Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

Last week, I visited the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle. She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. But participatory facilitation can be taught. What kind of participatory techniques have you seen work well on tours? 5'11", 6'1", etc.

Museum 51

Museum Participatory Model Seattle 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. I’ve been using these participatory categories to talk about how we’d like users to participate in different projects.

Model 98

Model Activities Active Activism 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 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 struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. Tags: guest blogging participatory.

Technique 50

Technique Question Design Develop 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2009

You can participate in this experiment from anywhere in the world (I’ll be in Seattle at the zoo with a group of grad students). We’ll be tackling tough questions around how to design elegant, physical substantiations of virtual functions like tagging and personalization. Tags: Quick Hits professional development.

Experiment 20

Experiment Seattle Indianapolis Denver 20

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. Tags: Talking to Strangers design. I'm genuinely interested in your answer.

Technique 52

Technique Design Question Develop 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2009

To kick off the course, we’re doing a simple exercise at the Seattle zoo (but you can do it anywhere). I believe that focusing specifically on the social capacity of an object, rather than its content or interpretation, yields new design techniques for museum exhibits and other participatory spaces. So how about it?

Design 20

Design Experiment Seattle Social 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I called in to participate in a radio show in Seattle , then zoomed downtown for meetings, after which I headed home to cook for a dinner party. I still get fidgety listening to the podcast, but now I see it as an artifact of a supremely conducted participatory project rather the sole product of the process. Tags: web2.0

Reflection 20

Reflection Museum Podcast Participatory 20