For three years, I've been using a "hierarchy of participation" diagram to talk about the ways that cultural institutions and...

One of my favorite theoretical constructs is "social objects" --the idea that the most consistent social and dialogue experiences ...

Recently I've been looking at ways cultural institutions invite people to self-identify relative to the visit experience. Having your o...

Images courtesy Chris Danemayer, Proun Design I've been collecting stories and images of really effective visitor-response stations for ...

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--th...

For the past year, I've been ending many of my talks with this image. It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most insp...

One of the surprise pleasures of my recent trip to Brisbane, Australia, was the exhibition of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art...

Last month, I gave the closing keynote at the National Digital Forum in New Zealand. The end of a conference is often a time of great enthus...

This post was written by Jaime Kopke , the founder/director of the Denver Community Museum , a pop-up community-generated institution that r...

What happens when you combine reality TV tactics with a traditional art collection? This guest post, written by Philippa Tinsley, Collection...