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Exhibit review – Hamilton: The Exhibition

Author: Ashley Ann Wolfe, February 19, 2020

Originally published in the January 2020 issue of Curator: The Museum Journal, Ashley Ann Wolfe reviews the innovative Hamilton Exhibition that was presented in Chicago in 2019, and offers lessons that museums can learn from the exhibition. Preview below, or click here to read the full article. “I got to be in the room where it happens. Well, the room where it happened, technically. I’m speaking of Hamilton: The Exhibition, the unexpected, brilliantly designed 35,000- square-foot...

Science Out of the Box: Executive Summary

Author: Jen Benoit-Bryan, PhD, October 10, 2019

To gain a deeper understanding of the young-adult population in the United States, help fill gaps in the current research picture, and identify potential public engagement mechanisms, the National Academy of Sciences LabX team partnered with Slover Linett Audience Research Inc. to design and conduct a targeted audience research study. This national survey investigated the interests, behaviors, and perceptions of young adults, both in relation to science and more broadly, to determine how (if...

Promoting the Arts to Full Partner: Closing Plenary Session at a2ru About the Role of the Arts in Higher Ed

Author: Peter Linett, November 10, 2018

Peter Linett moderated the closing panel discussion at the 2018 conference of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) in Athens, Georgia. He was joined by Emil Kang of Carolina Performing Arts and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Saralyn Reece Hardy of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas; and Garth Ross of Yale University. From the program description: We know how to raise money for gleaming new arts buildings that shine a spotlight on the arts on...

The Subjectivity Paradox – A Cultural Look at Adult Science Engagement

Author: Peter Linett, April 23, 2018

Using examples from live storytelling and comedy events, podcasts, and Hollywood, Linett argues that science communicators and educators need to embrace subjective modes of expression and participation in order—paradoxically enough—to make the objectivity and rigor of science accessible to the public. “Framing science as warm-blooded, personal, and therefore necessarily idiosyncratic is what allows nonexperts to get closer to it, identify with and enjoy it, and let it become part of how they...

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