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| Id | 146 | |
| Author | Sandell, R., | |
| Title | Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change. | |
| Reference | Sandell, R. (2003). Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change. Museum & Society, 1(1): 45-62. |
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| Link to article | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/13/53 |
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| Abstract | In the last two years, the term social inclusion has been widely adopted, though frequently misapplied, within UK museum sector policy and rhetoric. Originally understood by many to be simply a synonym for access or audience development, (concepts that most within the sector are at least familiar, if not entirely comfortable, with), there is now growing recognition that the challenges presented by the inclusion agenda are, in fact, much more significant and the implications more fundamental and far-reaching. A growing body of research into the social role and impact of museums suggests that engagement with the concepts of social inclusion and exclusion will require museums - and the profession and sector as a whole - to radically rethink their purposes and goals and to renegotiate their relationship to, and role within, society. In short, if museums are to become effective agents for social inclusion, a paradigmatic shift in the purpose and role of museums in society, and concomitant changes in working practices, will be required. Though the focus of this paper, the instigation of change, draws upon government policy development and research within the UK context, a consideration of the relevance of the concept of social inclusion to the museum highlights the broader, international relevance of this discussion. |
Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change.. In the last two years, the term social inclusion has been widely adopted, though frequently misapplied, within UK museum sector policy and rhetoric. however more recently research into the origins of the concept and its applicability to the cultural sector has contributed to an enhanced understanding of the change imperatives that the social inclusion agenda brings with it. however some within the sector including museums which have been individually working in this way for many years are enthusiastic about the opportunities presented by a political agenda dominated by social inclusion and have begun to advocate more widespread adoption of inclusive values goals and working practices. in itself the recently issued policy guidance from dcms centres for social museum and society change: museums galleries and archives for all is highly significant since it explicitly acknowledges the notion that museums have an obligation as well as merely the potential to tackle the symptoms and causes of social exclusion. recommendations that will be presented to the museums associations ethics committee in september include for example a requirement for museums to develop mechanisms through which audiences can directly influence the direction of museum projects.
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