And another thing: SLV as the example you don’t want to be

As a critical friend to the arts and cultural sector, I try not to ‘out’ organisations who haven’t already made headlines. Unfortunately, after a year of record fumbles and fails in response to Palestine, that still leaves a lot from which to learn from (with new ones seemingly added every day).

So it’s been deeply disappointing to witness an organisation so many have held in high esteem become the high-profile poster child for poor practice. I look at the example of the State Library of Victoria in the latest edition of my ‘and another thing’ vlog.

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This edition of ‘and another thing’ draws from or references:

• The State Library of Victoria furore is about censorship, not Palestine, Crikey
• The State Library of Victoria controversy shows what can happen when institutions cling to ‘neutrality’, The Conversation
• Arctic Radar, The West Wing, (Season 4, Episode 10)
• Semiotics: Sign, Signifier, Signified, Writing Commons

Further reading: Palestine as a governance issue

Check out all of the articles and resources in my series on Palestine as a governance issue.

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