Welcome to the
Co-Curation and the Public History of Science & Technology Workshop Wiki
October 22-24, 2010
Since this workshop is about co-curation we have set up a wiki for people to be able to add, edit and amend your comments and thoughts on all of the sessions of the workshop. Not used or editted a wiki before? Check out the following link http://www.slideshare.net/leviragedelavis/how-to-use-pbwiki-presentation
Background Information
The Science Museum, London, is developing some major new galleries focusing on the history of science and the history of communications. A core part of the project will be working with audiences in the selection and development of the stories, objects, exhibits and overall approach. With this project the Science Museum aims to become a unique meeting place for communities, organisations and disciplines engaged in co-curation, recreational history and history of science, technology and medicine.
In a 3-day workshop, the Science Museum and guests will examine the state of current practice in the museum and gallery world. The following issues will be up for discussion:
- What is Co-curation? How has it been used in the UK and internationally to engage audiences?
- What are the benefits and drawbacks to museums and galleries giving power to external groups to develop content?
- How do the public engage with history and objects? And how can audience understandings be shared between different kinds of visitors?
- How can museums take a more active role in transferring knowledge from the academic historians?
- What lessons can be learned about managing audience participation from the worlds of the web and digital media?
We used twitter during the sessions to encourage debate and discussion: the hashtag was #ccph
Event Programme
Images from the 3 day workshop
Friday 22nd October (09.45-18.00)
Twitter feed from Friday - Scott Anthony Summary - Lynda Kelly's piece for the day -
Saturday 23rd October (10.00-18.15)
Twitter feed from Saturday - Scott Anthony Summary - Lynda Kelly's piece for the day -
Sunday 24th October (10.15-17.00)
Twitter feed from Sunday - Scott Anthony Summary - Lynda Kelly's Summary http://bit.ly/aeyd5t
Booking details
Detailed programme
Comments (8)
user1 said
at 2:07 pm on Oct 22, 2010
I am Joe aged 10 and I thought it was really fun talking to everyone about our exhibition called Shhh its a secret. I was a bit nervous at first but I found out that there was nothing to worry abuot. I thought that we did really well and I want to find out more from that lady talking about the headless zebra.
user1 said
at 2:08 pm on Oct 22, 2010
My name is Cecilia and I am aged 10 years old. I 'm one of the twelve young curators that took part in curating the exhibition Shhh...its a secret and talking to the adults at this conference today was a new experience for me but I think we did a good job of explaining how we curated our exhibition.
LyndaK said
at 2:38 pm on Oct 22, 2010
Thnx Joe and Cecilia for your input. I found your comments and input fantastic and inspiring. Keep up the good work! I really liked your points about developing exhibtions for children need to be done by chidren. At the Australian Museum in Sydney we do annual Kids Colleges with students and regularly consult them on what we're doing. More here: http://bit.ly/d8Sbqs
LyndaK said
at 8:15 am on Oct 23, 2010
My quick (and brief!) notes from the two Day 1 panel sessions can be found here: http://bit.ly/cyO9tq
Mia said
at 10:35 pm on Oct 23, 2010
I've set up a twapperkeeper archive for tweets tagged with #ccph - it's at http://twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/ccph?sm=10&sd=18&sy=2010&em=&ed=&ey=&o=&l=10000&from_user=&text=&lang= (or in shortened format, http://bit.ly/bk4o5I)
cheers, Mia
LyndaK said
at 8:05 am on Oct 24, 2010
My notes from Day 2 can be found here: http://bit.ly/cSQSUO
As I was chairing Nina Simon's session I didn't take notes but have blogged before about her work here: http://bit.ly/9lAGX4
Nina's Museum 2 blog can be found here: http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
See you all soon'ish!
LyndaK said
at 4:06 pm on Oct 24, 2010
Here's the summary of my learnings: http://bit.ly/aeyd5t
Tim Boon said
at 3:47 pm on Oct 26, 2010
I have uploaded my introduction to the Workshop. Tim
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