When talking about community it is important that students also understand human impact and ecology as it relates to space, place and culture.

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) conflict has sparked national conversations about the dangers of fossil fuel infrastructure to public safety and the unjust treatment of Indigenous Peoples in the United States. When thinking about how to integrate the Dakota pipeline conflict as a case study in your classroom it is important for students to understand the systems of power that are involved and to examine how these systems promote harm whether directly or indirectly. Are we to view the Dakota...

Elizabeth E Merritt, founding director of the American Association of Museum’s Center for the Future of Museums describes two types of mindsets in museums today in her article How can Museums Empower Communities. There are museums that start with the collection from which grows a desire to share that collection with the world. Then there are those museums that largely emerge from the community, often in response to a societal need or problem. This raises the question if one can be both and...