Group Participatory Tag Teen 
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? Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects?
Museum 2.0
JULY 20, 2010
Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. There is another, surprising group that is much less likely to participate in dialogue with strangers: teenagers. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.
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Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? For this reason, I see history museums as best-suited for participatory projects that involve story-sharing and crowdsourced collecting (e.g.
Museum 2.0
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.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 25, 2009
There was a wonderful example at the Ontario Science Center in their Hot Zone area, which features several voting and commenting kiosks popular with teens. Unfortunately, most talk back walls don't support the grouping of visitor contributions or attempt to encourage conversational threads to develop.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 18, 2008
Librarian Aaron Schmidt tells the great story of a game night of Dance, Dance, Revolution at his library in which a teen asked him: “Hey Aaron, can I go upstairs to grab a magazine and book to read?” If you start with an event, you may grow the relationship from one-off to a deeper connection with the group. Tags: web2.0
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 3, 2009
We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. Pick a group of people to whom you would like to be relevant, and work with them to deliver programs that meet their needs. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. Pick a specific community (or two).
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