Cultural Digital newsletter #62 - big fun
Cultural Digital
Hello
This week there have been lots of announcements from museums, plus various other people sharing the stuff that they've learnt.
Spectacle, Speculation, Spam by Alan Warburton "A presentation I made for the Edge of Frame Weekend seminar at The Whitechapel gallery in East London, December 2016. Artists, curators and academics were asked to explore where experimental animation practice sits in relation to independent animation, visual art, histories and institutions". I missed off the blurb for this one last week, and it's an interesting thing, so I'm including it again.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art makes 375,000 images of public art freely available under Creative Commons Zero. That's the Wikimedia announcement, and here's the info from The Met itself.
Project Describe is the American Museum of Natural History's new crowdsourcing project. They're asking volunteers to help create descriptions for over 30,000 of their images.
Tiny Cards, Big Fun "we are proud to announce Brooklyn Museum’s partnership with the educational start-up Duolingo and their new digital platform, Tinycards".
Announcing the Digital Collection Materials Project Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is doing stuff around the conservation needs of digital materials.
I always think of Lord of the Rings when I hear about fellowships, but that's just me. These have been announced:
10 things I’ve learnt from six years at Refugee Action. From Eleanor Dean "Yesterday was my last day at Refugee Action after six years as their digital officer, five of those in a digital team of one". Not from the cultural sector, but from a non-profit and I reckon there'll be plenty that resonates.
5 reasons why museums need a Chief Digital Officer from Richella King, Head of Digital Outreach at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Using digital platforms for deeper and richer engagement with arts audiences. CultureCase, in case you don't already know about it, puts academic research into a more easily digestible format for people working in/around the cultural sector. For example, "Overall, the research found that those who might gain most from engaging with the platform were those least likely to use it".
Facebook Audience Development - Using Your Databases on Facebook. A how-to from Film Hub North.
@IslamArtBot tweets out art & artifacts from the MET's Islamic art collection along with some words from Muslim writers. It was made by Becca Ricks.
New websites
New Museum Store, NewsMuseum, Parklife 2017, Scriabin Museum, The Castle Cinema, Théodore Rousseau - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Jobs
There are digital-related jobs up for grabs at the British Council, Creative Carbon Scotland, and the Southbank Centre.
Events
24-25 March 2017, London: Convergence Sessions
And there we go. Please share this email with friends, colleagues and passing acquaintances if you think that'd be a good idea. Have a marvellous week and I'll catch you again next time.
Chris Unitt
@chrisunitt
I work with lots of really good cultural organisations on projects involving digital analytics and user research. Visit One Further for more on that.