Participatory Design Workshop for Museums

design for participation a museum workshop nina simon, museum 2.0 nina@museumtwo.com @ninaksimon on twitter presented with gratitude to the University of Washington graduate museology program

there are lots of ways people participate in museums... Exploratorium Denver Art Museum International Spy Museum

today, we’re going to focus on social participation Ontario Science Centre Chicago History Museum SFMOMA and the social technology that supports it

what is social technology? tools that enable people to create, share, and connect with each other youtube overplot postsecret

the web is analogous to the museum Web Museums Push Content yes yes Multimedia yes yes Interactive yes yes Socially yes not yet... Networked

why look at the social web as a design model? 1. Because it’s a rapidly iterated content distributor librarything

why look at the social web as a design model? 1. Because it’s a rapidly iterated content distributor 2. Because it’s a community “third place” ravelry

why look at the social web as a design model? 1. Because it’s a rapidly iterated content distributor 2. Because it’s a community “third place” 3. Because it’s organized around objects “social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object” - Jyri Engeström, 2005 ﬂickr

why look at the social web as a design model? 1. Because it’s a rapidly iterated content distributor 2. Because it’s a community “third place” 3. Because it’s organized around objects 4. Because it’s engaging a large and diverse audience

what makes YouTube different?

think relationships, not technology. old relationship new relationships Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

so how do we design comparable museum experiences? personalize the experience network aggregated actions of individuals promote social object experiences create platforms, not exhibits & programs

participation begins with “me”

not all participants are creators

deliver a personally relevant content stream facebook

invite people in for their own reasons ilikemuseums.com

offer legitimate, meaningful activities http://online.ushmm.org/lodzchildren

offer tools for self-identiﬁcation & interaction

design low-barrier entry points to creativity Denver Art Museum Denver Art Museum

networking individuals into an architecture of participation

“me-to-we” at work librarything

take polling to the next level Anne Frank House

ﬁnd elegant ways to network existing transactions Haarlem Oost branch library

reconsider ﬂoor programming and training Ontario Science Centre

ﬁnd ways to let users support each other The Tech Virtual

activating exhibits as social objects

support personal, inviting, intriguing objects London Science Museum UW rockstar

create social infrastructure for interaction lab.signtiﬁc.org

ﬁnd new ways to evaluate success Science Museum of Minnesota

designing platforms, not exhibits

deﬁne the participatory powers clearly Minnesota History Center

give away the fun parts, keep the hard parts The Tech Virtual

use an infrastructure that reﬂects your values

create multiple inroads for different kinds of participants Smithsonian American Art Museum

use storytelling devices that invite everyone to contribute World Without Oil

and now... a break. and a question. what current program, exhibit, or project is a natural starting point for exploring participatory potential?

let’s do it! how can you... personalize the experience? network aggregated actions of individuals? promote social object experiences? design exhibits/programs as platforms?

Participatory Design Workshop for Museums

by Nina Simon on Apr 24, 2009

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