A history of participation in museums and archives : traversing citizen science and citizen humanities / edited by Per Hetland, Palmyre Pierroux and Line Esborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hetland, Per, editor.

Pierroux, Palmyre, editor.

Esborg, Line, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 302 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

History of Participation in Museums and Archives

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Taylor & Francis, [2020]

Summary:

Traversing disciplines, A History of Participation in Museums and Archives provides a framework for understanding how participatory modes in natural, cultural and scientific heritage institutions intersect with practices in Citizen Science and Citizen Humanities. Drawing on perspectives in cultural history, science and technology studies, and media and communication theory, the book explores how museums and archives make science and cultural heritage relevant to people's everyday lives, while soliciting their assistance and participation in research and citizen projects. More specifically, the book critically examines how different forms of engagement are constructed, how concepts of democratization are framed and enacted, and how epistemic practices in science and the humanities are transformed through socio-technological infrastructures. Tracking these central themes across disciplines and research from Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA, the book simultaneously considers their relevance for museum and heritage studies. A History of Participation in Museums and Archives should be essential reading for a broad academic audience, including scholars and students in museum and heritage studies, digital humanities and the public communication of science and technology. It should also be of great interest to museum professionals working to foster public engagement through collaboration with networks and local community groups.

Contents:

Departure

1. Traversing citizen science and citizen humanities: Tacking stitches

Democratization

2. Museums as sites of participatory democracy and design

3. Participation and engagement in a world of increasing complexity

4. Infrastructures that democratize? Citizen participation and digital ethicsDivides

5. Knowledge infrastructures for citizen science: The taming of knowledge

6. Engaging disenfranchised publics through citizen humanities projects

7. Engaging older adults in science education: Making the case for relevant, neighborhood-focused interventions

Drives

8. Remembering in public: A case study of museum-user communication on Facebook

9. The participatory turn: Users, publics, and audiences

10. Searching for deeper meanings in cultural heritage crowdsourcing

Developments

11. Museums that Connect Science and communities: Using boundary objects and networks to encourage dialogue and collective response to wicked, socio-scientific problems

12. The participatory epistemic cultures of citizen humanities: Bildung and epistemic subjects

13. The quest for reciprocity: Citizen science as a form of gift exchange

Deductions

14. Citizen science, citizen humanities: Relevance for museum research and practice.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.