cultural heritage: tradition, museums and wikis

Thomas Tunsch

Cultural heritage: Tradition, Museums and Wikis

Knowledge management in museums

2008 Museums and Wikis 2

Content

Collaborative Communities Information and communication structure Data in the publication process today From idea to publication Collaborative Communities

– Methods– Subjective information– NPOV– Scholars, knowledge and community

Complex cultural context Museum activities and wikis Wiki communities


Collaborative Communities

collecting objects providing documentation creating knowledge

about objects and the representing fields of expertise

presenting objects and information to the public

collecting data and information pieces

documenting discussions, citations and sources

generating articles, assembling categories, building portals

Museum

MuseumsW

iki

Wikipedia


Information and communication structure

Information chains– published information research exhibition – sources research publication– research documentation web portals

Networks– links, nodes, hierarchies– backbones: ontologies

Wikis– links, categories, discussions – semantic MediaWiki


Data in the publication process today

Manuscript

Publication

Library

Data Metadata

Private Files

Jens Klump: The Benefits of Cross Linking: The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (International Conference Knowledge by Networking, Berlin, June 21-22, 2007)


Museum and WikiFrom idea to publication

MuseumsWiki

Single use of resources and

referencesStart-End process

IdeaPublication

(Book, Catalogue, Website)

Research (Scholar)

Databases

Web Resources

Articles

Books

Conferences

Colleagues

Multiple use of resources and referencesScholar as part of Community (Publication, Structures, Ideas, Developments)

Network process

Research (Scholar)Publication

(Book, Catalogue, Website)

Idea


Collaborative CommunitiesMethods

Discussion page Conventions, manuals, standards

– community process Methodic instruments

– creating– changing– discussing

Keywords– collaborative– colleagues– communication– community


Collaborative CommunitiesSubjective information

Scholar

Information sources

Libraries

Colleagues

MuseumsWiki, Wikipedia

subject

field

experience

ORIENTED

MULTIPLE

subjects

fields

experiences

specific channels

unspecific sectors


Collaborative CommunitiesNPOV

Neutral POV

Community

(University, specific field, Wiki)

My Point Of View

POV

POV

sources of informatio

n

POV


Collaborative CommunitiesScholars, knowledge and community

public access to– knowledge– expert’s

knowledge

specific field

Expert

Expert

field of expertise

Generalist

general knowledge

accessibility

specialization

MuseumsWikiWikipedia


Complex cultural context

“Thither he went, because he feared to be alone; and there, among happy faces, walked to and fro, and heard the tunes go up and down, and saw Berger beat the measure, and all the while he heard the flames crackle, and saw the red fire burning in the bottomless pit.”

Robert L. Stevenson The Bottle Imp

Honolulu

Ballroom

Heinrich Berger

Molokaʻi

Leper colony

Father Damien

Letters

King Kalākaua

Royal Hawaiian Band

Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Hoʻokena

Kōkua

Leprosy Literature Music History Geography Language

Haole

Wikipedia:“The Bottle

Imp”Historical and

cultural background


Museum activities and wikis

Which museum activities can be seen as appropriate to Wikis with mutual benefits for both communities?

How can scholars be part of these activities?

museum documentation (e.g. objects, controlled vocabulary, exhibitions)

research public access (exhibitions,

visitor information, …) publications (catalogues,

websites, …) educational material Scholars (academic activities)

– ontologies and reference techniques

– methods to verify information in museum documentation

– critical use of sources


Wiki communities

Wikipedia MuseumsWiki Custom Wiki

general audience museum professionals

specific

size, popularity, success

wide spectrum flexibility

multilingual international

community, technology, methods

Thomas Tunsch

See also

Museums and Wikis


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