Bethany Rex
@bethanyrex
Leverhulme ECF @CCMPSWarwickUni. Interested in museums, austerity, museum closures, commercialisation, professional ethics and policy.
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https://www.lost-museums.com 09-01-2012 18:22:34
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'It is with huge disappointment, that I received the news this week that from April 2024 the City Council is proposing that they no longer support Watershed with cultural funding'
Our CEO clarered on this & the many ways we deliver on the city's mission:
watershed.co.uk/articles/brist…
Published today, this insightful book addresses the underrepresentation of motherhood in museums. The author, Louise-Clarke, argues that museums wield the power to influence what we think about families, mothers & the labour of care. routledge.com/Museum-Represe… Routledge History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology
hey Greater Anglia - do you still do the 90 min service Norwich - London? Can't see it on the timetable.
Published today, this fab. volume (ed. by Sue Breakell & Wendy) is the first to bring together a range of methodological approaches to the materiality of archives, as a framework for their engagement, analysis & interpretation. routledge.com/The-Materialit… Routledge Books
Culture should be seen as part of essential infrastructure provision, alongside other vital public services, say Patrycja Kaszynska and James Purnell of University of the Arts London artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/artic…
On my first child free solo day for 16 months I thought maybe I’ll go shopping but diverted to Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library instead. Nothing beats choosing books in the gentle hubbub of a library ❤️
Our response to Scottish Parliament’s budget scrutiny consultation on funding for culture 📝
We highlight that the lack of investment in the sector is impacting the ability of museums to deliver against Scottish Government priorities.
Read the response in full: ow.ly/ryaE50PFlR1
Bank holiday reading & new book 📢
Cultural Policy is Local is an edited collection challenging the orthodoxy that policy only happens elsewhere by me Victoria Durrer Rike Sitas Zoe Hope Bulaitis zoebulaitis.bsky.social eleonora redaelli Bethany Rex & more. OA for general delight & consumption link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
📢 Come to work with us on museum analytics! 💡📊🏛️ We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project “Museum Closure in the UK 2000-2025” #culturalanalytics #digitalhumanities #academicjob Digital Humanities 🐘 @[email protected] Birkbeck, University of London
aballatore.space/2023/07/07/job…