Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Question Participatory Museum Vietnam 49

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

A cheerful curly-haired deli owner stands in front of 30 of us and shares a quote he loves: "Artists live in the present and write detailed histories of the future." It was even more useful to learn how participatory writing visions can be. A vision is a detailed history of the future. That's the story a vision tells.

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Pennsylvania History Michigan Indiana 26

Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

Today is my one-year anniversary as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. 85% of our visitors attend through events.

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Museum Director Participatory Culture 55

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

--Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard History 51

Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

The objects were interesting, the stories surprising. I never felt like I stumbled into the gallery where no one else dares to tread (as I often feel when I enter the dioramas in many natural history museums, or the period rooms of art institutions). That work showed in the human voices and stories throughout the museum.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

This technique was used in the Slavery in New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society and continues in the popular StoryCorps project. The story capture experience averaged ten minutes, with visitors being given four minutes to respond to each personal, relatively imprecise question about how the exhibition affected the them.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Forum One

JUNE 6, 2024

Think like a musician Those who have played music in a band or orchestra or sang in a choir understand the profound impact of an engaged and participatory audience. Similar to performances, designs weave stories. Compelling Visual Storytelling Use visual storytelling techniques to communicate your mission and impact effectively.

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Design Create Music Storytelling 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 5, 2014

You want their stories, their feedback, their colorful drawings of the future. Sometimes success means deep, personal stories; other times, we value speculative argumentation or creative expression. design evaluation Museum of Art and History participatory museum usercontent' How do you measure success? That''s it.

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Test Museum Participatory History 43

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. It is our turn to make history. Mexico / SOLD OUT. Nov 8 - 11.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Many organizations are keeping tabs of what is being said about their organization or programs on blogs and responding directly, telling their side of the story. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Networking Insight Blog. Discovery Exercise.

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Growth hacking is more of a mindset of experimentation than tactics and techniques. It is made by many; it is open, participatory and peer-driven.” With only two digital staffers the campaign hosted the largest distributed political event in history with 2,700 kick-off parties in one night! Old power works like a currency.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. The book is intended to be a practical guide to participatory museum experiences focused on design strategies, case studies, and activities. The WHY of participatory design is really important.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

This post tells my (weird) story. My story is about radical educational philosophy. I didn't grow up staring open-mouthed at natural history dioramas or wandering through art galleries. There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design. But the practicalities are only one part of the story.

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