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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

Museum 2.0

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Guest Post by Jasper Visser: Storytelling for Social Cohesion at Story House Belvédère

Museum 2.0

Story House Belvédère in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a magical place. In its short existence (it opened in 2013), the place has made a name for itself as a successful community-driven, innovative cultural initiative. The place surpassed them. After the photography show, the team was encouraged to continue their work.

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

This is best done in a participatory fashion, making sure that data is available offline. Dd is also testing low cost drones that locals can use and repair to perform aerial photography and surveying. This is also a reflection of the organization's diverse staff members, who can bridge lots of disciplines and groups.

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Quick Hit: My Work with the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Museum 2.0

It really reflects what we're trying to do here to transform our institution into as relevant, dynamic, and successful an organization as possible. Her goal is nothing less than to remake the MAH as the primary cultural touchstone of the Santa Cruz community, the place that best embodies the unique cultural vibe of Santa Cruz. "We

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. At some institutions, staff members set up specific dates for photography and escorted photographers through the galleries.

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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

Museum 2.0

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. This highlights the fact that while participatory design is by no means exclusive to the Web, that is the place most of the current experimentation is happening. What is Click?

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections.

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