Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. While most non-profits are not known for technology, some are, and they are defying the traditional business models that drive technology.” Across the country, geeks inside and outside of government are developing a new model for a participatory and transparent Federal, State and Municipal governments.

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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. Telling visitors that they can't take photos in museums reinforces the sense that the museum is an external authority that owns and controls its objects rather than a shared public resource.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" And in a world where visitors want to create, remix, and interpret content messages on their own, museums can assume a new role of authority as "platforms" for those creations and recombinations. Me: "Sort of." It's based on creation and delivery of experiences.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

Their questions made me think about a blog post I wrote in 2008, The Future of Authority. While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" There are many models as well for what we do with user-generated content in the museum.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning. In this model, rather than trying to answer a set of broad questions, you look at the spectrum of viable conditions and extrapolate useful strategies from those.

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