Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. What if it isn't what I expected?

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Museum Participatory Model Seattle 51

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Which, of course, has been an issue for me for a long time – lack of open source alternatives in the "vertical" application spaces – case management, etc. This is not, of course, to suggest that there have been no efforts to produce software that addresses social and human needs – there have been a lot.

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Open Source Open Software Music 100

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

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 Question Participatory Evaluation 45

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 Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences' Experimonth started out as play.

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Museum Roles Game Participatory 51

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement. Of course, museums shouldn't let marketing desires, popular opinion, or cultural forces drive all decisions. And I think the fourth and fifth are bizarre and ungenerous to visitors.

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Museum Photo Policy Open 54

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

When I wrote about this in 2008, I focused on the question of how to design exhibits to be optimized for "pointiness." Of course, the riskiness of the exchange also makes stranger-to-stranger pointing quite rare. What "no-tech" visitor actions or interrelations reflect your participatory goals? What others should we consider?

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Social Network Tech Network Museum 22