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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

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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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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What’s in a name? How America’s place-renaming moment impacts people

Fast Company Tech

They provide narratives to the public about how the community or nation sees itself as well as whose histories and perspectives it considers important or worthy of public attention. Harold Hal Moore, who served in Vietnam, and his wife, Julia Moore. Even outside of schools, place names operate as a hidden curriculum.

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