Cultural Planning and Eurocentricity
Cultural planning is about anticipating the future yet too often that future is assumed to be white and Western- a reflection, more...
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Ngaire Blankenberg
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
The 50 year old Entrepreneur: Money and Mentors
So I am diligently trying to follow the entrepreneur’s playbook (gleaned from the internet and multiple excellent podcasts)- but there is...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Sep 10, 2019
- 2 min
The 50-year old entrepreneur. Part 2.
Am I crazy to think of starting a social enterprise at this stage in my life? My new (ad)venture is to start a not-for-profit connecting...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Sep 10, 2019
- 1 min
The 50-year old entrepreneur. Part 1.
I. Have. No. Idea. What. I'm Doing. end of blog. #entrepreneur #socialenterprise
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Ngaire Blankenberg
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
Should museums scrap their claim to ‘education’?
ICOM's proposed new definition of museums seem to imply we are giving up on education. Should we cut our losses and move on to saving...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Mar 12, 2019
- 3 min
Museums and Reconciliation
Museums have long played a role in cultural genocide. Can they also play a part in reconciliation? In a recent work-trip to Canada, I was...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Jan 10, 2019
- 4 min
Soft Power of India
Despite a liberal sprinkling of sexism, Hindu nationalism and nostalgic essentialism, the Conference on Soft Power in December in New...
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ZAK NRW
- Jan 10, 2019
- 1 min
Diversity Matters!
Myself, Yilmaz Dziewior (Director Museum Ludwig, Cologne) and ZAK NRW director Inez Boogaarts discuss why the future of art museums...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
Actually... I'd rather talk about Whiteness.
The cultural sector in Europe (and elsewhere) is overwhelmingly white yet it is trendy/prudent these days to talk of diversity. Let's...
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Ngaire Blankenberg
- Jun 12, 2018
- 3 min
A New Language of Science Engagement
Is our current language of science engagement up to the challenges of the future? ‘It is not a foregone conclusion that in 50 years,...
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Ngaire Blankenberg
- May 3, 2018
- 3 min
Soft Power for an NGO
An international NGO in the Philippines looks to embody its mission, amplify its message and inspire with a re-vamped visitor centre. In...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Mar 20, 2018
- 3 min
Creativity Dies in Captivity
Clients: there is a time for intense collaboration, and then there is a time to let go... For the most part, the more diverse voices in a...
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ngaireblankenberg
- Feb 2, 2018
- 1 min
Artspeak Is The Devil
I refuse to believe that I'm an idiot. But sometimes when I enter into an art museum, it's really hard for me to cling to my confidence....
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