This training session will provide you with an overview of the principles of co-curation and tackles the topic of decolonisation within a museum context. We will also discuss how you can begin to consider creating an EDI Action Plan.

About this session

The session is suitable for members of the workforce from museums who are already exploring the topic of EDI and beginning to consider action planning to embed best practice across their organisation.

All paid and unpaid members of the museum workforce in the south east of England are welcome to book a place free of charge.

This is an open access session with guest speakers Nicola Bird, Community Engagement officer for Oxford University Museums Partnership and Rawz., artist, youth worker, teacher, discussing co-curation with underserved communities. The session will also include decentralisation and decolonisation myth-busting.

Session outline

10am Welcome and introductions​

10.20 Why co-curation is relevant to EDI

10.25 Group work: what do you perceive to be the barriers to community collaboration and what do you see as the possible challenges​ and opportunities?

10.45 Plenary

11.00 Break​

11.10 Community co-curation: a case study from Nicola Bird and Rawz.

11.45 Q&A

12pm Break​

12.10 Embedding practice in EDI plans: participants to discuss what they have learned during the session and how it could be embedded in their EDI planning.

12.20 Feedback from 2 of the MuseumWIDE participant museums on their EDI Action Planning.

​​12.25 Top tips

12.30 End of session.

Session delivery and access.

Using a virtual platform, the facilitators will use a combination of PowerPoint slides, videos and attendee participation with an opportunity for questions and group work in breakout rooms. Auto-transcription will be enabled as standard.

Please make us aware of any access requirements you may have as early as possible to enable us the maximum time to make arrangements and book professional services, if applicable.

Examples of possible requests include, but are not limited to; audio description, advance copy of presentations or resources, resources in specific accessible formats, e.g., Large Print, specific colour contrast.

Booking information

This event is open to museums in the south east region and the west midlands region of England, with 10 spaces available to each region. Spaces will be reserved for the MuseumWIDE Project cohort for 2022/23.

Please follow the link below to book your free space on this training session.

Book your place here.

Please note, that by signing up to this session you are willing to participate in breakout rooms.

By booking a place on to a South East Museum Development training event, you are agreeing to the following :

• To ensure fair distribution, only one representative from each museum can book a place on this training course. Additional bookings from the same museum will go on to a reserve list. Places on this training course will be confirmed by email.
• That you are either a paid staff, a volunteer or a trustee who works within or with a South East museum or heritage organisation which is in Arts Council England’s Accreditation Scheme (either fully accredited or working towards accreditation). Where this is not applicable (i.e. you are a non-accredited museum), you acknowledge that in the event that training is oversubscribed, priority will be given to museums or heritage organisations in the Arts Council England Accreditation Scheme.
• It is a condition of receiving the training provided without charge that the evaluation form is completed by the specified deadline in the email notification, unless a paper evaluation is specifically provided on the day of the training session for completion before the end of the session.