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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. Can you tell me what your doctoral research focused on? The research was conducted entirely online, using a multi-media platform and over Internet. That means we are looking at theories and principles in light of their application in practice.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We’re unapologetic about connecting people with history and with art in new ways, even if those ways are sometimes in conflict with more typical museum practice. This might mean taking on a project in our historical archives, starting a studio art practice, or getting involved in local issues and organizations.

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