Technology is having an enormous influence on our daily lives. This of course includes the world of museums where the digital also affects everything from how we engage with audiences to how we can facilitate greater access to collections worldwide. The possibilities and challenges to become digital contact zones are great. This workshop will discuss digital futures using global perspectives and experiences, also bringing together digital experts and museum practitioners sharing knowledge from their fields of work, focusing on three themes:
Digital Contact Zones: How can digitized museum collections grow into contact zones, bringing objects and people together? What new possibilities does this offer to museums? We explore examples of collaboration and how sharing is caring.
Matter Matters: What can open access to collections bring beyond borders? What ethical dilemmas are to be considered when looking at digitization of collections? From an ethical standpoint, how much content development or interpretation is necessary before going on-line? Is open access perhaps not always a good idea?
Generation Z (and Ȃ, Ä, Ö): Coming generations are born with a digital DNA. What are their desires and behaviors? What challenges and opportunities do these next generation museum users bring us? We look at examples of how to produce meaningful digital content for young.
Date: September 19 + 20, 2016WHERE: Museum of World Culture, GothenburgOrganized by: National Museums of World Culture (SE)
