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In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work.
2 Because whats being reflected in that mirror doesnt look anything like us. Butand heres the first qualification these AI tools that are built to generate reflections of human intelligence dont reflect all of us. And a mirror can only reflect the light that reaches it. But what they do is very much like a mirror.
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One area we cover is social awareness, the ability to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and teams that we collaborate with professionally. Organizational Awareness: the ability to understand the politics within an organization and how these affect the people working in them. Reflective Listening Techniques.
Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection. Successful” artworks draw out qualities in the collection, reflect material histories, and show the artists’ process and conceptualization. Restoration is a formal gesture for most museums.
At the same time, remain aware that data will fluctuate before trends and causal relationships can truly emerge over time. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.
No matter what the issue is, if people can see themselves, their families or their neighbors reflected, they are more likely to act for good. This is what generates the awareness of the social issue and elevates its importance in that moment above so many other causes.
Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009).
You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. Reflective time is important, especially when your work is hectic. It is this community--you--that I want to reflect a bit more on.
Guided by an understanding that good listening is a first step towards authentic and meaningful participatory grantmaking, in 2019 CRUS began an intentional process to review its strategy and approach to grantmaking. Disrupt Power Imbalances.
The majority of the book is a tour of the conceptualized physical institution, with smaller sections devoted to the political history of the project and the activities (mostly participatory, distributed, and digital) that the team undertook from 2009-2011 to start building their constituency. The early participatory projects are terrific.
I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). It reflects the overall mission of the institution in its creative implementation, raises awareness of the institution, and brings visitors' experiences into the galleries.
Cultural events during AAPI Heritage Month serve dual purposes – celebrating the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures while also raising awareness and support for important community causes. The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures.
The level of user engagement is self-determined by your interest in the content and your motivation to reflect on it, either singly or with your companions. Your action is not influenced nor influences others, but you are aware of how others have acted in the same context. Ideas design participatory museum interactives.
Incredible assets, skills and resources to offer to your community but they are in need of more awareness, promotion, visibility and representation. New to the art form and the museum, we gave them a gift certificate to reflect over milkshakes at a local burger joint after the event. Help them learn from the experience.
The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference.
They demonstrate that the blog is a more participatory vehicle than other kinds of media. They are reading it to read it--to learn, absorb, and gain awareness of new things. But I'm not planning to shift all of my writing to this kind of personal self-reflection nor to the hyper-provocative content of the Zombies post.
Anyone with a smartphone, passion for a cause and few hundred followers can raise awareness, mobilize support around an issue, and raise money from friends and family, and are already doing so. It is made by many; it is open, participatory and peer-driven.” A revolutionary force of change— the individual. Rise of Peer Influence.
The USHMM team is aware of the confusions and are working to make the interactivity more intuitive for visitors. Some responses were more reflective, like "I will never forget." The handwritten pledge is an intelligent starting point for creating merged digital/analog participatory experiences.
As Doug McLennan wrote in Arts Journal , Kim’s message was condescending, impersonal, did not respond to the specific issue at hand, and did not reflect an honest interest in engagement. This is why I always say that participatory tools are about relationships, not technology.
By understanding what individuals are highlighting about the Exploratorium experience, the museum can craft its own messaging--and programming--to reflect and enhance the elements seen as most valuable. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum. Or a specific question or idea about how to do it well?
The resulting (real) exhibits are high-quality experiences that reflect a level of creativity that could not have resulted from our scant in-house exhibit development staff. Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment.
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