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Frameworks and Lessons from the Public Participation in Science Research Report

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What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

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Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences' Experimonth started out as play.

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Guest Post: The Denver Community Museum

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This post was written by Jaime Kopke , the founder/director of the Denver Community Museum , a pop-up community-generated institution that ran from Oct 2008-April 2009. The DCM was a temporary, pop-up museum which ran from October 2008 - April 2009 in an unused storefront in downtown Denver.

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

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"You cannot run a community if you're not informed. Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us We launched in November of 2008.

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Curate Your Own Membership: An Interview with the Whitney's Director of Membership

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Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. We saw an opportunity to really differentiate ourselves, the way we do with our exhibitions and programs. And we confirmed that hypothesis.