S08E05: Supporting the Sector - a podcast by The C Word

We’re joined by special guest host Patrick Whife, Icon’s Training & Development Manager, as we talk about the challenges facing the conservation and wider heritage world — and what we can do support the sector. We talk advocacy, unions, CPD and more! Also tune in for a review of ’Culture is Bad for You' which gets Jenny all fired up.

01:08 What’s the current picture like?
07:02 What do we know of the impact on conservators?
11:52 Kloe’s justified anger
19:45 Hey, maybe join a union
26:57 What’s Icon doing right now?
31:26 What are other bodies doing?
33:46 Advocacy, jobs, and apprenticeships
40:26 Accreditation and CPD during a pandemic
45:35 Review: Culture is Bad for You
50:56 Patreon shout out

Show Notes:
- Museums Association Redundancy Tracker: https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/workforce/redundancy-tracker/
- Icon Coronavirus Impact survey: https://icon.org.uk/news/icon-coronavirus-survey-loss-of-work-for-conservators
- Icon Coronavirus Hub: https://icon.org.uk/resources/coronavirus-guidance
- UK unemployment summary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52660591
- Trade unions call for overhaul of ’disastrous’ cultural policies: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2020/10/trade-unions-call-for-overhaul-of-disastrous-cultural-policies/
- Public and Commercial Services Union: https://www.pcs.org.uk/
- Twitter paper about conservators and unions: https://twitter.com/PhilParkes4/status/1202210961899376640
- Science Museum Group strike from 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/30/science-museum-workers-england-strike-pay
- Prospect Union: https://prospect.org.uk/
- Bectu: https://bectu.org.uk/
- Fair Museums Job Summit Week: https://fairmuseumjobs.org/2020/11/09/fmjsummit-first-sessions-announced/
- Go follow Fair Museum Jobs: https://twitter.com/fair_jobs
- Go follow Shittish Museum: https://www.instagram.com/shittishmuseum/
- Conservation Together At Home series: https://icon.org.uk/groups/book-paper/conservation-together-at-home-webinar-series
- Kickstart job scheme: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/kickstart-scheme
- Museums Association Covid Hub: https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/advocacy/covid-19/
- Museums Association Redundancy Hub: https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/redundancy-hub/
- Culture is Bad for You: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526144164/ and https://www.amazon.co.uk/Culture-Bad-You-Inequality-Industries/dp/1526144166/

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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Patrick Whife.

Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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A Wooden Dice production, 2020.

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