Scholars@Hallwalls: Miriam Paeslack, “Locating Museum Engagement: The Oakland Museum of California”
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesPlease join us in the cinema space at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center! In this talk, The Oakland Museum of California serves as a prism to explore the concept of engagement in museum theory and practice. Often invoked by museum marketers, engagement’s deeper socio-cultural dimensions and the evolution of this term and concept are under-explored. The Oakland Museum, founded in 1969 as an interdisciplinary museum for its urban community, has […]