Definitions
You’ll see some terms in bold with an asterisk* throughout my musings posts. I’ve added all the definitions of terms that can be confusing or are used in different ways, so you can have a clear understanding of the meanings behind the words, terms and concepts I have chosen. If you click on the word, it will take you to the source of where I gained that definition from.
Not interested in or connected with politics, or not connected to any political party.
A worldwide system of dependencies, including colonies, protectorates, and other territories, brought under the sovereignty of the British crown and government over several centuries.
Control by one country over another and its economy, or support for such control.
A database schema defines how data is organised within a relational database; this is inclusive of logical constraints such as table names, fields, data types and the relationships between these entities.
​All interventions that were originally put in place for people with disabilities actually makes life better for people without disabilities too.
A long-term process that seeks to recognise the integral role of empire in museums from their creation to the present day, and that requires a reappraisal of institutions, their history, and colonial structures across all areas of work.
For the context of this post, I am referring to Social Equity. This refers to fair treatment that recognises and addresses unequal starting points shaped by social, economic, and structural disadvantage. Rather than treating everyone the same, it focuses on reducing exclusion and inequality by centring dignity, access, and the inclusion of diverse lived experiences (particularly those of communities who have been historically marginalised).
The process of removing or obtaining something, especially from beneath the ground or from inside something else
The Collection Trust's 5-letter issued code that is unique to the museum or museum service acts as a prefix to accession numbers.
It is the data about the data that acts as the system's ability to search, organise, and categorise, and use data, e.g. author, creation date, file size.
The state of not supporting either side in a disagreement, competition, or war; independence and impartiality.
​The approach of relating to all forms of human disability through the recognition of the multifaceted experience of people with disabilities.
Scientific racism refers to the misuse of scientific methods and ideas to justify racial hierarchy and discrimination. Emerging in the nineteenth century, it drew on Enlightenment thinking around classification and rationality to categorise human difference in ways that falsely positioned whiteness as superior and civilisation as exclusively white.
​It is multi-sensory experiences that transcend the 5 traditional senses; it is more than physical or sensory experiences, it includes emotions, rhythms, and spiritual sensations.
White supremacy describes the systems and structures that sustain white dominance by positioning whiteness as the norm. These systems are upheld through everyday attitudes, institutional practices, and policies (often without explicit intent). Upholding white supremacy does not require extremist beliefs; it can occur through ordinary, unexamined participation in existing systems.