Monday, November 14, 2011

The Participatory Revolution

Asking Audiences is a great museum audience overview blog.

One entry, from May 30, 2011, seems especially relevant to our discussions on participation in the museums:  The Participatory Revolution is All Around Us.  

It is an overview of a panel made earlier this year at AAM 2011.

The image below, from Peter Linett's presentation (he was the panel chair) which is embedded as a Slideshade on his blog, says it all:


It's saying that while audience authority used to be in the left-hand column, it's now in the right.
The blog entry expands on this theme some more, and makes connections to the activities of the other presenters who, notably, work in science museums.  

Unfortunately, since the Asking Audiences authors move to New Mexico this fall, the blog has basically gone on hiatus.  To see more of the blog, click here.

The ideas, though, remain....

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