Trigger Assemblies: Discussing WHY we need to change

Outlining and debating the context and rationale behind why we need to change our approach towards museum collaborative research for public value and setting out a reimagined future for this.

Trigger Assembly 1: Thu 8^th Aug 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm (AEST). Online.

This session will explore the following questions:

• Why is understanding and responding to changing public value of critical importance to museums & galleries, now and in the future?
• Why is taking a reimagined approach to research a productive path forward for museums & galleries in understanding and responding to their changing public value?
• Why do we need to look at new forms of museum collaborative research to do this?

This session will include contributions from:

• Seb Chan, Director/CEO of Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI) and National President of AMaGA
• Dr Kirstin Alford, Director of Museum of Discovery (MOD)
• Candace Richards, Assistant Curator, Chau Chak Wing Museum
• Dr David Gaimster, Director of South Australian Museum
• Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Director of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
•  Professor Kate Mitchell, Director of Research School of Humanities & Arts, Australian National University 

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