Stop the simplification culture

In an age where ideas are reduced to 140 characters, culture makers need to reclaim complexity. Democracy may depend on it.
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Think back to the last museum you visited. How was the information presented to you? Were you directed past each of the objects in a subtle, yet controlled way? Or perhaps the exhibition didn’t follow the simple, often chronological, structure we may have come to expect from classic museum models and instead it invited you to make choices and explore the information in a new, self-determined way.

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Brooke Boland
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Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.