Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 3, 2014
During a workshop on museum visitor participation, someone spoke up and objected: "this might work in California, but it will never work in Texas." I saw how participatory techniques were working in diverse museums around the world. It is not culturally-determined. Cultural differences can play out on local levels as well.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 30, 2010
So, what better metaphor for this is to deconstruct the scare house by riding it with an expert in participatory exhibit design as my colleague, Nina Simon, who writes the Museum2.0 Here is an example from Pre-School California. Tags: Networked Nonprofit Organizational Culture. In short, deconstruct it and face it head on.
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Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 31, 2012
This one was cooked up by Barry Hessenius, former director of the California Arts Council and public art blogger extraordinaire. We're working with participatory online artist Ze Frank on an exhibition at the MAH this winter that features the missions, creations, and explorations of his current web series, A Show.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 5, 2008
Reason #258 I'm glad to live in California: Cultural Connections. Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA).
Museum 2.0
MARCH 18, 2015
In California. We''ve focused on farmworker communities--there are so many kids in these communities throughout California. Do you think there is also a cultural/ethnic aspect to the kind of access and design you use? comfort creative placemaking cultural competency design interview participatory museum'
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 18, 2006
Mizuko Ito , Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, studying new media. Henry Jenkins , Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 10, 2010
While there, I was lucky to get to experience a highly participatory exhibition that the MIA mounts once a decade: Foot in the Door. This is what happened at the Oakland Museum of California, which used its very successful co-creative Days of the Dead project as a kind of template for participatory redesign.
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