Asst. Prof. Dr. Wen-Ling Lin

林玟伶 助理教授

The Assistant Professor of the Graduate Institute of Museum Studies at Fu Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan.


Phone: +886 (2) 2905-6725 E-Mail: wlteach18@gmail.com Appointments: upon request

Fields of Research

For years, my research focus has been the relationship between museums and the communities in which they operate, seeking to explore how museums use policies, systems, and values to communicate with those they serve (specific audiences and the general public) and their stakeholders (within or outside an organization) to develop a more inclusive and equal relationship and create positive social impact. My research areas are as follows: (1) museum community engagement and visitor studies, (2) cultural policies and organizational dynamics, and (3) museum knowledge production and value creation.

Recurrent Courses

  1. Museum Management
  2. Museum Marketing
  3. Museum Visitor Studies
  4. Socially Engaged Practice in Museums

Vita

。 Education

  • PhD in Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK.
  • PhD in Cultural Policy Studies, National Taiwan University of Arts.

。 Honors and Experience

In 2020, I received a grant from Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology for the “Toward co-creation: practicing community engagement in museums Research Project” to investigate how museum community engagement is understood and practiced in the Taiwanese context. The project also explored how museums, in the process of participatory practice, address the complexity and challenges in organizational management, implementation, and evaluation.

In 2020, I was commissioned by the National Human Rights Museum in Taiwan to oversee the “Asia-Pacific Human Rights Cultural Institutions Resource Directory Research Project.” The aim of the project was to study cultural institutions dedicated to human rights issues in Asia-Pacific and the human rights advocacy work they were engaged in. The results of the research were used to formulate strategies for the “Federation of International Human Rights Museums- Asia Pacific” and guided the development of its partnerships with potential external partners.

In 2020, I led a “Talent-Development Programme for Museum Professionals" which is funded by Ministry of Culture. As the main theme, “socially engaged practice in museums”, a series of activities are planned, including 2020 spring class, a series of “Inspiring! Social Engaged Practice in Museums” salons, online lectures and a design thinking workshop, as well as an official website to share practical cases of socially engaged practice in museums abroad. Through researches, lectures and international exchange, museum practitioners in Taiwan are encouraged to anticipate approaches for socially engaged practice in museums. https://ilovemsfju.wixsite.com/fjusep

Since 2019, I have been the supervisor of the Teaching Practice Research Program of the Ministry of Education and the Higher Education Sprout Project of our university. By employing innovative teaching approaches and working with communities around museums and universities, I provided opportunities for students to develop social engagement programs for museums.

。 Award and Scholarship

2013 The Excellent Dissertation Award – PhD dissertation awarded by National Taiwan University of Arts.

2011 Taiwanese Government Scholarship Award for PhD overseas study.

2011 Research Scholarship from Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.

2010 Research Scholarship from Ministry of Education for “Cultural and Creative Economy in the Museum –case studies of renowned museums in London, UK” Research Project.

2008 The Best Dissertation Award – MA dissertation awarded by the Council for Cultural Affairs (now Ministry of Culture).

2007 Research Scholarship from Ministry of Education for “Case study of cultural and creative industry in China” Research Project.




Publications

。 Journal papers

  1. Lin, W. L. (2020). Museums, Audiences and Organizational Change under the Development of New Media Technology. Journal of Museum & Culture, 20: 39-55.
  2. Lin, W. L., Chiu, C. N., and Lin, Y. N. (2019). Developing a Framework for Museum Subsidies in Taiwan: Comparative Analysis of British, American and Japanese Models。Museology Quarterly, 33(3):5-23.
  3. Lin, W. L. (2018). How to Measure the Public Value of Museums? A Study of Arts Council England’s Quality Metrics Framework. Journal of Museum & Culture,15:165-184.
  4. Lin, W. L. (2013). The Intervention of Instrumental Cultural Policy: Context, Change and Influence- A Comparison between Taiwan and UK。Journal of Museum & Culture, 6: 69-118.
  5. Lin, W. L. (2012). The Local Museum and Community Engagement: A Study on the Practices of the Renaissance in the Regions Program of the UK. Museology Quarterly, 26(4): 101-113.
  6. Lin, W. L. (2010). To Subsidize or not? Reflections and Debates on the Issue of Museum Subsidy. Museology Quarterly, 24(3): 47-61.


