This chapter is based on the premise that extractivism is not only an economic model but
also a social, political and cultural phenomenon that affects all spheres of private and public …

Participation in Museums. Skrifter utgivna vid institutionen för ABM vid Uppsala universitet 9.
293 pp. Uppsala: Department of ALM, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-506-3000-8. This …

From the Museu de Ciência e Técnica da Escola de Minas (Brazil) to the Smithsonian
Institution (USA) and the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Austria), many encyclopedic and …

This thesis approaches two distinct but overlapping forms of anthropocentric universality:
one historically manifested in museums and their staging of scientific authority and the other …

This article takes a cultural approach to analysing the profound privatisation of the public in
one of the many places in which it manifests: an art gallery. I argue that, as well as …

This article explores the development and display of contemporary art in natural history
collections as a way to engage audiences with environmental concerns at a time of …

The theory of museum activism argues that when faced with social and ecological crises,
museums must act. However, pursuing explicitly activist agendas risks the public trust which …

This article explores the complex,“contact zone” nature of museums within the context of the
current environmental crisis threatening our planet. Historically and even today, museums …

Building upon the" tools and techniques" for socially engaged art that Pablo Helguera
proposes, this dissertation provides an in-depth exploration of cross-disciplinary qualitative …

New music is becoming increasingly engaged with political themes. Musicians are
searching for ways to tackle, or comment on, capitalism, the climate crisis, institutional …