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Press Here: Breaking the Fourth Wall in Children's Books. and Museums?

Museum 2.0

Press Here is a "normal" book that uses book-ish tools--pacing, spatial arrangement of images on the page, text as instruction--to break the fourth wall and create an interactive experience. Novak''s book uses the basic structure of reading aloud to subject the reader (presumably an adult) to proclaim ridiculous things about him/herself. (For

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Member Round Up: Opportunity Awaits!

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The official selections will be announced by the end of July and the festival will take place at the Spirit of Texas Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas on September 12-14. They are accepting films through June 30, though it's only free to submit through June 15th. Submit now! Anything we missed?

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Technology Tools Worth Checking Out Unusual Projects and Influences' That''s expected.

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10 Ways to Build a Better Community Brainstorming Meeting

Museum 2.0

For example, when we held community meetings about the development of a new creative town square next to our museum, a group of middle/upper-class moms talked about not feeling safe downtown. Create a structure that values peoples' participation. not feeling "welcome") or don't mention their safety concerns at all.

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Hackerspaces: DIY Science Centers for Adults

Museum 2.0

Like many people who've worked in science centers and interactive experience museums, I've always been perplexed by the fact that hands-on workshop audiences top out around age 14. They are more than just workshop spaces--they are member institutions, like museums. Isn't this one of our dreams for museums?

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Ancient Greece 2.0: Arts Participation before the Industrial Age

Museum 2.0

When we talk about making museums or performing arts organizations more participatory and dynamic, those changes are often seen as threatening to the traditional arts experience. Museums no longer showed human horns alongside historic documents; theaters made differentiations among types of live entertainment. I can't wait.

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