Dear MCGers,
I'm having trouble reconciling summaries like 'English museums behind
in digital revolution' with the wisdom, experience and innovation I've
seen in discussions like those on this list and at various
museum+technology events over the past decade*, but the recent report
'Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use
technology' http://native.artsdigitalrnd.org.uk/digitalcultureresearch/
was pretty scathing about museums' use of technologies.
So I'm curious - why is there such a disconnect between practices
within museums and the too-common public/funder/media pundit
perception that museums are stuck in the last century? I'm really
curious to know what you think, lurkers and all!
And what questions should the survey have asked to elicit more useful
responses from museums? What answer would best represent the projects
that inspire you or have been most transformative within the museum?
Cheers, Mia
* And yes, I have already ranted about this a bit in both my UKMW13
posts http://openobjects.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/ukmw13
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