10 Ideas for Purpose-driven Digital Leadership in Museums
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Murphy, Oonagh. 2024. 10 Ideas for Purpose-driven Digital Leadership in Museums. Other. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland. [Report]
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum operates at the intersection of everyday life, humanitarian action and art, focusing on the issues and values of humanitarianism – past, present and future. It lives these values by producing innovative, interdisciplinary content that sparks critical conversations, helps us reconnect with ourselves and others, and inspires us to imagine possible new futures.
For 2023–2024, the Museum selected “digital dilemmas” as the focus of its public engagement efforts, building on the lessons learned from its previous annual themes of feminism and mental health. Through this new theme, we aimed to initiate a discourse on the transformative impact of digital technologies on the human experience.
The Museum used the “digital dilemmas” theme as a platform for interdisciplinary enquiry and public dialogue. That platform served as the foundation of a broad programme of events that included lectures, panel discussions, workshops and late-night opening hours.
Participants from diverse backgrounds – including artists, educators, humanitarian practitioners, museum professionals and members of the public – were invited to debate, discuss, consider and re-think how we might respond to emerging digital challenges in a progressive and civic-minded way.
In the humanitarian field, as in our daily lives, digital transformation has progressed rapidly in recent years, as evidenced by developments such as the technologization of humanitarian hubs, innovations in the delivery of urgent assistance, and the use of biometric data, artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine to map and respond effectively to the growing number of crises and disasters in the current era. The wide variety of digital devices available, and the enthusiasm they arouse, must not obscure the ethical and security challenges posed by digital technology, particularly when it comes to protecting vulnerable people.
The Museum’s 2023–2024 programme of events highlighted a shared commitment to valuing individuals, communities and society at large. In doing so, it drew parallels between humanitarian practice and museum curation – two sectors that prioritize purpose over profit and that are rooted in the exploration of human experience and societal narratives. By facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations and conversations, the programme was designed to encourage innovative thinking about how we might navigate the digital era.
This toolkit seeks to ignite fresh perspectives on the nexus between digital technology, humanitarian principles and cultural institutions. Through ten key insights gleaned from the “digital dilemmas” initiative, we hope that it will serve as both a source of inspiration and a roadmap for re-thinking museum practice.
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Digital Dilemmas, ICRC, Red Cross, Digital Leadership, Museums, AI |
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| Date: |
September 2024 |
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37850 |
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18 Nov 2024 13:15 |
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18 Nov 2024 13:22 |
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