In this series of conversations recorded for the People: A Global Dialogue in Museums and Their Publics symposium organized by The Met, hear from an international array of scholars, artists, writers, performers, and activists as they share their ideas about how museums engage with people locally and globally.
Rather than preset descriptions, we asked a set of open questions to frame each program session. In Race and Identity, we consider how do we keep racism and race in the conversation at museums beyond this moment. Will genuine change flow from these conversations? And finally, what are the structures of accountability, and how do we evaluate progress?
Introduction
Andrea Bayer, Deputy Director for Collections and Administration, The Met
Speakers
Mame-Fatou Niang, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Carnegie Mellon University
Eunsong Kim, Assistant Professor of English, Northeastern University
Alexis Peskine, artist
Moderated by Jonathan Michael Square, fashion historian
Recorded on May 19, 2021
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