November 09, 2022

S12E05: Disability in Conservation

1 hour 44 minutes

Join us on a tranquil houseboat as we talk about being conservators with disabilities with special guest host Pierrette Squires. We share our various experiences and set the world to rights (with ducks in the background). Also tune in for a Dear Jane about accreditation, a tour of the new ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ exhibition with Kloe, and a review of ‘The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability’ from Jenny.

00:01:35 Jenny’s experiences

00:03:53 Pierrette’s hearing loss

00:07:09 Kloe’s struggles

00:12:46 Relating to others and appreciating yourself

00:17:55 Shout out to placement students with disabilities

00:19:17 Are there more disabled conservators now?

00:21:01 Recruitment and the fear of discrimination

00:25:37 How to be a more supportive workplace

00:33:33 How flexible working has transformed our health

00:36:40 Training ahead of an exhibition

00:42:21 How society (and conservation) disables us

00:44:00 Reactions to disability and access issues

00:52:29 Disability represented in museum collections

00:58:18 Access for visitors: lights, touch, and adjustments

01:07:00 CPD issues

01:11:34 Discussion of the AIC report

01:20:37 Dear Jane

01:26:20 Review: The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability

01:32:29 Kloe takes us behind the scenes

Show Notes:

– Equality Act 2010: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance

– Definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010: https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010

– Menieres disease: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menieres-disease/

– S01E01 Demographics: https://thecword.show/2017/02/15/demographics/

– Adult ADHD screening test: https://adhduk.co.uk/adult-adhd-screening-survey/

– Work of the Icon Diversity & Inclusion Task & Finish Group: https://www.icon.org.uk/resource-report/diversity-and-inclusion-task-and-finish-group-report.html

– Exhibition about disabled people’s activism: https://phm.org.uk/exhibitions/nothing-about-us-without-us-3/

– Social vs medical model of disability: https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/sites/default/files/FDN-218144_Introduction_to_the_Social_and_Medical_Models_of_Disability.pdf

– Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People: https://gmcdp.com/

– Spoon theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory

– S05E06 Touchy Feely: https://thecword.show/2019/05/29/s05e06-touchy-feely/

– Accessibility in Conservation Survey report from AIC: https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/publications/reports/survey-reports/accessibility-in-conservation-report.pdf

– The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Art-and-Disability/Watson-Hiles/p/book/9780367444785

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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Pierrette Squires.

Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

A Wooden Dice production, 2022.

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