Stephen E Weil's research while affiliated with Smithsonian Institution and other places

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From Being about Something to Being for Somebody: The Ongoing Transformation of the American Museum
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June 1999

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... The international zeitgeist pulls researchers and museums towards a new paradigm that values involving the people in the scientific process and the dissemination work while also making good use of the potential working with the people can offer (Morse, 2020;Hacklay et al., 2020). This paradigm shift questioned the purpose of museums and sparked an ambition to create museums that are not so much about something as they are for somebody (Weil, 1999). Involving volunteers in the running of museums is not new to Danish museums; for a large part of their history and to this day, museums rely on volunteer workers to cover their daily undertakings (Muser, 2013;see p. 40 after the participatory turn of the 1990s, the museum reform pushed Danish archaeology into professionalism. ...

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Comparing Public Engagement Strategies in Danish and English Archaeology A Path Towards Improved Practices
From Being about Something to Being for Somebody: The Ongoing Transformation of the American Museum
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  • June 1999

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