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MARCH 21, 2012

Especially during our woodworking show, we had a flurry of fabulous woodworkers opening their cabinets and drawers. This is only going to become a bigger issue for us as we invite in new audiences and incorporate more participatory experiences throughout the museum. This was amazing.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There was Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum , which existed for nine months in a Denver storefront in 2008-9 to celebrate visitors' creations. Over the past few years, there have been several fabulous examples of pop-up museums focusing on visitor-generated content.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If you care about how participatory art experiences can shape civic processes, read Bedoya's post. This whole debate made me think about Adam Lerner , the Director and Chief Animator of the MCA Denver. A museum concerned with integrating art into the life of youngpeople might find it appropriate to open a dance club.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. Here's the list for the next two months: April 14-17 - Denver for Museums and the Web conference. Both are open to the public. The workshop requires an RSVP, the talk does not. May 17 - NYC.

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Los Angeles Museum Participatory Minneapolis 22

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APRIL 28, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. instead of what is?) Examples Here are some questions that I've seen work marvelously well.

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Technique Design Question Develop 52

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APRIL 3, 2009

We tried this at the Denver Art Museum last week, and it is incredibly challenging—you can’t just put out a box of chocolates and expect people to talk. I encourage you to take part and document your triumphs and spectacular failures on this site. Free workshop on topic of your choosing—Friday, April 24 in Seattle.

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MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! learning to enter open, personal relationships with participants. So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

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AUGUST 25, 2009

If you feel that your audience needs monitoring or social support, position the talkback stations in open settings. Placing feedback stations in the open lowers the probability of socially inappropriate behavior, and it also allows parents and teachers to help struggling visitors answer the questions at hand.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Be open at times that your "community" is likely to come. And none of the museums in the park was open. Open your doors really wide. If you want to reach out to a community that is not within walking distance of your institution, why not open a satellite in their neighborhood? It's a place you can use.

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Denver, CO / $525. 12/13/2016.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm on the road this week, with speaking gigs in Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, and Roanoke (join the NAMP livestream on Sunday at 9:25am PT here ). In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I've written before about the difference between participatory processes and products , but this question of frameworks and sensibility is more broadly applicable to community engagement strategies. The Public School's framework is more open than Machine Project's, but that doesn't mean it has a more informal sensibility.

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