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Gender Differences in Participation: The Pocket Museum Example

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This simple participatory project invites visitors to contribute their own small objects in little alcoves in our bathrooms. We have seven participatory elements in our current exhibitions on three floors, ranging from voting to talkback walls to an in-depth "make a memory jar" craft activity. and I hope you share them in the comments.

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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. Museum programs can be designed to further bond similar groups together such as families and friends in family workshops such as the Dallas Museum of Art’s First Tuesdays. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Unassuming Superheroes Wanted: Join The Art of Relevance Advocacy Team

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My last book, The Participatory Museum , did well. Maybe you've got a sweet couch in Chicago or a killer venue in Dallas. This post is for those of you who want to read the book. and then do a little bit more. This post is an invitation for those of you who want to help it come alive in your own community. Writing a book is lonely.

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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. Specifically, the Brooklyn Museum is doing research about the role of independence and influence in participatory experiences. They kept the interface simple.

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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.

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Are the Arts Habit-Forming?

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Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. I love the Dallas Museum of Art's list of "100 experiences" you can have at that institution. There's been a lot of innovation in arts programming in the last few years.

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