If you haven’t seen it, you must–now–go read Jacki Thompson Rand’s article “Why I Can’t Visit the National Museum of the American Indian: Reflections of an accidental privileged insider, 1989-1994.” I was a student of Jacki’s several years ago. Her course “Museum Literacy and Historical Memory” at the University of Iowa was the first (and, [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2007’
Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites, Part V
Note: This is part V of a series. Read part I, part II, part III, and part IV. All right. . . Now that we’ve taken a whirlwind tour of some of the web’s most popular social networking sites, let’s take a moment, sit back, and enjoy a cup of a favorite beverage. (In the [...]
Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites, Part IV
Note: This is part IV of a series. Read part I, part II, and part III. Now that we’ve considered the museum presence on Facebook, MySpace, and Flickr, let’s take a quick look at a few other social networking sites. YouTube Chances are, even if you don’t know it, your museum is probably already on [...]
Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites, Part III
Note: This is part III in a series. Read part I and part II. Flickr When it comes to museums and social networking, Flickr is where the action is and should continue to be. Unlike Facebook and MySpace, where visitors can leave notes or comments, Flickr allows people to actively create the core content in [...]
Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites, Part II
Note: This is part II of a series. Be sure to check out part I as well. MySpace Museums appear to be colonizing MySpace at a much faster pace than they are participating in Facebook. It’s not surprising that MySpace is so popular with museum marketers, as it’s not only among the most-trafficked social networking [...]
Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites
(Note: This post is part I of a series.) Percolating. That’s what numberless posts on museums and social networking sites have been doing in the mind of this particular blog curator. The addled perfectionist in me wanted to create an entire series of posts looking at individual instances of museums using social networking sites well [...]