。 Book chapters

  1. Lin, W. L. (2013). The analysis of 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony and Nation Cultural Image. In: Liu, C. Y. (ed.) Global Cities, Cultural Governance and Cultural Strategies: Cultural Festivals, Events and City Cultural Images, Taipei: Chu Liu Publisher.
  2. Lin, W. L. (2011). The National display and Building Identity: A Study on China Pavilion, 2010 Shanghai World Expo. In: Wang, S. S. (ed.) Landscapes of Museum Exhibition, Taipei: National Taiwan Museum.
  3. Lin, W. L. (2011). Importance-Performance Analysis of Tourism Orientation Museum Service. In: Lin, Y. N. (ed.) The Value and Mission of Museum in the 21st Century, Taipei: Huateng Culture.


。 Conference Papers

  1. Lin, W. L. (2020). Museological Reflections on Community Engagement Practice: A Case Study on Participatory Budgeting in Gold Museum. 9th International Biennial Conference of Museum Studies. 29-30 October 2020. Taiwan: Taipei.
  2. Lin, W. L. (2019). How to shape local museums as cultural hubs: A case study of Er-Jie bran local culture museum in Taiwan. 2019 ICOM-ICR Annual Conference. Japan, Kyoto.
  3. Lin, W. L. (2019). How to navigate through different forces for change? Toward a new museum leadership approach. The 15th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management. Italy, Venice.
  4. Lin, W. L. (2019). How to move toward museum activism? Exploring the complexity and challenges of museum change. 2019 International Conference on Contemporary Challenges for Museums. 17-18 October 2019. Taiwan: Kaoshiang.
  5. Lin, W. L. (2018). Toward an ethical framework for representing memory through technologies. 8th International Biennial Conference of Museum Studies. 25-26 October 2018. Taiwan: Taipei.
  6. Lin, W. L. (2018). Negotiating the Cultural and Creative Industries policy in the museum sector: an organisational ethnography of the National Museum of Natural Science (NMNS) in Taiwan. 10th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR 2018). 21-25 August 2018. Tallinn University, Estonia.
  7. Lin, W. L. (2017). Quality Metrics — Measuring the Public Value of Museums. 2017 International Conference on Museum Evaluation. 19-20 October 2017. Taiwan: Kaoshiang.
  8. Lin, W. L. (2016). Engaging with contemporary social issues – the challenges and complexity for a national natural science museum. 2016 ICOM- CIMUSET Annual Conference. Milan, Italy.
  9. Lin, W.L. (2015). Moving toward market-driven ideologies: an investigation of the complex museum ecology in Taiwan. The 23rd ENCATC Annual Conference - 6th Annual ENCATC Research Session. Lecce, Italy.
  10. Lin, W.L. (2015). Towards an agile management approach in Taiwan: How can museums navigate through the challenges arising from the marketplace?. MUSEUM 2015: The Agile Museum: Building Institutions for Continual Change. Tokyo, Japan.
  11. Lin, W.L. (2012). How to present the history of being colonized? The analysis of visitors’ museum experiences in the National Taiwan Museum. Museum 2012: The Socially Purposeful Museum. National Museum of History.
  12. Lin, W.L. (2011). The Local Museum and Community Engagement: A Study on the Practices of the Renaissance in the Regions Program of the UK. The Museum at a Crossroad: Museum Studies Conference 2011. Taichung: National Museum of Natural Science.
  13. Lin, W.L. (2010). Mega-events and Identity: The Cultural Image in Opening Ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympics. 11th World Leisure Congress. South Korea. (NSC-99-2922-I-144-002)
  14. Lin, W.L. (2010). Cultural Policy and the Value of Museums: The Case Study on Museum Free Admission Policy in Taipei County Government, Taiwan. 2010 RCIA International Symposium on Cultural and Political Economy: New Perspectives. Taiwan: Kaohsiung.