bringing objects back into museum space - online collections
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given during "Being visitors - becoming producers" International Workshop at Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, Sweden (29.09-12.10.2013).TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to online collec+on
object informa+on
tagging
comments
my collec+on
ra+ngs
extra resources
story external links
keywords
tagging geotags
colour-‐coding
Cooper-‐Hewi= Design Museum
extra resources
videos
audiodescrip+ons
ar+cles
external links
Wikipedia
Flickr
+meline
map
collec+on of the month
thema+c display
curator’s choice
What can these features be used for?
our data is incomplete, inaccurate or offending
be open about it, see it as opportunity
ask users to complete informa+on, correct inaccuracies and change offending descrip+ons
our data is incomplete, inaccurate or offending
let’s wait to join a bigger project
follow the wabi sabi – prototype is the product
your small project may not be contradictory but supplemen+ng
it works be8er for local museums which have their community close. people poten>ally
interested in our collec>on do not know about us because they are spread across the world
share your collec+ons on popular plaIorms so people can easily come across it
technology acts as an amplifier
collec+ng users’ knowledge
showing the collec+on to public
facilita+ng re-‐use of the collec+on
networking of collec+ons
engaging users’ own curatorial mo+va+on
being amazing
What have you achieved?