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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. The municipal support can be actual funding - from Parks and Rec, or Environmental Education/Public Works in Watsonville - or a free building, or free access to a van, or materials.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

All inter-user communication happens in public comment boards connected to projects and galleries. Yes, it is possible for someone to reveal private information on a public comment board, but the number of community eyes on each board means that that kind of content can be seen publicly and addressed quickly. There is no private chat.