sharing is caring keynote 'enriching cultural heritage collections through a participatory...

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/

Overview

• My philosophy for crowdsourcing in cultural heritage

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

Comfortable space for sharing?

Everybody’s happy

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

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

First, some introductions...

Academic historians Simone and Andre.

Retirees Martha and Bob

Daniel's grandmother Sarah

Crowdsourcer Nisha

Helping each other?

The 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

Barriers?

The spark of curiosity...

...as a gateway to deeper enagement

Crowdsourcing as gateway to further activity

'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)

Mission accomplished?

Paths diverge

Hålanda Church, Västergötland, Sweden, Swedish National Heritage Board

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

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)

New challenges?

'history mysteries'

A tension?

Commons as party?

Thank you!

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

Image: Matt Jones

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/