Diana Abouali Finding Purpose Without Losing Sleep: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Running a Community-Based Museum Pandemics, great resignations, culture wars, climate change: we certainly live in interesting times. For those of us working in the museum sector, how do we keep pace with all this change that is happening around us and to us, and impacting how we work? How do we make peace with the uncertainty that comes with such environmental, economic, and cultural upheavals? In this talk, I’ll reflect on personal and professional challenges and experiences that have aided me in navigating life and work as the director of one of Michigan’s community-based museums. |
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Diana Abouali is the director of the Arab American National Museum, located in Dearborn, Michigan. Previously, she was an assistant professor at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, USA); head of research and collections at the Palestinian Museum (Birzeit, Palestine), and director of education, outreach and awareness at the Petra National Trust (Amman, Jordan). She serves on several boards and committees including ArteEast (NYC), CultureSource (Detroit), the Citizens Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan- Dearborn, and the general assembly of Taawon-Welfare Association (Palestine). Diana is Palestinian, was born in Toronto, Canada and grew up in Kuwait. She received her PhD in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University in 2004.
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