Editing Curator (section)

== Community curation ==
Education and outreach play an important role in some institutions. It has led to the emergence of titles such as "Curator of Education" and "Curator of Public Practice".

Community curation— also known as "co-curation",  "public curation"<ref>{{cite book | first1=Kris | last1=Morrissey | first2=Tom | last2=Satwicz |title="Public Curation: From Trend to Research-Based Practice" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=71–72}}</ref> or "inclusive curation"<ref>{{Cite book|last=French|first=Jade |title=Inclusive curating in contemporary art: a practical guide |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-64189-265-0 |edition=New |location=Leeds |oclc=1184460562}}</ref>—is a movement in museums, [[public humanities]] organizations, and within the [[biocurator#Community curation|biocuration]] field to involve community members in various curatorial processes, including exhibit development and programming.

Community members involved in community curation are likely not trained as museum professionals, but have vested interests in the outcomes of curatorial projects.<ref>{{cite book|last=McLean|first=Kathleen|title="Whose Questions, Whose Conversations?" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=71–72}}</ref> Community curation is a response to the 19th century "information transmission" model of learning, in which museums are sources of expert knowledge and visitors are the recipients of that expertise.<ref>{{cite book|last=McLean|first=Kathleen|title="Whose Questions, Whose Conversations?" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=70}}</ref> Community curation seeks not to abandon expertise, but to broaden definitions of expertise to "include broader domains of experience" that visitors bring to museums.<ref>{{cite book|last=McLean|first=Kathleen|title="Whose Questions, Whose Conversations?" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=71}}</ref>

Community curation practices are varied. Organizations have conducted community outreach at the beginning of exhibition projects, and convenes community advisory committees at various stages in the curatorial process.<ref name=broom>{{cite news | last = Chinn | first = Cassie | title = Push Me, Pull You | newspaper=[[Pew Center for Arts & Heritage]] |date = June 22, 2012 | url=https://www.pewcenterarts.org/post/push-me-pull-you-cassie-chinn}}</ref> or have accepted exhibit proposals from community members and trained them in curatorial skills to co-create exhibits.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schwartz|first=Deborah|title="Community as Curator: A Case Study at the Brooklyn Historical Society" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=113–114}}</ref> Such efforts to allow communities to participate in curation can require "more not less expertise from museum staff".<ref>{{cite book|last=Filene|first=Benjamin|title="Listening Intently: Can StoryCorps Teach Museums How to Win the Hearts of New Audiences?" in Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, eds., Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World|year=2011|publisher=The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-9834803-0-3|pages=189}}</ref>