This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. As we begin 2022, nearly two years since the pandemic began, what I’m most struck by is that the world I operate in is a fundamentally changed one. It’s fascinating and a bit disorienting that these changes happened so quickly, sped up by […]
RK&A is hiring! Project Coordinator
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. For more than 30 years, RK&A has served as a premier planning, evaluation, and research firm, supporting hundreds of museums and informal learning organizations. We are seeking a Project Coordinator to join our dynamic team. The Project Coordinator will provide administrative and operational […]
Relevance Revisited: A Postscript
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. As we exit 2021, I’m reflecting back on where I began the year, when I noted that “in 2020, the museum field as a whole showed itself to be out of step with society. . . [and] irrelevant.” At that time, I had begun […]
Imagine: Museums Engaging with the Issues of an Anxious World
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. By: Emlyn Koster As 2020 approached and with a whole-planet outlook, Emlyn expected a burst of ominous reflections around the 50th commemoration of Earth Day but also with a hope for some ‘20/20’ given its symbolic meanings of clear hindsight and perfect vision. Instead, […]
Lessons Learned: Understanding DEAI as a Daily Practice
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. As we look toward 2022 and beyond, many museums are working to implement their new or existing missions, values, and initiatives that embrace and foreground diversity and inclusion. As an emerging museum professional and a Black woman who has often felt excluded from […]
‘Relevance’ of Museums: From Rhetoric to Reality?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. With enthusiastic support from Robert Mac West, editor and publisher of the Informal Learning Review (ILR), RK&A is pleased to share Emlyn Koster’s recent opinion, ‘Relevance’ of Museums: From Rhetoric to Reality? which was part of ILR’s pandemic-themed September/October 2021 issue. Emlyn’s original […]
IRB 101: What types of human subjects research are exempt from IRB?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. In this IRB 101 series, I have provided general context for IRBs, including what IRBs are and why they exist and potential risks to research participants to illustrate IRBs’ purpose. This post will help you determine—if indeed you are conducting human subjects research—whether it […]
Geological Context of Climate Change: Implications for Public Understanding and Museum Relevance
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. By: Emlyn Koster With climate change and extreme weather frequently in the news and in light of the upcoming UN COP26 Conference, Emlyn taps his geological insights to point out what is often missing from society’s knowledge and which therefore warrants the museum […]
Gen Z are Values-driven: What does this mean for Cultural Institutions?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. By: Sadiya Akasha In the first post of this series, I described how the unique combination of nearly infinite access to information (and a global reach) coupled with a near-constant evaluation of the motives behind consumable content has caused Gen Z to become […]
When Disaster Strikes: Assistance by Museums Nearby
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. By: Emlyn Koster Emlyn recalls how Liberty Science Center, located across the lower Hudson from Manhattan and where he was President & CEO from 1996-2011, assisted the next-of-kin and surrounding community in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center […]