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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! > > > NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: THIS E-MAIL IS MEANT FOR ONLY THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OF THE TRANSMISSION, AND MAY BE A COMMUNICATION PRIVILEGED BY LAW. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL IN ERROR, ANY REVIEW, USE, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS E-MAIL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY OF THE ERROR BY RETURN E-MAIL AND PLEASE DELETE THIS MESSAGE FROM YOUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION. > http://www.orrick.com > ------------------- Rosemary Silvester [log in to unmask] * This e-mail message was sent with Execmail V5.0 *