Part II: The Alchemy of Empathy
Ingredients of Transformative Perspective Change
Intentionality | Jonathan Carfagno, Executive Director, The Hickory Museum of Art | Thriving in a VUCA World: Creativity, Empathy, and Intentionality in the Art Museum
Intersectionality | Yolanda Moses, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Co-curator of “RACE: Are We So Different?”, University of California, Riverside & Joanne Jones-Rizzi, Vice President of STEM Equity and Education, Science Museum of Minnesota, Co-curator of “RACE: Are We So Different?” | Building Transformative Empathetic Experiences to Talk about “Race”
Curiosity | Thomas Rockwell, Director of Exhibition Design, Exploratorium; Josh Gutwill, Ph.D., Director of Visitor Research and Evaluation, Exploratorium; Heike Winterheld, Ph.D., Program Director of Social Sciences, Exploratorium; Shawn Lani, Senior Artist, Exploratorium | Social Inquiry Exhibits: Fostering Social Learning in Museums
Play | Lisa Brahms, Ph.D., Director of Learning and Research, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum; Anne Fullenkamp, Director of Design, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Vulnerability | Andreas Heinecke, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Dialogue Social Enterprise | From I to Thou: Transformation through Traumatic Events
Contemplation and Nuance | Mohamed Zakariya, Calligrapher | Found in Translation
Proximity | Seth Frankel, Creative Lead and Principal, Studio Tectonic | Designing for Place and People at the Border of Freedom: Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
Storytelling | Anastasia Khoo, Chief Marketing Officer, Conservation International; Jamey, Anderson, Senior Writer, Conservation International; and, Conservation International |Empathy in Environmental Communications: WhyPeople Matter for Saving Nature
Synchronicity | Andrew Nemr, Tap Dance Artist and Co-Founder, Tap Legacy Foundation | Tap Dancing toward Empathic Communities
Awe & Wonder | Nicholas Bell, Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs, Mystic Seaport Museum | Designing for Wonder: Losing Your Self at the Museum
Collective Journeying | Ari Gordon, Ph.D., Islamic Studies and the History of Muslim-JewishRelations, University of Pennsylvania; Menachem Wecker, Journalist, Contributor to “Religion in Museums: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives” | Religious Pilgrimage and Sacred Relics as Empathy Builders
Breaking Bread | Reverend Jennifer Bailey; Lennon Flowers; Emily May, The People’s Supper | Breaking Bread and Building Bridges: Repairing Ruptures in Our Communities
Optimism & Hope | Catherine Christen, Ph.D., The Conservation Commons, and The Earth Optimism Initiative, Smithsonian Institution | Optimism to Action: One Smithsonian, the Conservation Commons, and the Earth Optimism Initiative