Can We Hang Queer Ecology on the Walls of the Museum?

In the curatorial texts for queer ecology, I have written for the Museum Arnhem as a part of my internship assignment, I have started with “Queer ecology. The two words are well known separately, but what do they mean when brought together?” (Senturk). Indeed, the two separate words might be known to more people, whereas queer ecology is still an obscure field within humanities, at least for a broader audience who might not be interested in academic discussions. Despite that, queer ecology has been growing as a field, gathering more interaction among academics and artists who aim to challenge the mainstream understandings of Nature, gender, and everything in between. On the museum studies side, theories such as feminist, queer and others that are revolving around identities such as race, disabilities etc. are creating a larger impact on how museums are operating inside and outside their designated space (Macdonald qtd. in Kosut 283). Moreover, disciplines such as feminist sociology of arts are attempting to reimagine art museums and “dismantle [them] as institutions that reproduce the status quo” (Kosut 284). In this context, it appears as if the museum as its renovated state, has the potential to carry discussions on queer ecology. My experience in working as a queer ecology research intern in the Museum Arnhem, which is located in Arnhem, The Netherlands contests this potential. <a href="https://medium.com/@gizementrk/can-we-hang-queer-ecology-on-the-walls-of-the-museum-85a4390ad800">Read More</a>