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Category Archives: paper
Keynote: ‘A Brief History of Open Cultural Data’
I was invited to give a talk (which seemed to turn into a plenary then a keynote along the way) for the GLAM-Wiki 2013 conference. I thought it might be useful to put current discussions around opening cultural data for … Continue reading
Paper: ‘A thousand readers are wanted, and confidently asked for’: public participation as engagement in the arts and humanities
I was invited to give a paper on my research at Digital Impacts: Crowdsourcing in the Arts and Humanities, convened by Kathryn Eccles and the Oxford Internet Institute. I’ve also posted Notes from ‘Crowdsourcing in the Arts and Humanities’ on … Continue reading
Talk: ‘Inspiring connections with collections’
I was invited to Auckland Museum to give a lecture on ‘Inspiring connections with collections’. Discussions with staff and the process of preparing for the talks inspired two blog posts: ‘Designing for participatory projects: emergent best practice, getting discussion started‘ … Continue reading
Talk: ‘What’s the point of a museum website?’
In April I was invited to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, in Wellington, New Zealand, to talk about the role of museum websites in the relationships between museums and their audiences. Preparing for the talk, the discussion … Continue reading
Keynote: ‘From Strings to Things’, LODLAM Melbourne workshop
Culture Victoria‘s Eleanor Whitworth (@elewhitworth) and Museum Victoria‘s Ely Wallis (@elyw) organised a LODLAM workshop at Melbourne Museum on April 17, 2012. There’s now an event report on the Culture Victoria blog, Linked Open Data – Melbourne Workshop. I was … Continue reading
Posted in meetup, museums, open cultural data, paper, workshop
Tagged Australia, Melbourne
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Panel, paper: Current issues in Digital Humanities
On October I was on a panel on the Digital Humanities at the Open University – my talk notes are blogged at Notes on current issues in Digital Humanities. I co-authored a paper titled ‘Colloquium: Digital Technologies: Help or Hindrance … Continue reading
Posted in digital humanities, paper, presentation, publication, seminar, seminar paper
Tagged Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Paper: Playing with Difficult Objects – Game Designs to Improve Museum Collections
My paper for Museums and the Web 2011, Playing with Difficult Objects – Game Designs to Improve Museum Collections, is online and is also available in the printed proceedings. Abstract: Crowdsourcing the creation, correction or enhancement of data about objects … Continue reading
Posted in conference, crowdsourcing, games, paper, publication
Tagged Philadelphia, United States of America
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‘Museums meet the 21st century’ – OpenTech 2010 talk
I gave a talk at OpenTech 2010 on ‘Museums meet the 21st century‘ – I’ve blogged my slides and notes. Museums meet the 21st century View more presentations from Mia .
Cosmic Collections: Creating a Big Bang
A paper for Museums and the Web conference in Denver, April 2010. Cosmic Collections: Creating a Big Bang Abstract ‘Cosmic collections’ was a Web site mashup competition held by the Science Museum in late 2009 to encourage members of the … Continue reading
Social Media in the ABM (MLA) Sector: Opportunities and Challenges
In December 2009 I was invited to Oslo to give a lecture on social media and museums, libraries and archives to the The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority (ABM-utvikling) . The Opportunities and Challenges slides are online and below. … Continue reading