Comments for The Participatory Museum at http://www.collectionslink.org.uk , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.collectionslink.org.uk Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:27:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-67 The 'Useful', 'Happy' or 'Participatory' museum? Good question. Responding to leadership towards the massive potential of emerging technology, promoting fun/self realisation and unlocking the fascinating truth contained in museum collections: We should all be aware. So this is an important article (apart from the stock imagery of some young people wasting their energy in a mosh pit): In 20 years time the curent Government's putative plans to invest in the cable required; could be decisive, can you imagine? It would be great. However, as it stands most places have Local Authorites who are struggling to keep the valves on their sewage systems up to date. This is because New Labour's localisation agenda delivered a responsiblity for Social Service budgetary pressures that remain clearly unsustainable, especially if Council tax remains frozen. The current coalition government are not much better in terms of adding to the pressure. So good for Nick and Nick, I agree with you and support your views; they are quietly focused on enhancing documentation and being purposeful.. - Brendan Carr Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:32:23 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-60 Right now the thought is to digitise Museum archives etc and then publicise them somehow and which later falls out with time, as you too said. The idea of this kind of Holistic approach is very nice. However I wonder how to really implement this in case of absence of external funding by someone (any organisation or person) ? How to convince the Museum staff that it is for there own benefit to digitise their content and make it available for free on internet as mentioned by you "The museum benefits because it gets its collections digitised, tagged, shared and used." The article is primarily written keeping UK in sight, though I would like to have a wider visiblity and understanding in terms of setting this kind of *Participatory Museum* environment in India, keeping insight the Indian culture and people. I have been willing to collaborate with a Museum and digitise and hence more interested in the process ! Regards ! - Nikita Belavate Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:58:42 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-59 Trevor raises the important question of where to get enough people from so that the community can be engaged. We've had some success in facing a similar problem at Wikipedia, where we find that using volunteers from the community is a viable means of meeting the need for editors to write an encyclopedia. It is worth considering making use of volunteers to meet your needs in engaging the community and you can have a look at some examples of work already in progress at [url]http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cultural_partnerships[/url] - Doug Taylor Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:26:11 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-58 We haven't taken things quite as far as this article but we are definitely on the same road in our current planning. They're definitely needs to be more of a bringing departments together as well inviting the general public in. John Peel - Manchester Art Gallery - John Peel Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:36:11 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-57 The big problem is that on-going community engagement requires people which generally equals permenant staff. Given that the pressure on museums in the public and not-for-profit sector is to reduce staffing levels I can't really see how we get to this utopian vision. - Trevor Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:24:54 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-54 This is a paradigm shift from the genuine role of the museum. Rethinking the genuine role of museum is needed before moving forward led by IT vast developments. Engaging the community and measuring the users - Ahmed Abu-Zayed Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:18:54 +0100 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1402-the-participatory-museum#comment-53 Fantastic Nick and Nick I really like the thoughts that you are presenting here. We in Derby have been thinkin this way for sometime and are pleased tht we are moving in the direction that you are proposing. We need to develop a new role for our museums as places for engagement and particiapation and know that the more we engage peoplewith our collections the safer they are for the future. Best wishes Jonathan, Derby Museums - Jonathan Wallis Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:17:04 +0100