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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. They reflect the soul of the community and can be responsive to its unique interests and needs.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

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Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? And with NSF's support, some of the very first things we did were around people developing traveling exhibits. NSF seems to be perfectly happy with that.

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

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These experienced creators already have a relationship with Scratch, and ScratchR was originally created to help these people connect with each other and build more sophisticated projects together. The last three reflect the interests of the users--and not in quantity (i.e. most views) but in recency.