tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post7948315209786794949..comments2024-03-27T05:04:39.476-07:00Comments on Museum 2.0: Visitor Voices Book Club Part 4: Starting to ListenNina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-57842954529561356972007-11-27T11:48:00.000-08:002007-11-27T11:48:00.000-08:00Definitely interesting, though I haven't any pract...Definitely interesting, though I haven't any practice to present yet in this field. But we shouldn't forget that more and more "traditional" museums are entering the scene of 2.0 and interaction, so maybe also a topic for Museums and the web? I am involved in a nordic conference for digital excellence in museums, Nodem, where this discussion would be well placed. Interested? Others?Mikkel Thellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300936334089573717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-23924673929581748862007-11-26T17:22:00.000-08:002007-11-26T17:22:00.000-08:00Mikkel,A couple thoughts. First, I think that cou...Mikkel,<BR/><BR/>A couple thoughts. First, I think that couching the rating within an activity, like sorting things from gross to cool, or picking the best ones for someone else, or to generate some observation about the user, is useful. Otherwise the ratings become decontextualized (why am I rating it?).<BR/><BR/>Second, I love the idea of interference from staff. I think that's almost better than putting up expert opinions--or at least, if the experts are weighing in, please don't give them better materials (i.e. fancy video studio, typed comments when visitors only get to write) or else you are clearly privileging the experts over the visitors. If visitors are reactors/judges, then you can have plenty of appropriate expert content. But if visitors are creators, there needs to be a level playing field.<BR/><BR/>I think this is the basis of a great ASTC session on best practices in visitor voices. Interested? Others?Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-11429867079926855342007-11-25T10:31:00.000-08:002007-11-25T10:31:00.000-08:00You might have a good point there - getting roun t...You might have a good point there - getting roun to the engagement via the rating of ohters. We actually discussed two things that would fit this idea - first, to let school classes leave the "serious" opinions as part of projects, and second to let the curators interfer in the discussion, maybe from a blog on the web that was shown inside the exhibition. Do you think traditional rating would the way to go with the judge-feature?Mikkel Thellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300936334089573717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-43119711972253183692007-11-25T09:48:00.000-08:002007-11-25T09:48:00.000-08:00Very cool. Poetry slams, like Web 2.0, are freque...Very cool. Poetry slams, like Web 2.0, are frequented 95% by audience members and 5% by poets. I think people prefer the judging part of the experience to the creating. <BR/><BR/>A cool idea came up during the <A HREF="http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2007/10/human-colab-experiment-post-mortem.html" REL="nofollow">Human + colab</A> to create an exhibit about future technologies in which all kinds of opinions, images, etc. would presented and visitors could define "the line" between what makes them comfortable and uncomfortable and then sort the opinions on either side of that line.<BR/><BR/>I think sorting is a great idea because it takes the onus of creating content off of visitors and lets them be creative judges instead. I imagine that you will get some small % of people who want to generate opinions, but a large % who want to judge them, which may lead to more discussion.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see, ala poetry slams, an option for visitors to go through the exhibits with a score card and score all the labels. Part of the fun of slams is the indignation of seeing the "wrong" person win. When people get angry, people care about the content. Which would be a good thing.Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-4764738757782424152007-11-25T09:30:00.000-08:002007-11-25T09:30:00.000-08:00Well, the deal is - in this first sketch at least ...Well, the deal is - in this first sketch at least - to build an room about the future as part of a larger exhibition about industrial society. Visitors should be involved in discussing the subject, and their engagement should be driven by the fun of their statement being part of the texts in the room on a national museum. At the same time, visitors could battle for the best vision, like poetry slam but in an exhibition context...Mikkel Thellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300936334089573717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-28281001338753748372007-11-25T09:20:00.000-08:002007-11-25T09:20:00.000-08:00Mikkel,Fun for you? Fun for the visitors? Fun fo...Mikkel,<BR/><BR/>Fun for you? Fun for the visitors? Fun for the readers? Fun for the participants? <BR/><BR/>Tell us more...Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-63861605365323348992007-11-25T08:02:00.000-08:002007-11-25T08:02:00.000-08:00This discussion is interesting, not least because ...This discussion is interesting, not least because future visitors of our museums will expect and be at ease with the fact that their own voices are a part of exhibitions. I am preparing a permanent exhibition i Copenhagen where we will try to show two texts to any theme - the curator's and the visitors'. I'm at a loss though, about how to manage this and make it fun at the same time.Mikkel Thellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300936334089573717noreply@blogger.com