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
>
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> 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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>> Behalf Of Bridget McKenzie
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:43 AM
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>> 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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