Speaking with uncertainty during planning
If we talk as if our designs and the ideal result match perfectly, we won't see ways to improve the plan.
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Every story has a shape.
Aug 8, 20233 min read
Mapping ideas in exhibitions
In my exhibit development classes, I have sometimes taken students to part of a history exhibition where I’ve covered up all the text. I...
May 15, 20233 min read
Writing in visitors' shoes
I’m always imagining myself into the shoes of someone standing in front of the display. Which doesn’t exist yet.
Apr 13, 20233 min read
When your museum's namesake was an enslaver
Rather than sidestepping the controversy, they stepped into it.
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Magical effects
Visiting Het Grachtenhuis, the Canal House Museum in Amsterdam, was more like going to the theater than visiting exhibits. For me the...
Nov 14, 20224 min read
Visiting the center of place and time
I walked over the prime meridian purposefully, moving from Eastern to Western hemispheres with one step.
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