize harm to their communities and ensure their own survival. In this report I make the case that museums are a vital strand in the complex web of nonprofits that holds together America's patchy infrastructure of education, health, and economic support. As such, they can help protect those most vulnerable to the economic and psychological damage wrought by the pandemic. Having profited from inequitable systems, museums have an obligation to help repair the damage of hundreds of years of racial oppression. Higher education is taking a major beating, and academic museums can help colleges and universities weather the storm. Finally, to ensure their own survival, museums must quickly become more efficient and effective, which means confronting the digital reckoning many have long delayed. (...) My goal for this year's report is to buoy your spirits while you confront the challenges that face museums in the coming year. I hope the questions and frameworks in each chapter provide an entry point into tackling tough topics and difficult decisions. (Font: Introduction)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
e-Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Repositori digital	General	E220062	Accés al document	Available		E220062

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Introduction -- How to Use This Report -- Trends: Closing the Gap: Redressing systemic inequalities of wealth and power ; Digital Awakening: Essential technologies for pandemic survival and future success ; Who Gets Left Behind? Caring for the vulnerable in a time of crisis ; COVID On Campus: How the pandemic is reshaping higher education ; Strategic Foresight: How to survive an era of uncertainty -- Where to Find the Future -- About the Author -- About Us -- Acknowledgements -- About Our Sponsors

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