IGNITE

75-minute session

Location: Hilton Albany, State

Day/Time: Monday, April 8 // 9:15 - 10:30 AM

About: Ignite Presentations are fast-paced presentations by graduate and undergraduate students in the museum studies, public history, art history, non-profit administration and other relevant fields that are conducted in ten minutes or less, including as many as 40 slides, with each slide automatically advancing every 15 seconds. 

Ignite Sessions (10 minutes each):

Giving Value to Voice: Oral History as Professional Development for EMPs

Presenters: Hannah Riley, Graduate Student, Museum Studies, Syracuse University and Ethan Ryan, Graduate Student, Museum Studies, Cooperstown Graduate Program

Oral History interns Ethan Ryan and Hannah Riley discuss how their internships at the Museum of Bethel Woods aided in advancing their professional careers as students and allowed them to learn from the public as Emerging Museum Professionals. Ethan and Hannah are both Museum Studies Graduate Students, studying at the Cooperstown Graduate Program and Syracuse University respectively.

Building a VR Museum to Tell the Hidden Story

Presenter: Yuning Gao, Student, New York University

Gao is a grad student interested in Museum Learning and Educational Technology and is building a museum about the banjo in a virtual reality environment. They were inspired by a concert they attended at The Metropolitan Museum, where they learned the history of the banjo and its relationship to the history of enslaved peoples in America. As musical instrument exhibitions are mostly limited by physical space and location story of the banjo is ideally suited to a VR museum environment.

Sustainability: Beyond Awareness and Into Practice

Presenter: mary oleary, graduate student, Fashion Institute of Technology 

Do Less, Better. Planning is usually kept behind the scenes; however, as the world changes, we must let our visitors and communities know how we integrate climate mitigation into our strategic goals and how we demonstrate that in practice. Looking at two institutions, one larger and one midsize, graduate student mary oleary explores sustainable design, how to integrate it into your long-term planning, and how to communicate the need to your audience.

Giving Value to Language: The Need for Linguistic Diversity in Museums

Presenter: Sofía Gabaldón, Masters Student, Museum Studies, Syracuse University

The United States has no official language, so why in such a diverse country do museums default to English only? This session, Giving Value to Language: The Need for Linguistic Diversity in Museums, will explore the importance of non-English language diversity and accessibility. With information taken from interviews with museum professionals across the country, this presentation will discuss the importance, challenges, and solutions to the process of becoming accessible to visitors whose most comfortable language is one other than English.