what will the museum of the future be like?
participation, publication and partnership examples for our up and coming book!
Lynda Kelly and I had a great meeting last week where we discussed the publication which we need to write to finish off the Engaging with Social Media in Museums project.
We're looking for great examples of participation, publication and partnerships in the cultural sector. Basically, we'd like to interview people over the next few months to include as case studies in the book. In the spirit of Museum3.0, we'd love to get some great examples and suggestions from you!
We're looking for great examples of participation, publication and partnerships in the cultural sector. Basically, we'd like to interview people over the next few months to include as case studies in the book. In the spirit of Museum3.0, we'd love to get some great examples and suggestions from you!
Tags: museum, participation, partnership, publication
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Permalink Reply by Alison Wishart on -
I know this is not the feedback you are looking for (and I would prefer not to be a 'wet blanket'), but I think one of the problems with social media is the plethora of sites or sources of information! For example, to keep up with the latest trends and issues in the museum world, I need to belong to MAnexus, Museum 3.0, a couple of facebook groups, as many twitter feeds as I want to follow and then I also subscribe to several e-newsletters from various agencies/institutions both in Australia and overseas.
'Tis too much! I'd rather spend an hour in a gallery than an hour catching up on feeds/updates/e-news/blogs ... much better soul-food.
Does anyone else feel over-whelmed by social media and feel like being anti-social as a result?
Having said that, I'll probably still want to read your book.
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Permalink Reply by Angelina Russo on -
Hi Alison
I remember a time where it was almost impossible to keep up with what was in the sector because we had so little information. Funny how times change, I find that often, the important developments are "retweeted" offline, thus demonstrating the importance of that initiative. I do hope you stay with us!
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Permalink Reply by emily on -
I understand your frustration, it can be overwhelming. From an organizational point of view, it represents incredible opportunity. If a lot of your audience are engaged in a particular channel, then it makes sense to be there.
One way to make it less daunting is to find the people in your organization who already LOVE facebook (or twitter, or whatever the channel is) and use their enthusiasm and knowledge to manage this channel. For most facebook fans, being paid to do it is a dream!
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Permalink Reply by Lars Lundqvist on
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I´m not sure if this is what you you are looking for, and I guess that this is stuff you already know a lot about:
I am very impressed by the success of the Flickr The Commons Community, mixing social media and museums collection of photographs, worldwide. http://www.flickr.com/commons/
Europeana is another initiative, very political for sure, but also bringing more collaboration within the EU community, breaking down silos, internationally, and nationally.
Digital storytelling: The Norwegian Digitalt Fortalt (http://www.digitaltfortalt.no/) and the Danish http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/ are two other examples.
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Permalink Reply by Oscar Gaona on -
Angelina, Museodata could be interesting for you. Its owner is the non-profit Museodata Foundation and that's a web portal where information related to Museums, Cultural Heritage, Conservation & Restoration is disseminated, especially but not exclusively from Latin American institutions. All, free of charge.
Also, Museodata has additional services: Professional Network, Rereferencial Catalog, Online Volunteering, Museum Library Network and Museum Directory where anybody may register Museums and Museum Libraries.
URL: http://www.museodata.com
I'll wait for your book ;-)
Regards,
Oscar G.
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Permalink Reply by Robin Boast on -
Hi Angelina,
Not strictly "Social Media," but my colleagues at the A:shiwi A:wan Museum & Heritage Center, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Northern Arizona and UCLA are working on a project that will allow source communities, in fact any group, to subscribe to automatic updates of museum digital data about collections and then allow automatic addition of information and content from these expert communities. We are using a protocol called PubSubHubBub and the whole system will be opensource. If you want to know more, just let me know, but you can also have a quick look at the project blog.
Best...
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Permalink Reply by dagny stuedahl on -
Hi Angela. This might be a bit on the side of your focus - but here I have a story about the challenges of introducing social media to epistemic communities;
Here in Oslo I am working on a project using social media (wiki and blog) for enhancing communication and sharing in a coastal association. The project has been running as part of the research project TRANGO, InterMedia - University of Oslo since march 2010, with the first iteration in march-april.
We learned that while the social media seems open and participative, the social structures and traditions of NGOs do pose challenges for people to co-create and contribute. Also we learned that having an institutional aim of implementing social media in these NGO structures seems difficult. We are now planning our 2. iteration - and have decided to use a bottom-up perspective where enhancing the local participation in the different organizations involved in the association becomes the primal entrance point for our design work.
Looking forward to your publication!
Dagny Stuedahl
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Permalink Reply by Angelina Russo on
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thanks to everyone who has left suggestions. we'll have a look at them all! please do keep them coming!
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Permalink Reply by Anna Daley on -
I am currently working as a "digital curator" for a project at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum that is being funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The project aims to make the musuem's collection accessible via smartphone for youth programs. We are working with 2 new programs that allow for Facebook-style sharing and collaborative creation. Our work will debut at NYC's Maker Faire in September. I'd love to put you both in touch with the museum folks if this is a project you are interested in!
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Permalink Reply by Angelina Russo on
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HI Anna
Thank you so much for your reply. I know the project well and will be interviewing Caroline and Mei later this year as this will be a significant case study in the book. It's a great project and we're thrilled that CHNDM has been chosen to see it through! Can you tell me a little about the Maker Fair in September? Cheers Angelina
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Permalink Reply by John Coburn on -
Hi Angelina,
I've been overseeing the use of social media for the Culture Shock project , a digital storytelling-based museums project in the North East of England. I'd be happy to discuss this with you if it's of interest. Attempting to evaluate the project's impact on social media platforms has been hard work but I'm always very willing to share!
John.
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Permalink Reply by Angelina Russo on
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thanks to everyone who has suggested projects.
We are still looking for good examples of partnership projects - ie: BBC and BM - The World in 100 objects types of projects. Please do let us know of any other examples!
So far we have
http://www.flickr.com/commons/
Digital storytelling: The Norwegian Digitalt Fortalt (http://www.digitaltfortalt.no/
Danish http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger
Museodata: : http://www.museodata.com
Denver Art Museum PubSubHubBub
TRANGO, InterMedia - University of Oslo
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum that is being funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
Culture Shock project
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum we have a project called Herbert 2.0 harriet.rumblelow@theherbert.org or erin.hollins@theherbert.org.
Ulwazi Programme, in Durban, South Africa www.ulwazi.org
The Generator http://generator.acmi.net.au
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