Hello Bridget,
As the UKMW conference approaches in just a couple days I wanted to say I
am looking forward to your article. I
have just finished an essay that uses a marketing perspective to describe
the flickr/museum phenomenon. During this writing process Pegasus was
brought to my attention- this is an another online photo-management tool. It
is worth considering the impact this may have on the sustainability of
Flickr and whether this may be just a fad for the next 5 or 10 years best? I
don't know?
If you think this essay may be of use just let me know. Also, I part of my
dissertation is on the Flickr/museum phenomenon as seen by the Brooklyn
Museum. So if anyone has any interesting insight do share! Please keep MCG
posted on your article!
Best,
Ashley Harper
Art Gallery and Museum Studies
Manchester University
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Bridget McKenzie <
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> Hello Fiona and all
> Thanks for your responses so far. Just to say I will make my findings
> available with the group. I'm going to wait until after the UKMW conference
> before finishing/writing the article.
> Meanwhile, here's a nice link, in case you haven't yet discovered the very
> pretty Tag Galaxy, a 'planetary' way of visualising image collections by
> tags, currently harvesting images from Flickr:
> http://www.taggalaxy.de/
>
> Bridget
>
>
> Fiona Romeo wrote:
>
>> Another potential angle is a form of public consultation for large-scale
>> architectural projects.
>> The 'Eurostar For Tomorrow' group edged towards this:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/eurostarfortomorrow/
>> http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2007/11/brand-in-good-w.ht
>> ml
>> and its something I'm considering for the NMM's South West Wing Project.
>>
>> Will you be able to share your findings with the group, Bridget?
>>
>> Fiona
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> James Morley
>> Sent: 29 May 2008 11:08
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Using Flickr
>>
>> Bridget
>>
>> At Kew we had a very successful "Photo Showcase" as part of our Moore at
>> Kew exhibition, which kind of combines the examples you cite of
>> documenting art projects and also soliciting public uploads
>> The lasting legacy of this can be seen at
>> http://www.kew.org/henry-moore/create/photoshowcase.shtml
>>
>> Last week we launched a website to accompany the opening of Kew's new
>> treetop walkway and this has what we are calling a "People's Arboretum",
>> a place where people can share their photos of trees. This is much more
>> about building a community and encouraging/facilitating people to
>> contribute to online information about trees.
>> See www.kew.org/trees (displays latest images),
>> http://apps.kew.org/trees/?page_id=63 (browse by tree species) &
>> http://apps.kew.org/trees/index.php?page_id=120 (an example of a species
>> profile showing publicly contributed images)
>>
>> Finally, I've also been playing with ideas about using Flickr as a quick
>> and simple way to show topical information, particularly what's in
>> flower in the gardens - purely experimental at this stage, but a few
>> bits can be seen at
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kewgardens/sets/72157604931674855/.
>> This has the potential to tick a lot of the boxes:
>> - reaching out to audiences who don't visit our own site
>> - using Creative Commons so that people can have 'stock' Kew images to
>> use on blogs and social networking sites
>> - giving access 'behind the scenes' to all facets of Kew's work,
>> including our collections, and our fieldwork overseas
>> - providing some neat ways of presenting the information (e.g. maps -
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7441075@N07/sets/72157604931674855/map?&fLa
>> t=51.4798&fLon=-0.2947&zl=3&map_type=hyb )
>> - through the API all of this information, once captured, can also be
>> manipulated to be displayed elsewhere
>> - and finally, but a key point from my view, although I don't subscribe
>> to the phrase "bypassing institutional websites" it gives our own
>> internal contributors, and our broader network of volunteers etc, an
>> easy and familiar way to get their good quality stuff out there in a
>> timely fashion (and if they feel they are doing some bypassing at the
>> same time then that's not necessarily a bad perception to create :) )
>>
>> Feel free to follow up off-list if you wish to.
>>
>> James
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Bridget McKenzie
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:43 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Using Flickr
>>>
>>> I'm researching on the possibilities of Flickr for museums
>>> and cultural learning, covering a wide range including:
>>>
>>> - The possibilities of video (90 secs - 'long photos') e.g.
>>> this group on comparing pronunciations: (
>>> http://www.flickr.com/groups/word_time/ )
>>> - Flickr Commons, and George Oates' recent post on the use of
>>> Flickr as a collections management tool
>>> - Museums as Flickr members: e.g. Brooklyn Museum using
>>> Flickr for behind the scenes documentation etc - (
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/ )
>>> - Museums promoting themselves or gathering knowledge through
>>> geotagging photos (see London page:
>>> http://flickr.com/places/United+Kingdom/England/London )
>>> - Using Flickr for documenting public art projects e.g.
>>> Tate's street art (
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/cansfestival/interesting/ )
>>> and Artichoke's Telectroscope (
>>> http://www.flickr.com/groups/telectroscope/ )
>>> - Museums creating a community of enthusiasts through groups e.g.
>>> National Railway Museum (
>>> http://www.flickr.com/groups/nationalrailwaymuseum/ ) and the
>>> public/friends themselves creating a group e.g. Livesey
>>> Museum for Children - because the Council shut it and we need
>>> to reopen it! ( http://flickr.com/groups/707018@N22/ )
>>> - Using Flickr for creative writing projects (e.g.
>>> http://flickr.com/groups/nycwp/discuss/162532/ )
>>> - Using Flickr to solicit public uploads for competitions or
>>> exhibitions e.g. Tate's How We Are Now (
>>> http://flickr.com/groups/howwearenow/ )
>>> - Bypassing institutional websites to document education
>>> projects swiftly, collaboratively and in a neutral space...
>>>
>>> So:
>>>
>>> Have I forgotten any angle?
>>>
>>> Do you have any examples to share? If it's your project,
>>> how's it working?
>>>
>>> Do you have any thoughts on what you could do with Flickr in
>>> the future?
>>>
>>> Are there/could there be alternatives to Flickr?
>>>
>>> Any other views or tricky issues?
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Bridget McKenzie
>>> Director, Flow Associates
>>> 07890 540178
>>>
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