Abstract
Written as notes from the field, this article explores the overlaps between researcher development and the idea of academic resilience within the museum and heritage studies community. During a climate of uncertainty and rapid change, it argues that alongside the academic literature, positive psychology methods transfer well into the researcher development space. Methods involved informal email conversations with museum and heritage practitioners united by how COVID-19 and border lockdown presented new opportunities to connect, share ideas, and rethink. Presented as short narratives, these findings show how researchers and practitioners in northern Europe, the United Kingdom and Canada share similar concerns to those in the southern hemisphere about climate change, equity, well-being, resilience, and sustainability. These narratives highlight the importance of encouraging critical engagement, finding ways to traverse time zones that build international networks and provide leadership opportunities for researchers at any level.
Highlights
Context: Museum Worlds, an Incubator of IdeasThe theme of academic resilience builds from a body of work published in Museum Worlds exploring cultural resilience, starting with a Special Section on the Aftermath of Cultural Heritage Disasters edited by Sheila K
The five short stories that follow demonstrate the temporary state of academic resilience in action one year on into the coronavirus pandemic
Stories three, four, and five explore fresh ideas from named museum and heritage scholars operating in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Sweden
Summary
Joanna Cobley n ABSTRACT: Written as notes from the field, this article explores the overlaps between researcher development and the idea of academic resilience within the museum and heritage studies community. These findings show how researchers and practitioners in northern Europe, the United Kingdom and Canada share similar concerns to those in the southern hemisphere about climate change, equity, well-being, resilience, and sustainability These narratives highlight the importance of encouraging critical engagement, finding ways to traverse time zones that build international networks and provide leadership opportunities for researchers at any level. With travel plans still halted, the museum and heritage studies community found other ways to traverse time zones and engage in research collaborations. These notes highlight ways to develop academic resilience. These stories provide useful insights to help the museum and heritage studies community bounce together toward a new normal
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