A good overview publication on this very topic is All Together Now: Museums and Online Collaborative Learning by William B. Crow and Herminia Wei-hsin Din published this year by the AAM. I have done a quick blog review at:
http://wp.me/pJf2X-r4 Best, Robert Connolly Robert P. Connolly, PhD Director, C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa 1987 Indian Village Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38109 901-785-3160, ext. 15 Associate Professor, Anthropology The University of Memphis 38152 901-678-3331 http://www.memphis.edu/chucalissa/ http://rcnnolly.wordpress.com/ The mission of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, a division of the University of Memphis, is to protect and interpret the Chucalissa archaeological site's cultural and natural environments, and to provide the University Community and the public with exceptional educational, participatory, and research opportunities on the landscape's past and present Native American and traditional cultures. On 7/19/11 6:10 AM, "Emily Odlum" <odlume at gmail.com> wrote: Dear all, I am a masters student currently writing a thesis on the ways in which museums are communicating with their audiences through collaborative online media platforms. I am especially interested in the role of the museum 'voice' in online, participative spaces; how the ways a museum might have traditionally articulated itself are being challenged by the more casual and multi-vocal nature of these spaces. It would be great to get any opinions on this topic from anyone- do you think museums must find news ways of expressing themselves online in order to sustain their audiences and encourage people to participate? or does the traditional 'voice' of the museum convey a kind of cultural authority that has its place in an online culture where trustworthy information can be difficult to come by? Any responses to or opinions on these issues, however loosely related, would be much appreciated!
