Hunterian Hackathon

The Hunterian and Global History Hackers

The Hunterian and the Global History Hackers are inviting you to join the Hackathon on Examining Humans and Animals in Museum Displays!

Hunterian Museum

What is a Hackathon?Hackathons are co-creative events where a group of people from different backgrounds get together and practically work on a question or problem. It will involve group work, discussing, brainstorming and presenting ideas to each other.

What is the Hunterian Hackathon about?The <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hunterian Museum</a> will host a Hackathon on Examining Humans and Animals in Museum Displays. This will address critical questions about the ethics of collecting and displaying “difficult” objects in museums. <ul><li>Are there objects in the museum which cause us uncomfortable feelings and/or raise difficult questions?</li><li>And if so, how can we deal with these issues and feelings of discomfort? </li><li>Who gets to decide about these questions and how?</li></ul>

Why a Hackathon? We are hoping that this will be a productive format to start creative conversations and create knowledge in a more participatory way that helps to critically question displays, suggest ideas and reflect on the difficulties of collecting and displaying discomforting objects.

Who is involved?This event is organized by a team of <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/about/contactus/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hunterian staff</a> and University of Glasgow <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/globalhistory/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Global History researchers</a>. It is part of a series of pilot hackathons entitled “Global History Hackathons: Doing Global History through ‘Local’ Archives” initiated by Dr Hannah-Louise Clark from Global Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. Ideas? Questions? Get in touch with us!<ul><li>Mail: Hunterian-Hackathon@glasgow.ac.uk</li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/HistGlobal" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@HistGlobal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalHistHack19" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#globalhisthack19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hunterian" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@hunterian</a></li></ul>

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