Today I'd like to present both a proposal for something called the 'Participatory Commons', and a provocation (or conversation starter): there's a paradox in our hopes for deeper audience engagement through crowdsourcing: projects that don't grow with their participants will lose them as they develop new skills and interests and move on. This talk presents some options for dealing with this paradox and suggests a Participatory Commons provides a way to take a sector-wide view of active engagement with heritage content and redefine our sense of what it means when everybody wins.
[I was invited to Copenhagen to talk about my research on crowdsourcing in cultural heritage at the 3rd international Sharing is Caring seminar on April 1. I'm sharing my notes in advance to make life easier for those awesome people following along in a second or third language, particularly since I'm delivering my talk via video. My notes are at http://openobjects.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sharing-is-caring-keynote-enriching.html ]
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Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'
1. Enriching cultural heritage collections
through participatory Commons
platforms: toward collaboration with
users
Sharing is Caring, Copenhagen, April 1, 2014
Mia Ridge, Open University
Contact me: @mia_out or http://miaridge.com/
Follow along at http://openobjects.blogspot.com/
2. Overview
• My philosophy for crowdsourcing in cultural
heritage
• The Participatory Commons in context
• The paradox of deeper engagement
14. Niche projects built on Participatory Commons
Museum
collections
Shoebox
archives
Participatory Commons
‘local place
history
group’
‘academic
research
project’
18th century
interest
group
Your niche
project here!
Archive
collections
Library
collections
19. 'Levels of Engagement' in citizen science
• Level 1: participating
in simple tasks
• Level 2: participating
in community
discussion
• Level 3: 'working
independently on self-
identified research
projects'
(Raddick et al, 2009)
22. Who has agency?
"I participate,
you participate,
he participates,
we participate,
you participate...
they profit.”
(1968) Via A Ladder of Citizen Participation - Sherry R Arnstein
23. Participatory project models
Contributory
the public contributes data to a project
designed by the organisation
Collaborative
both active partners, but lead by organisation
Co-creative
all partners define goals together
(Bonney et al, 2009,Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
(CAISE)
30. Image credits in order of appearance...
Glider, Library of Congress http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179889372/
Melbourne Museum by Robyn Flett http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrob/2201798578/
Great hall, Library of Congress http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/7562148526/
Dora's lost data http://museumgam.es/dora/
Party photo, Smithsonian Institution http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/3173868996/
London - Archive Research by Magnus Halsnes http://www.flickr.com/photos/magh/2870616505/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4727573854/
Curzona Allport from Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office http:// www.flickr.com/photos/tasmanianarchiveandheritageoffice/8595612313/
Old Weather http://oldweather.org/
Smithsonian Institution, Fish-Weir Across Trinity River--Hupa http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2838784417/
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=671.0
http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/298356/
http://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Alicia_Mildred_Barnard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/10698998084/
Museum mission statements: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/new-perspectives/1380-what-are-museums-for,
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5460066/Museum_Missions
Hålanda Church, Västergötland, Sweden, Swedish National Heritage Board http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/3874471799/
'Je participe' http://www.lithgow-schmidt.dk/sherry-arnstein/ladder-of-citizen-participation.html
Screenshot http://10most.org.uk/
Screenshot: http://www.historypin.com/project/22-yearofthebay/#
'tension' State Library of Queensland http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/6508794003/
Smithsonian Institution, Postmaster, General James A. Farley During National Air Mail Week, 1938
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2551232980/
'Commons as party' Powerhouse Museum, Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club's third annual Ball
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3422783428/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/3874471799/Hålanda Church, Västergötland, Sweden, Swedish National Heritage Board
Image via http://www.lithgow-schmidt.dk/sherry-arnstein/ladder-of-citizen-participation.html Arnstein, Sherry R. "A Ladder of Citizen Participation," JAIP, Vol. 35, No. 4, July 1969, pp. 216-224
Crowdsourcing is usually contributory, though more ambitious projects aim to be collaborative or co-creative.
Image: http://10most.org.uk/
Image: http://yearofthebay.org/
Image: State Library of Queensland http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/6508794003/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2551232980/ Smithsonian Institution, Postmaster, General James A. Farley During National Air Mail Week, 1938
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3422783428/ Powerhouse Museum, Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club's third annual Ball
