How can hacker cultures help cultural heritage organizations move from creation to consumption in order to empower marginalized and non-traditional communities?
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Article quote: Museums and me: Junction's
top tips for engaging young people,
Guardian UK. Image: Guerilla Girls
as we know, GLAMs continue to have
trouble engaging non-traditional
audiences in a meaningful way…
17. "One of the things the
Internet has given us is a
complete abundance of
knowledge, expertise
and social connectivity...
so the question is, how can
we use the capacity of these
networks to bring people
together who want to
learn together?"
MIMI ITO, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST
CONNECTEDLEARNING.TV
18. “a hacker is someone who explores
the limits of what is possible, in a
spirit of playful cleverness.”
RICHARD STALLMAN, HACKER AND ACTIVIST
Free Software Foundation and GNU Project founder
Photo: Jared and Corin
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“an artist is someone who explores the
limits of skill and creative imagination
to produce aesthetic objects.”
Definition: Merriam Websters dictionary
Photo: Hive Learning Networks, NYC Maker Party
24. cultural heritage organizations are starting
to use some of these creation and remix
methods to empower new audiences…
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Photo: Jan Tito, Flickr
26. Images thanks to TATE Digital Studio, gif of “Miss
Cicely Alexander” portrait by James Abbott Mcneill
Whistler by Gif My Ass
1840s GIF party
at the TATE
27. and a curriculum pack
that shares cultural
heritage remix activities
with new audiences.
35. but first, it’s time to flex your
hacking powers and curate
The Royal BC Museum …
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
goggles.webmaker.org
36. let’s go to goggles.webmaker.org and get making!
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replace the featured images with your own
and think about your audience - what’s their culture?
a good openly licensed
image repository:
http://flickr.com/
thecommons
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to pick an image, click on “View All Sizes”
right-click on a size, and toggle “Copy Image Location.”
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go back to the BC Museum xray goggles page…
and replace a BC Museum image w/your own.