Museums and Climate Change: The co-directors of the Crab Museum explain how they blend humour, politics, and science to engage visitors. They critique the ethics of using fossil fuel sponsorship to fund exhibitions and galleries.
Yasmin visits the Crab Museum in Margate to see how they are blending humour, politics, science, philosophy and crabs to successfully engage visitors on environmental and social issues.
The Crab Museum team explain their anti-capitalist decolonial approach. They discuss how to exhibit contentious histories and navigate current affairs without jeopardising truth-telling.
#Biology #Capitalism #Climate #Colonialism #Crabs #Curation #Diversity #Environment #Ethics #Evolution #Funding #Fossil-Fuel #Governance #Margate #Museum #NaturalHistory #Oil #Sea #Storytelling
Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @CrabMuseum.
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CREDITS: Host, scriptwriter and editor, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).
Funding partners: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation
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