Michael Peter Edson
mpedson.bsky.social
Michael Peter Edson
@mpedson.bsky.social
Museum director and cultural/digital strategist working with tech, culture & the SDGs. Museum of Solutions & Library of Solutions, Museum for the United Nations, Smithsonian Institution, Europeana, Climate Things. https://usingdata.com/about
Oh, these are excellent and spot on, Dan - - exactly what I was looking for! (Flyvbjerg's book is new to me and looks like a treat.) "Capitalism" made me LOL. // Thank you!!
September 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
...Also, I guess my own work!

Shaking Hands with the Future: Culture and Heritage at a Moment Full of Change.

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Shaking Hands with the Future: Culture and Heritage at a Moment Full of Change
The document discusses the future of cultural institutions in a rapidly changing digital society, referencing significant historical events and their impacts. It raises questions about the role of the...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
re: "neutrality" -- look up the "museums are not neutral" movement. Also, I recommend reading about the problem of Journalism and paradox of the "view from nowhere" // Ezra Klein and Jay Rosen,

*It's Time for the Media to Choose: Neutrality or Democracy?*

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It's Time for the Media to Choose: Neutrality or Democracy?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 11/12/2021 · Subscribers Only · 1h 15m
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August 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here's a thought starter - - a 2022 opinion piece by museum director @metaknol.bsky.social about climate activism at the Mauritshus in The Hague, NL.

"Museums should engage in climate activism themselves: They are ideally suited for it."

(convenience translation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1... )
Translated copy of Meta Knol Mauritshus Climate Activism Opinie _ Musea zouden zelf klimaatactivisme moeten bedrijven, ze zijn er bij uitstek geschikt voor - NRC
8/18/25, 10:20 AM Opinion | Museums should engage in climate activism themselves, they are ideally suited for it - NRC Original dutch at https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/11/02/musea-zouden-zelf-klimaata...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
..."Walking through the museum, I dream that perhaps one day it will reject the overarching nostalgia that so much of the institution represents, and it will embrace something really new… Maybe that day, what Frick left behind will represent the new culture of which we can all finally be proud."
August 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
... "When collectors acquire such prominent works with famous pedigrees, aren’t they acquiring their auras as well? We simply don’t talk enough about why the wealthy build institutions like this, ones clearly designed to distort the realities of their lives.

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August 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hi Emilia! — I don't know the Frick so well, but from the sound of @hrag.bsky.social 's review, not nearly enough! (In other words, they missed an opportunity to...be...relevant to the 21st century?) ...
August 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thank you, @hrag.bsky.social — you can shoot this right into my veins. HT @erodley.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM