Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. Is that something you’ve heard other feedback about with this project?

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Museum 2.0

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. I love this question. First, what do the right questions look like?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. Direct questioning. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I like to ask myself this question periodically, challenging myself to find substantive ways for visitors to contribute to our museum. To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. How do community members make your institution better? Visitors can comment on how we can improve or what they would like to see.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Relationships can grow as families bond over a Family Art Day experience or friends can work together to create their own shoebox guitar at Santa Cruz Music 3 rd Friday or strangers can collaborate by participating in a cardboard tube orchestra.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

million likes surely someone touting the effect of music and art on their lives can get just as many. A few simple questions can help you craft a quick blurb for your site or an email that the mother can tweak and send: How did the class help you? If a picture of an angry cat can get 4.5 How did it help your child? Make it easy.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 23, 2008

And now, the research group Forrester provides new insights about different kinds of participatory styles among users of social media sites. The question is not "how do we make an exhibit so good that all want to create?" To answer these questions, we need to look at the range of who we serve. design participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. She approached the question "why should I be picked" in a way that was smart, thoughtful, creative, and lovely. Music videos. I hope you'll weigh in with your own favorites and observations in the comments.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

And this leads to a basic question, one I haven't figured out: how do you encourage visitors to participate when they speak different languages? Many fabulous participatory projects--like the Johnny Cash Project or the Art Gallery of Ontario's " In Your Face "--don't require language. So what are the options?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Temple Contemporary’s mission is to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance. They live their mission, working in questions and projects rather than exhibitions and programs. One of TUPAC's current questions is about the state of art education.

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Process Share Philadelphia Arts 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Imagine bonfires, musical jam sessions, and iron chef exhibit design. We've created an alternative website to provide a more participatory version of the standard pre-conference informational site. Imagine a small enough group that you can spend meaningful time with brilliant people in your field. Imagine making and playing together.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking. After the Nicaragua question, Steve says, “Most of you are pretty good at geography.” You don’t have to have the right answer: you just have to try.

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Instruction Instructional Nicaragua Experiment 21

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word. But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. Flash back six months and I'm with friends at a hip bar in Washington DC, losing miserably at a weekly trivia night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. An excellent question posed by Beth Dunn of Small Dots. The features on their Fan Pages include music player ( filled with symphony selections ), albums , photos , events , and videos.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. is a more powerful question than “What do you think?” But what if you asked questions instead? Or a specific question or idea about how to do it well? What do you want?”

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. This is a question I've been puzzling over now for a few months, both professionally and personally. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

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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. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference.

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