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Our Colleagues, Our Selves: Modeling Museum Worldviews in the Process of Change
Author(s) -
KRUG KERSTI
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
curator: the museum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2151-6952
pISSN - 0011-3069
DOI - 10.1111/j.2151-6952.2001.tb01165.x
Subject(s) - blame , archetype , process (computing) , sociology , aesthetics , epistemology , psychology , social psychology , public relations , political science , computer science , art , philosophy , literature , operating system
AS museums respond to changing forces in our increasingly complex world, we who must make the changes find ourselves in the throes of discomfort and even conflict with formerly comfortable colleagues. We blame those on opposing sides of our views as obstinate, ignorant, or self‐serving. Why then does change invariably engender conflict? This article explores the underlying factors — the world‐views that each of us brings to the table — and presents a model of archetypes that hints at where museum professionals might fit. The aim is to expose the existence of fundamental differences in how each one of us approaches change so that we can navigate through disagreements, retain professional relations, and contribute positively to our museums.