Education & Interpretation

Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion: A Summit with The Dalai Lama

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Museum professionals report back to the field their learnings from a unique summit with the Dalai Lama, which took place in October 2018 in Dharamsala, India. The summit focused on how museums can contribute to building a better world through an education of empathy, compassion, and universal ethics, included around 30 multidisciplinary and cross-industrial experts, and was intended to create a shared terminology, vision, and actionable ideas. This panel will review the summit’s outcomes through the lens of how advancing empathy and compassion can make museums even more relevant, essential, and sustainable in today’s increasingly contentious world.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to (1) Learn from the Dalai Lama Summit participants their learnings and inspirations moving forward in how to make museums even more relevant as platforms of empathy and compassion education
• Explore how museums can be a platform for cross-industry dialogue and innovation.
• Learn about empathy/compassion-building practices that they can implement personally, professionally, and institutionally

Presenter(s)

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  Karleen Gardner

  Director of Learning Innovation
  Minneapolis Institute of Art
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  Elif Gokcigdem

  Founder
  Empathy-Building Through Museums
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  Ruth Shelly

  Executive Director
  Portland Children's Museum

Moderator(s)

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  John Wetenhall

  Director
  George Washington University Museum