Diversity in Museums

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: ARTH/MUSE 2101; ARTH/MUSE 2111; or permission of the Department This course examines how museums reevaluate and diversify objects, narratives and audiences. While many museums have policies and goals to create more inclusive spaces, issues of censorship, colonialism, questionable object acquisition, as well as systematic social inequalities such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and misogyny, remain prevalent in the museum. Through a series of case studies, this course offers students the critical tools to analyze the responses, actions and outcomes that impact the inclusion of wider narratives, voices and experiences. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: MUSE 3991 Diversity in Museums; MUSE 4991 Diversity in Museums)