Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social

Museum person & Ph.D. candidate studying labor in museums @uoftinfofaculty. Book Reviews Editor @museumanthjrnl. Precarious museum wages spreadsheet link ⬇

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Recruiting interviewees for my Ph.D. research @UofTInfoFaculty on intersections of contingent/independent contract labor & DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Access, Inclusion) initiatives in U.S. museums! DM me here or email [email protected] and plz share 🙏🏻 More info in 🧵

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Here are some words I wrote about the experience of interpreting this important, powerful exhibit for our visitors.

https://t.co/cT8t9HtWyq

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

DC-area people! Only 11 days left to see the exhibit “Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portraits Project” at @LincolnsCottage!

https://t.co/ZcNy7zz2FN

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@camillemarys This is so good!! I think there’s a lot to unpack about this backward orientation of museums!

[Sumaya @_SumayaKassim]

Is the purview of heritage orgs only historic genocides? What is the point of art and heritage institutions if they are only interested after the calamity? If their purpose is to remember, why do they choose to forget the present moment?

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@EmmaLouiseBacke Yes.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Past participants have ranged in age from high school to graduate-level, and have come from 23 different countries around the world. *We offer scholarships to support participants*!

Important dates:
International student deadline, March 18
US student deadline, April 4

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Do you know a student interested in learning more about modern slavery, human trafficking, and abolition with experts and advocates in Washington, D.C.? Encourage them to apply for the 2024 Students Opposing Slavery Summit at President Lincoln’s Cottage! https://t.co/n7htJu2Wyr

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@yimregister can’t look the way you thought it did/would before your loss. Let yourself mourn that, too, and give yourself time to feel out a new normal. Also had to let myself give credence to the moments when finishing felt impossible. Quitting can be an act of love, too. Sending ❤️.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@yimregister myself from the academic environment. I could handle the fast-paced superfocus on grants and publishing and ambition. I had to admit to myself that if the phd is going to get done, it’s going to have to be on my terms. There’s also a unique grief in realizing that your life now

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@camillemarys @MuseumAnthJrnl We’ll be here when you can breathe again!! 😉 You know I love your words.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Museum folks! I'm excited to say that I'm joining the editorial team at @MuseumAnthJrnl as Book Reviews Editor! There are loads of amazing museum-related publications that deserve a spotlight, so be in touch if you've got ideas!

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

mostly a helpful place for me to spew my half-formed, badly formatted pre-diss thoughts.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Watched @SaraNAhmed's recent talk on Killjoys at Work (https://t.co/78R6BgDqj3) and it got me so good I had to create a blog about it? "Professionalization as Assimilationist Praxis": https://t.co/E1a8PJPBDE

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Honorable mention: that more than one interview has concluded with a big sigh and "that felt like a therapy session". Safe to say I'm thoroughly enjoying this part of things.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Two things I've been delighted by as data collection for the diss continues.
1. That almost every interview has opened with or been punctuated by that "look". That "do I have a story for YOU," look 👀.
2. Introducing my cat to new pet friends via Zoom.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

I've been feeling very disappointed in my alma mater lately, but of course, the brilliant students are here to remind that there's some amazing work being done that's so much more important than any uni president's "letter to the community"... Congrats, and solidarity!

[EmoryUnite! @EmoryUnite]

909 votes for yes, 73 no votes, we won!!!!

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

@atobinripley Very good suggestion 🙏🏻! Going on the list!

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

I'm still thinking about a syllabus for a creative ethnographic writing workshop. I would love recs for some experimental, genre-challenging stuff! Not concerned about subject/topic, but work related to environment/land/climate/place would be ideal! #anthrotwitter

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

Exercises will be coming from 'Steering the Craft' by Le Guin and 'Alive in the Writing' by Narayan.

[Haley Bryant ▶ @passionprojecting.bsky.social @_HaleyBryant_]

My reading list currently consists of 'Braiding Sweetgrass', 'Mushroom at the End of the World', 'Curating Decay' by Caitlin DeSilvey, 'Endlings' by Lydia Pyne, Tuck's 'Suspending Damage', and (possibly!) 'Dear Science and Other Stories'.