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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

Museum 2.0

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. The collective outcome (a cool music video) is clear.

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Psst. Want an Internship?

Museum 2.0

I'm also making the 2011-2012 budget, getting to know our terrific staff and volunteers, and starting up a few small participatory projects to launch us into being a more community-driven institution. Here's specifically what I'm looking for: Website redesign. Ever wanted to build a museum website from scratch? Please help us.

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Teenagers and Social Participation

Museum 2.0

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. Teenagers are often the target for participatory endeavors, and they definitely have high interest in creative expression, personalizing museum experiences, and using interactive or technological tools as part of their visit.

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Month at the Museum, Part 1: A Video Contest that Delivers

Museum 2.0

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. This wasn't a situation where you make a video and maybe you'll win the chance for it to be on the website or playing in the lobby. Music videos. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 Old Spice parodies.

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Join us for the Creativity and Collaboration Retreat!

Museum 2.0

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. Tags: Quick Hits professional development. Imagine making and playing together. Sounds good?

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Participation through Gifting: Pass It On

Museum 2.0

When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. This post discusses participatory gifting in three parts: the why, the what, and finally, the how. You gift the community a book review, I gift an overlapping community a music review. That may be true.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Another theme of web2.o

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