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Perils and Opportunity: Going Virtual, Mobile, and Toying with Reality.

hannerl — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:53:11 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

mobile

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technology

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Augmented Reality (AR)

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organizational change

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collaboration

Abstract:

Creating strategies and opportunities for storytelling and sharing in an increasingly networked, mobile, and interactive social and built environment, is a complex challenge facing museums of all sizes. At the same time, finding new tools and collaborative modes of creating and sharing content has become a central challenge for many. In particular, museums face myriad technological, organizational, and collaborative challenges, for adopting and developing the connections, knowledge, and resources to find the best fit and form for their changing needs and audiences. This forum will consider the centrality of both organizational as well as technological practices and strategies for navigating this important shift in an increasingly web-made and mobile world.

Brief case study reflections from the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) will share insights from mobile-enhanced Virtual Museum of Canada projects, "The Visible City" (MOV), and "Invasive Species" (RBCM). Additional examples from the MOV's Bhangra.me storymap, and RBCM's wayfinding navigational applications, will be provided.

Key areas for discussion will be:
-Common areas of misconception about mobile/web applications/tools, and how do we overcome them?
-is collaborative content development and decision-making a necessary evil, or just another characteristic of the new networked reality of interactive web?
-Is "forgetting" exhibition best practices from the offline realm, when designing for the online/mobile realm, something we should encourage or counteract?
-Are small budgets and big projects like Augmented Reality apps really such strange bedfellows?

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations III

Authors:

Hanna Cho

Eric Espig

Mini-workshop:Drop-In Clinic for Building Better Mobile Projects, From Processes toOutcomes

SandyGoldberg — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:13:51 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

mobile

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technology

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project management

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content

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organisational change

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discussion

Abstract:

The leaders of this workshop have worked across museums of every kind in theUS and the UK, helping client museums develop frameworks for technology,experience design, and content in mobile projects. This mini-workshop will runas a drop-in clinic; bring your mobile “aches and pains,” whether you’re part ofa mobile project team, or looking for insights into the process. The leaders willhelp diagnose problems and propose prescriptions for healthier processes andoutcomes.

In this clinic, you’ll learn how to build healthy habits for mobile projectmanagement, technological decisions, and for stretching creative muscles.The mini-workshop leaders will share their experiences, tips and tricks forgetting to “YES” from various stakeholders, collaborators and different museumdepartments, and steering them towards more creative outcomes than they mighthave envisioned at the project’s inception.

Type:

Mini-Workshop - teaches something or explores approaches

Mini-workshop: Drop-In Clinic for Building Better Mobile Projects, From Processes to Outcomes

Authors:

Sandy Goldberg

Lindsey Green

Alyson Webb

Social Memory Technology

museu da pessoa — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:51:25 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

social

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technology

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memory

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life stories

Abstract:

Every human being, whether anonymous or famous, has the right to immortalize his or her story and integrate it into social memory. That idea gave rise to the Museum of the Person – a virtual museum that connects people and groups through their stories. Founded in Brazil, in 1991, the Museum of the Person is now an international network with initiatives in Portugal, the USA and Canada.

Since its creation, the Museum of the Person has been a civil society organization working to record, preserve and transform into information the life stories of each and every person in society. Using its own methodology, it captures, organizes and edits contents that are later disseminated through publications, radio and TV programs, exhibitions, studies and at the portal www.museudapessoa.net.

With programs in the areas of memory, education, communication and community development, the Museum of the Person has conducted about 200 memory projects aimed at multiplying and democratizing its methodology and its collection, which includes 14 thousand life stories and 72 thousand images and documents.

The methodology was developed with the influence of micro and behavioral history. The Museum of the Person makes use of the social technology of memory, which encourages communities, civil society organizations and companies from different locations, profiles and trajectories, to build, socialize and organize their stories, highlighting the experiences and knowledge of people. This is a technology that can be applied on a large scale, cost-effective, generating social development and diminishing conflicts. One of its uses is to engage the public in the process of strengthening the democracy in Brazil and others countries.

That is our aim, to make our society a more democratic and fair one, where people who would normally be “invisible”, have the chance to be included and respected as history makers as we all are.

In view of the storing of Social Memory Technology, this practice was discussed, deepened and systematized by a multidisciplinary team at the Museum of the Person. We seek to systematize how groups, organizations and communities can undertake projects of memory and take ownership of their history.

History is never absolute and is not ready. The making of history is an ongoing live process, which concerns us all. It is impossible to imagine life without history. Without it, we would not know who we are and whither we go. More than remembering what was experienced, the historical narrative conveys values and worldviews and helps to understand what we have today and where we go.

We hope that with the experience we manage will inspire other organizations and find new partners that are interested in the Social Memory Technology and the innovative actions developed by the Museum of the Person.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations II

Site:

http://www.museudapessoa.net

Authors:

Cássio Carvalho

Opening Plenary

dbear — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:17:33 +0000

Type:

Session

Theme:

plenary

Chair:

jennifer trant

Programs:

Grounding Digital Information Trends

Date & Time:

April 7, 2011 - 9:00am - 10:30am

Location:

Commonwealth A/B/C/D

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Archives & Museum Informatics EIN: 77-0708617; GST / BN 887978914

Description

We'll kick off MW2011 together with a plenary speaker highlighting current questions.

We're delighted to welcome Kristin Purcell of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

The Impact of Advanced Information Communication Technologies on Heritage Conservation

jtrant — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:18:12 +0000

Bentley, A. (2007). The Impact of Advanced Information Communication Technologies on Heritage Conservation. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting - ICHIM07: Proceedings.

Hands on: Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM '95 / MCN '95). Volume 2

jtrant — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:15:22 +0000

Bearman, D. (1995). Hands on: Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums (ICHIM '95 / MCN '95). Volume 2.