Overview

Online activities present a unique challenge for museums as they harness the potential of digital technology for sustainable development, trust building, and representations of diversity. This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion. It is a resource for museum staff, students, designers, and researchers working at the intersection of cultural institutions and digital technologies. The aim is to provide insight into the issues behind designing and implementing web pages and social media to serve the broadest range of museum stakeholders.

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Author:   Ana Sánchez Laws
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9781789200508

ISBN 10:   1789200504
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   18 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: HISTORY AND THEORY Chapter 1. Museums online, from repositories to forums Chapter 2. Digital heritage and sustainability Chapter 3. Trusting the online museum PART II: PRACTICE Chapter 4. A practical social media primer for museum staff Chapter 5. A Survey of Museum Social Media PART III: CASES Chapter 6. The Museum of London (MOL) Chapter 7. The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuseet) and the Carlotta Portal Chapter 8. Comparing off- and online Aboriginal, Indigenous and ‘Ethnic’ representations in museums and galleries in Sydney and Panama City PART IV: FUTURES Chapter 9. Augmenting The Garden of Australian Dreams at the National Museum of Australia Chapter 10. Cultural Interfaces to Environmental Data at the Questacon National Science Centre, Australia Conclusion References Index

Reviews

This book is a timely offer that will provide both museum workers and audiences with some resolutions in dealing with new challenges emerging from the social media age....this book takes a step further, driving readers to think about questions from a different perspective, such as how museums can help shape the future of the web while being shaped by the web. Heng Wu, Nanjing Museum

Author Information

Ana Sánchez Laws is Associate Professor in Media and Design, Volda University College, Norway. She is the author of Panamanian Museums and Historical Memory (Berghahn Books 2011), has collaborated on projects at the Panama Viejo Monumental Complex (World Heritage Site), and is a video artist whose works have been exhibited around the globe.

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