McGrath, M. and Taylor, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9796 (2022) Social class in UK museums: Mark Taylor interviews Michelle McGrath. Journal of Museum Education, 47 (4). pp. 414-427. ISSN 1059-8650
Abstract
What is the experience of working-class museum professionals in the UK, and what is the Museum as Muck network doing about it? This is a conversation between Michelle McGrath, founder of Museum as Muck, and Mark Taylor, who researches inequalities across cultural and creative industries in the UK. The interview introduces Museum as Muck, which is a network for working-class museum workers, explaining their activism and work. It also discusses broader themes that explain the relative lack of working-class museum workers, including working for free, nepotism, and how entry-level roles are advertised, and moves on to discuss the mechanisms through which class inequality persists even once working-class people have entered the sector. It concludes with a discussion of how current museum professionals and museum educators can influence practice to make museums a more welcoming and supportive environment for working-class people, both in the UK and internationally.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Museum as muck; social class; internships; nepotism; cultural policy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Methods Institute |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AH/S004483/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2023 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2023 11:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/10598650.2022.2147355 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196626 |
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