S01E01: Demographics

We discuss who we are as conservators: the demographics, the diversity (or lack thereof), and what a typical conservator is like. Who are we, why are we, and can we change it? 00:50 News in brief 01:26 Who are we? What does a typical conservator look like? 04:55 Stereotypes of conservators 10:05 Education and qualifications 14:14 Age range in conservators - and previous careers! 17:48 Disabilities amongst conservators 26:56 Ethnicity and class 36:20 Is there a white middle class way of conserving objects? 41:23 Summary 42:08 Men in conservation (and why we love them) 44:30 Review: Toggl app 47:06 Comments, questions, corrections Show Notes: - Propose a session for Museums Association’s 2017 Conference: http://www.museumsassociation.org/news/24012017-propose-a-session-for-manchester-2017 - Conservation Labour Market Intelligence Survey: http://icon.org.uk/system/files/documents/conservation_labour_market_intelligence_2012-13_0.pdf - Toggl timekeeping app: http://www.toggl.com For more on The C Word please follow us on Twitter @thecwordpodcast, email us on [email protected], or visit our website, http://thecword.show Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2017.