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MAY 9, 2012

In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise. I was amazed at how effective this was--almost immediately, my schedule filled up with short, focused meetings with diverse individuals about topics I really care about.

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Reflection Columbus Museum Participatory 43

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MARCH 21, 2012

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. However, in Denver, this approach is supported by the fact that there are guards in other spaces. This was amazing. It also made visitors feel like they could do it too.

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Museum Artist Denver Milwaukee 49

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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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Museum Denver Netherlands Classroom 55

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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. I'm giving a workshop on design techniques for encouraging user participation (sorry, it's full). May 17 - NYC.

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Los Angeles Museum Minneapolis Participatory 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. It frames and personalizes the exhibit experience.

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Technique Design Question Develop 52

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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. The way we talk about our work helps shape its importance to current and potential audiences.

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Arts Museum Artist Tucson 45

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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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Experiment Seattle Indianapolis Denver 20

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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! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

The journal includes articles about two thriving adult science programs, one at the Dana Centre at the London Science Museum, the other Cafe Scientifique , at a pub in Denver. But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word.

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Museum Lecture Denver San Francisco 22

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AUGUST 25, 2009

One of the things that makes the visitor stories contributed in the Denver Art Museum's Side Trip exhibition so compelling and on-topic is a design approach that elevates visitors' responses to comparable footing with the predesigned content. Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives.

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Goal Design Difference Platform 31

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AUGUST 3, 2009

The Denver Community Museum was an entire institution in a little storefront. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. One of the reasons that 826 Valencia is so successful as a tutoring center is its location right in the middle of a busy mixed-use urban neighborhood. Imagine what a big museum could do with a little space.

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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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Museum Arts Problem Design 45

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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. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42