Download - Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Transcript
Page 1: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Enriching cultural heritage collections through participatory Commons

platforms: toward collaboration with users

Sharing is Caring, Copenhagen, April 1, 2014

Mia Ridge, Open UniversityContact me: @mia_out or http://miaridge.com/

Follow along at http://openobjects.blogspot.com/

Page 2: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Overview

• My philosophy for crowdsourcing in cultural heritage

• The Participatory Commons in context• The paradox of deeper engagement

Page 3: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Comfortable space for sharing?

Page 4: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'
Page 5: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Everybody’s happy

Page 6: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

What is a participatory commons and why would we want one?

Page 7: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

What is a participatory commons and why would we want one?

First, some introductions...

Page 8: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Academic historians Simone and Andre.

Page 9: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Retirees Martha and Bob

Page 10: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Daniel's grandmother Sarah

Page 11: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Crowdsourcer Nisha

Page 12: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Helping each other?

Page 13: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

The Participatory Commons

Page 14: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

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

Page 15: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Barriers?

Page 16: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

The spark of curiosity...

Page 17: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

...as a gateway to deeper enagement

Page 18: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Crowdsourcing as gateway to further activity

Page 19: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

'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)

Page 20: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Mission accomplished?

Page 21: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Paths diverge

Hålanda Church, Västergötland, Sweden, Swedish National Heritage Board

Page 22: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

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

Page 23: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

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)

Page 24: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

New challenges?

Page 25: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

'history mysteries'

Page 26: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

A tension?

Page 27: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'
Page 28: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Commons as party?

Page 29: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

Thank you!

Mia RidgeOpen University, UKhttp://miaridge.com @mia_out

Image: Matt Jones

Page 30: Sharing is caring keynote 'Enriching cultural heritage collections through a Participatory Commons'

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=671.0http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/298356/http://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Alicia_Mildred_Barnardhttp://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_MissionsHålanda 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/