Not sure if this is what you were thinking of but David Anderson has
spoken and written about a project at the V&A called Going Graphic where
everyone visiting the museum over a two week period was encouraged to
borrow a digital camera and use images they took in the galleries to
design posters for the museum. See:
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/networked/
http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue2/eva/
Cheers
Rosemary Silvester
British Association of Friends of Museums
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:40:49 +0100 "Cameron, Jana" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi there
>
> My name is Jana Cameron and I work as a freelance in museums doing
> interpretative/education work.
>
> I am volunteering at Wood Grange Infants School from the beginning of the
> summer term (one day a week) in order to gain up to date classroom
> experience. The Head Teacher, Denny Stephenson, is interested in a project
> that I mentioned to her which I had seen mentioned on the GEM list. This
> was a project where children were lent cameras to take photos of their local
> area, I think, in order to compare them with old photographs.
>
> I remember that the e-mail mentioned that being entrusted with the cameras
> meant that the children's sense of responsibility flourished and so did
> their commitment to the project.
>
> Can anyone remember this project? It would be great to contact the person
> who sent this information to the GEM list.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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