Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Digital Community Haiti Netsquared 36

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects?

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Teen Participatory Experiment Museum 24

Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

Ze Frank is a participatory artist who creates digital projects that are explicitly about creating and enhancing authentic interpersonal connections. Photography, video, audio, text, origami, mail art. Most of the participatory projects I've been involved with are rooted in a community that is geographically-defined.

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Museum Participatory Artist History 45

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. In the co-creation model, visitors and the institution work together from the beginning to define the project's goals and to generate the program or exhibit based on community interests.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

Yesterday, a lovely article came out in the local paper about what we're trying to do to become a thriving community hub. The first part is saying yes and being open to the community." I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. What do we have to do differently?"

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Museum History Arts Work 31

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Some of these challenges were about mission fit. What do you think?

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Wikipedia Arts Museum Images 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. It is 100% community-based. What makes Click special? Let's start simple.

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