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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

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I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. Click is an exhibition process in three parts: The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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The Future of Authority: Platform Power

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sites have lots of power. User-generated content sites control user and community behavior, both implicitly through the tools that are and aren't offered, and explicitly through community management. When you go onto a user-generated content site like YouTube, you don't just see a jumble of videos. Every Web 2.0

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

This week, I've had multiple conversations with colleagues in the arts, symphonies, and urban planning about the fear professionals have about "losing control" when opening up new opportunities for people to participate. While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. sites have lots of power.