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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

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This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. HUMANS ARE THE BEST AGENTS OF PARTICIPATION When I wrote the book, I was coming from the perspective of an exhibit designer. If participation was my mantra from 2007-2011, community has been my mantra since then. Humans empower each other.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

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Dr. Bernadette Peters' provocative 2011 report, Whose Cake is it Anyway? Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. didn't mince words.

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