Building Community in Museums - WHO / HOW / WHY

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building community:

who / how / why

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building community:

who / how / why

Say hi to a stranger. Discover one thing you have in common with them.

geography

geography identity

geography identity affinity

geography

santacruzmah.org

identity

median income: $63,000

78% white, 19% latino

affinity

culturally curious

active & creative

nontraditional arts participants

62,000

17,000 (2011)

62,00052,000

62,00052,000

2,500

building community:

who / how / why

There are two kinds of social capital: bonding and bridging. Bonding occurs when you are socializing with people who are like you. Bridging occurs with people who are not like you.

Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone (1995)

bonding

bridging

Self-destruction of diversity is caused by success, not by failure.

Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)

building community:

who / how / why

The average scientist, so far as I can make out, spends almost all his time working on problems which he believes will not be important and he also doesn't believe that they will lead to important problems.

Richard Hamming, You and Your Research (1986)

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