(now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened) –e. e. cummings | What do we mean by an empathetic museum? Gretchen Jennings reflects in her May 2012 blog post on what a culture of empathy looks like in a museum, and why allowing our communities to see themselves in our institutions is critical for truly engaging our audiences. (Link: http://www.museumcommons.com/2012/05/seeing-myself-where-i-didnt-used-to-be.html) |
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"em·pa·thy (noun): the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner."
- Merriam-Webster |