Gender and Museum Professions

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For this exercise, I was interested in data regarding gender and museum professions, and more specifically data that provide information on the percentage and professional distribution of women employed by art museums. I was hoping to find cross-national sources of data on the gender composition of art museum employees, but much of what I came […]

Research is Hard; or “Unknown”

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In the 1960s and 1970s, on the back of Cold War global politics, several South American countries experienced right-wing, military coups d’état in response to perceived internal and external threats from communism (and other “subversions”). During this tumultuous time, the state violated many individuals’ human rights because of their association with specific social groups – […]

Research is Hard; or “Unknown”

Posted on Leave a commentPosted in Unit 2b

In the 1960s and 1970s, on the back of Cold War global politics, several South American countries experienced right-wing, military coups d’état in response to perceived internal and external threats from communism (and other “subversions”). During this tumultuous time, the state violated many individuals’ human rights because of their association with specific social groups – […]