MUSEUMS AND THE DISPLAY OF DIVERSITY

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In 2020, museum activists challenged museums to confront their colonial and racist pasts, to acknowledge the continuing effects of those origins in their exhibitions and programming, and to engage programmatically in urgent matters of racial, economic, social, and climate justice. This course explores how museums have contributed to the construction of both race, gender, and sexuality, including the representation of African Americans, Native Americans, and other cultural minorities, as well as women and the LGBTQ+ community. Case studies also explore how these groups have sought to tell their own stories and exhibit their own cultural productions in museums.