Children’s Museology (CM)

develops critical museology by, for, and about children, whom it views as political change agents. CM researchers investigate how museums can be changed via content critique and co-creation, challenging the status quo where museums engage, educate, and entertain young people but simultaneously essentialize and belittle them with superficial or isolated, after-the-fact programming. Recurring curatorial workshops with Black children in the Cape Flats region, outside Cape Town, South Africa, will emerge from sustained engagement with the CRM cluster, and will result in collaborative exhibits in South Africa and Canada, and a Curating with Children handbook.

(Partners: Carleton University; The Children’s Resource Centre)