Injustices Righted: Exhibit Development Driven by Community Curators

  • Thursday, September 26, 2024
  • 11:15 am – 12:30 pm
  • Ventana - Salon J

Presenter(s): 

Jennifer Juan, Assistant Director of Community Engagement, Arizona State Museum
Lisa Falk, Director of Community Engagement, Arizona State Museum
Christina Andrews, Hia-Ced O'odham Chairwoman, Hia-Ced Hemajkam, LLC
Brandon Varela, Director, Old Pascua Museum and Culture Center

Track: 

  • Community Engagement, Indigenous

Learning Format: Passive Learning

Arizona State Museum's They Don't Love You Like I Love You: Indigenous Perspectives on Sovereignty consists of five exhibits curated by members of Native Nations in Arizona. Look at their process for developing exhibits highlighting contemporary voices, arts and creative interpretation of social justice solutions - including tribal sovereignty, water rights, and historic influencing their lives today. Discussion addresses how ASM initiated the process and stepped aside to allow curators' vision and voices come to life.