History Participatory Presentation Sound 
Museum 2.0
APRIL 2, 2014
It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. We had some money.
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Museum 2.0
MAY 22, 2012
Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. How would you decide what to include, what tone to take, and how to present the material? Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL).
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
There are many participatory kiosks that are functional black holes--visitors make videos or draw pictures or write stories, drop them in a slot, and. Such participatory activities would be seen as a waste of time. This sounds ridiculous, but it’s the way many museums approach participatory projects. nothing happens.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 30, 2013
I realize that I may sound like a college freshman who just discovered Psych 101, but heck. As we start the process at our museum of updating our permanent history gallery, one of our specific goals is to increase intergroup understanding in our community. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 25, 2011
I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."
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