Cultural heritage: Tradition, Museums and Wikis Knowledge management in museums

Content Collaborative Communities Information and communication structure Data in the publication process today From idea to publication Collaborative Communities Methods Subjective information NPOV Scholars, knowledge and community Complex cultural context Museum activities and wikis Wiki communities

Collaborative Communities

Information and communication structure

Data in the publication process today

From idea to publication

Collaborative Communities

Methods

Subjective information

NPOV

Scholars, knowledge and community

Complex cultural context

Museum activities and wikis

Wiki communities

Collaborative Communities collecting objects providing documentation creating knowledge about objects and the representing fields of expertise presenting objects and information to the public collecting data and information pieces documenting discussions, citations and sources generating articles, assembling categories, building portals Museum MuseumsWiki Wikipedia

collecting objects

providing documentation

creating knowledge about objects and the representing fields of expertise

presenting objects and information to the public

collecting data and information pieces

documenting discussions, citations and sources

generating articles, assembling categories, building portals

Information and communication structure Information chains published information  research  exhibition sources  research  publication research  documentation  web portals Networks links, nodes, hierarchies backbones: ontologies Wikis links, categories, discussions semantic MediaWiki

Information chains

published information  research  exhibition

sources  research  publication

research  documentation  web portals

Networks

links, nodes, hierarchies

backbones: ontologies

Wikis

links, categories, discussions

semantic MediaWiki

Data in the publication process today Manuscript Publication Library Data Metadata Jens Klump: The Benefits of Cross Linking: The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (International Conference Knowledge by Networking , Berlin, June 21-22, 2007) Private Files

Museum and Wiki From idea to publication MuseumsWiki Single use of resources and references Start-End process Idea Publication (Book, Catalogue, Website) Research (Scholar) Databases Web Resources Articles Books Conferences Colleagues Multiple use of resources and references Scholar as part of Community (Publication, Structures, Ideas, Developments) Network process Research (Scholar) Publication (Book, Catalogue, Website) Idea

Collaborative Communities Methods Discussion page Conventions, manuals, standards community process Methodic instruments creating changing discussing Keywords collaborative colleagues communication community

Discussion page

Conventions, manuals, standards

community process

Methodic instruments

creating

changing

discussing

Keywords

collaborative

colleagues

communication

community

Collaborative Communities Subjective information Scholar Information sources Libraries Colleagues MuseumsWiki, Wikipedia subject field experience ORIENTED MULTIPLE subjects fields experiences specific channels unspecific sectors

subject

field

experience

ORIENTED

MULTIPLE

subjects

fields

experiences

Collaborative Communities NPOV Neutral POV Community (University, specific field, Wiki) My Point Of View POV POV sources of information POV

Collaborative Communities Scholars, knowledge and community public access to knowledge expert’s knowledge specific field Expert Expert field of expertise Generalist general knowledge accessibility specialization MuseumsWiki Wikipedia

public access to

knowledge

expert’s knowledge

Complex cultural context “ Thither he went, because he feared to be alone; and there, among happy faces, walked to and fro, and heard the tunes go up and down, and saw Berger beat the measure , and all the while he heard the flames crackle, and saw the red fire burning in the bottomless pit.” Robert L. Stevenson The Bottle Imp Honolulu Ballroom Heinrich Berger Moloka ʻ i Leper colony Father Damien Letters King Kalākaua Royal Hawaiian Band Kingdom of Hawai ʻ i Ho ʻ okena Kōkua Leprosy Literature Music History Geography Language Haole Wikipedia: “The Bottle Imp” Historical and cultural background

“ Thither he went, because he feared to be alone; and there, among happy faces, walked to and fro, and heard the tunes go up and down, and saw Berger beat the measure , and all the while he heard the flames crackle, and saw the red fire burning in the bottomless pit.”

Literature

Music

History

Geography

Language

Museum activities and wikis Which museum activities can be seen as appropriate to Wikis with mutual benefits for both communities? How can scholars be part of these activities? museum documentation (e.g. objects, controlled vocabulary, exhibitions) research public access (exhibitions, visitor information, …) publications (catalogues, websites, …) educational material Scholars (academic activities) ontologies and reference techniques methods to verify information in museum documentation critical use of sources

Which museum activities can be seen as appropriate to Wikis with mutual benefits for both communities?

How can scholars be part of these activities?

museum documentation (e.g. objects, controlled vocabulary, exhibitions)

research

public access (exhibitions, visitor information, …)

publications (catalogues, websites, …)

educational material

Scholars (academic activities)

ontologies and reference techniques

methods to verify information in museum documentation

critical use of sources

Wiki communities community, technology, methods international multilingual flexibility wide spectrum size, popularity, success specific museum professionals general audience Custom Wiki MuseumsWiki Wikipedia

See also Museums and Wikis