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- “Museen bewahren Kulturgüter und Sammlungen für nachfolgende Generationen. Aber Nachhaltigkeit ist viel mehr als Bewahren. Denn durch das Bewahren entstehen zahlreiche Zielkonflikte mit dem Leitbild der Nachhaltigkeit – die Auswirkungen auf den Klimawandel durch energieintensive Museumsgebäude sind nur ein Beispiel dafür. Die Aufgabe des Bewahrens umfasst daher nicht automatisch eine Ausrichtung auf Nachhaltigkeit.” (S. 27)
- “Durch die Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit werden Aufgaben und Tätigkeiten neu reflektiert und bewertet – und damit entsteht eine grundlegende Chance, die museale Praxis zu verbessern." (S. 28)
- “Die Komplexität der globalen Krisen verlangt von Museen eine Re-Evaluierung ihres Selbstverständnisses. Die Vision eines nachhaltigen Museums kann vor diesem Hintergrund auch als Vehikel dienen, um die Relevanz von Museen zu stärken. Nachhaltigkeit ist daher das Thema der Zukunft für Museen. Wenn Museen relevant bleiben wollen, müssen sie Nachhaltigkeit als zentrale Idee verankern.” (S. 28)
- "Museen und ihre Aufgaben werden sich aufgrund der globalen Herausforderungen und Dynamiken zwangsläufig wandeln (Cameron 2015, 345). Und wenn dieser grundlegende Wandel ohnehin nicht aufzuhalten ist, erscheint es nur klug, diesen proaktiv zu gestalten. " (S. 30)
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- “Ecomuseums can connect people and communities with the big picture and global challenges, not necessarily in a ‘top down’ way, but by creating opportunities for people and communities to contribute towards these agendas, in whatever way they wish, and so fulfilling their right to development, from a ’bottom up’ direction. As the old saying goes, ‘to think global and act local’, also contributes to global action, delivered locally, and connecting local and global realities.” (S. 56)
- “There are many ways to bring about systems change – and if museums are to become catalysts of cultural adaptation, they will need to become very familiar with such processes, beyond their special expertise in traditional academic disciplines.” (S. 72)
- “The first ecomuseums, reflected the consequences of industrialisation and post-industrialisation, and were tools for raising awareness of the problems - and possibilities - of degraded territories, whether due to environmental deterioration, the imbalance of economic activities, or the loss of population due to the abandonment of rural areas. These kinds of projects were the first way of linking ethnology and ecology.” (S. 289-290)
- “Goals and directions of activities in the process of adaptation to climate change defined the challenges on a state level and the ecomuseum can contribute not only in raising awareness of the issues but also in introducing new mechanisms on the local level that are consistent with and strengthen the implementation of the national strategic plan.” (S. 319)
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- "Becoming reality-based means to become more visionary, to become more involved in the broader world, and to embrace a sense of urgency—the need to see things as they really are, including what role museums can play in addressing contemporary issues.There is no formulaic approach in doing this—it is up to each practitioner and each museum to determine where they can contribute. The question is this—can museums finally subordinate themselves to concerns that are larger than their own?" (S. 14)
- "Museumsare diversifying their understanding of the audience and expanding their tactics for political advocacy. Too often, however, the concepts of relevance, inclusivity, diversity, and participa-tion lead museums to reinforce their claims to authoritative neutrality (Janes 2009: 59), diverting those of us working in museums from the deeper existential question that we ought to be asking:What is the role and responsibility of the museum in a time of climate crisis?The problem is not whether or not our institutions are relevant, but for whom and to what end." (S. 174)
- “As social resources, museums can, and should, play an important role in educating the public about the unpredictable and overlapping effects of climate change on the earth's ecological and social system.” (S. 175)