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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. It’s not solely about how museums can serve communities but rather what are the communities’ resources, knowledge and interests that can inform museum practice? I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

Museum 49
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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

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This highlights the fact that while participatory design is by no means exclusive to the Web, that is the place most of the current experimentation is happening. While artists couldn't choose whether their score or comments would be shown, they could choose whether and how to participate given that knowledge. This makes sense.

Museum 24
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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Council on Foundations / Dallas, TX / Not available.