Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online

Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online
Author: Bodil Axelsson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2022-03-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030806464

This open access book explores the multiple forms of curatorial agencies that develop when museum collection digitisations, narratives and new research findings circulate online. Focusing on Viking Age objects, it tracks the effects of antagonistic debates on discussion forums and the consequences of search engines, personalisation, and machine learning on American-based online platforms. Furthermore, it considers eco-systemic processes comprising computation, rare-earth minerals, electrical currents and data centres and cables as novel forms of curatorial actions. Thus, it explores curatorial agency as social constructivist, semiotic, algorithmic, and material. This book is of interest to scholars and students in the fields of museum studies, cultural heritage and media studies. It also appeals to museum practitioners concerned with curatorial innovation at the intersection of humanist interpretations and new materialist and more-than-human frameworks.

Curating the Digital

Curating the Digital
Author: David England
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319287222

This book combines work from curators, digital artists, human computer interaction researchers and computer scientists to examine the mutual benefits and challenges posed when working together to support digital art works in their many forms. In Curating the Digital we explore how we can work together to make space for art and interaction. We look at the various challenges such as the dynamic nature of our media, the problems posed in preserving digital art works and the thorny problems of how we assess and measure audience’s reactions to interactive digital work. Curating the Digital is an outcome of a multi-disciplinary workshop that took place at SICHI2014 in Toronto. The participants from the workshop reflected on the theme of Curating the Digital via a series of presentations and rapid prototyping exercises to develop a catalogue for the future digital art gallery. The results produce a variety of insights both around the theory and philosophy of curating digital works, and also around the practical and technical possibilities and challenges. We present these complimentary chapters so that other researchers and practitioners in related fields will find motivation and imagination for their own work.

Museums and Digital Culture

Museums and Digital Culture
Author: Tula Giannini
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2019-05-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319974572

This book explores how digital culture is transforming museums in the 21st century. Offering a corpus of new evidence for readers to explore, the authors trace the digital evolution of the museum and that of their audiences, now fully immersed in digital life, from the Internet to home and work. In a world where life in code and digits has redefined human information behavior and dominates daily activity and communication, ubiquitous use of digital tools and technology is radically changing the social contexts and purposes of museum exhibitions and collections, the work of museum professionals and the expectations of visitors, real and virtual. Moving beyond their walls, with local and global communities, museums are evolving into highly dynamic, socially aware and relevant institutions as their connections to the global digital ecosystem are strengthened. As they adopt a visitor-centered model and design visitor experiences, their priorities shift to engage audiences, convey digital collections, and tell stories through exhibitions. This is all part of crafting a dynamic and innovative museum identity of the future, made whole by seamless integration with digital culture, digital thinking, aesthetics, seeing and hearing, where visitors are welcomed participants. The international and interdisciplinary chapter contributors include digital artists, academics, and museum professionals. In themed parts the chapters present varied evidence-based research and case studies on museum theory, philosophy, collections, exhibitions, libraries, digital art and digital future, to bring new insights and perspectives, designed to inspire readers. Enjoy the journey!

Digital Collections

Digital Collections
Author: Suzanne Keene
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1998
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0750634561

Shows how museums and other cultural organisations fit into the new world of information and electronic communications.

The Digital Future of Museums

The Digital Future of Museums
Author: Keir Winesmith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-02-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0429958307

The Digital Future of Museums: Conversations and Provocations argues that museums today can neither ignore the importance of digital technologies when engaging their communities, nor fail to address the broader social, economic and cultural changes that shape their digital offerings. Through moderated conversations with respected and inf luential museum practitioners, thinkers and experts in related fields, this book explores the role of digital technology in contemporary museum practice within Europe, the U.S., Australasia and Asia. It offers provocations and reflections about effective practice that will help prepare today’s museums for tomorrow, culminating in a set of competing possible visions for the future of the museum sector. The Digital Future of Museums is essential reading for museum studies students and those who teach or write about the museum sector. It will also be of interest to those who work in, for, and with museums, as well as practitioners working in galleries, archives and libraries.

Museum Digitization

Museum Digitization
Author: Beijing Union University N/A
Publisher: Royal Collins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2021-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781487804466

This book not only discusses museums' social functions and their responsibility in social and cultural development, but also explores the important roles that museums (especially science and technology museums) and other regional cultural resources can play in the public service system. Alongside the analysis of development opportunities and application cases of museums brought by new media, the management and standardized operation of museum data processing and the use of cultural relics digital resources are also discussed. The book expounds on the reform and innovation required of the museum in order to adapt to new situations, and also looks at the planning and construction of future museums. This book is suitable for experts, scholars, and staff engaged in the construction of digital museums, science and technology museums, libraries, archives centers, and other institutions in the fields of science and technology, popular science, education, culture and museology, design, art, and information technology. It can also be used as a reference for college and university teachers and students.

Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet

Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet
Author: Olga Goriunova
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0415893100

In this book, Goriunova offers a critical analysis of the processes that produce digital culture. In order to understand these processes, the author introduces the concept of the art platform, a specific configuration of creative passions, codes, events, individuals and works that are propelled by cultural currents and maintained through digitally native means. Goriunova provides a new means of understanding the development of cultural forms on the Internet, placing the phenomenon of participatory and social networks in a conceptual and historical perspective, and offering powerful tools for researching cultural phenomena overlooked by other approaches.

The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites

The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites
Author: Hannah Lewi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0429015291

The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites presents a fascinating picture of the ways in which today's cultural institutions are undergoing a transformation through innovative applications of digital technology. With a strong focus on digital design practice, the volume captures the vital discourse between curators, exhibition designers, historians, heritage practitioners, technologists and interaction designers from around the world. Contributors interrogate how their projects are extending the traditional reach and engagement of institutions through digital designs that reconfigure the interplay between collections, public knowledge and civic society. Bringing together the experiences of some of today’s most innovative cultural institutions and thinkers, the Handbook provides refreshingly new ideas and directions for the exciting digital challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. As such, it should be essential reading for academics, students, designers and professionals interested in the production of culture in the post-digital age.

New Media in the White Cube and Beyond

New Media in the White Cube and Beyond
Author: Christiane Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520255975

"New Media in the White Cube and Beyond perceptively addresses the challenges inherent in the digital arts. The book will be a great asset to the study and practice of presenting media art for many years to come."--Barbara London, curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York "Provocative and original, New Media in the White Cube and Beyond represents an important contribution to the fields of new media, museum studies, and contemporary art."--Alexander Alberro, author of Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity

The Digital Museum

The Digital Museum
Author: Herminia Din
Publisher: American Alliance of Museums
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Digital electronics
ISBN: 9781933253091

In The Digital Museum: A Think Guide, top thinkers in the fields of technology and museums explore the impact of new technology on all aspects of museum operations, from interpretation to conservation. The book highlights how new technologies can enhance the traditional museum mission while also allowing museums to become laboratories for the tools of digital discourse