Dear all,
We would like to invite you to take part in the Workshop 'Users, fans and followers: Engaging with museums, galleries and heritage sites via social media', to be held on 7 June 2013, from 10.30am to 4pm, at the Great North Museum Hancock, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
This one-day workshop will bring together university researchers, policy makers and museum, gallery and heritage practitioners to discuss digital cultural engagement in the sector. The event is funded by the AHRC Cultural Engagement Fund and is organised by the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS) at Newcastle University, in collaboration with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.
The workshop will present the findings of a pilot project conducted by researchers at ICCHS, which looked at how people engage with the Facebook pages of museums, galleries and heritage sites in the North East; this study explored how social media engagement with cultural content and institutions fits in with people’s everyday lives, their interests and their cultural engagement practices (online and offline).
Participants in the event will also find out how cultural institutions can encourage and sustain significant levels of public engagement via their social media platforms. The day will offer opportunities for discussion, which is expected to provide insights into the value of digital cultural engagement.
Speakers include Chiara Bonacchi and Areti Galani (International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University), Michela Clari (University of Edinburgh), Lorna Richardson (UCL and University of Cambridge Museums), Elena Villaespesa (Leicester University and Tate), Bill Griffiths and John Coburn (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums), Lara Devitt (Arts Council England), Robert Bewley (Heritage Lottery Fund), and Craig Astley (BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art).
For more information on the event, please see http://digitalculturalengagement.wordpress.com/
Booking is free but required. If you are interested in attending, please register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6446053319/eorg
Thank you
Best Wishes
Chiara Bonacchi and Areti Galani
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Dr Chiara Bonacchi
Research Associate
International Centre for Culture and Heritage Studies
Newcastle University
Honorary Research Fellow
Institute of Archaeology
University College London
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