Museum Activism

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Acknowledgments

The activists of today stand on the shoulders of giants. We would like to acknowledge the very significant contribution of Karen Coody-Cooper, whose book, Spirited Encounters: American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices (AltaMira, 2007) provided a foundational and world-changing text for many activists today, us included.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on Contributors

Kylie Message is Professor of Public Humanities and Senior Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre, and Associate Dean (Research) for the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Her books include Collecting Activism, Archiving Occupy Wall Street (2019), The Disobedient Museum: Writing at the Edge (2018), Museums and Racism (2018), Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest (2014), New Museums and the Making of Culture (2006), and Museum Theory: An Expanded Field (edited, with Andrea Witcomb, 2015). She is founding general series editor of the Routledge book series, ‘Museums in Focus’.

Eleanor Foster is a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) student at the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University. She is currently undertaking an exchange program at the University of Copenhagen.