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The term 'curating' has definitely been picked up to describe almost any activity that involves choosing one thing over another. I wrote a short essay on the subject that might of interest: http://www.curating.info/archives/205-For-What-and-For-Whom.html Best, MK On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jon Thomson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Perhaps also to do with the long term development of the term from 'curate' > and 'curator' as keepers of souls, and keepers or carers of cultural > heritage towards more contemporary ideas of curating where the assembly, > arrangement, configuration, context and placement of things becomes more key > to the practice? > > > On 17 May 2009, at 01:12, Caroline Langill wrote: > > I've certainly noticed this terms bleeding into popular culture, as >> curatorial practices in the museum seem to the waning. >> >> caroline >> >> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:22:51 +0100 >>> From: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: [NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] curating the web >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> Dear CRUMB list lurkers, >>> I've been following everything anyone 'twitters' with the word >>> curating in it, and this week lots of people are talking about this >>> NY Times article about filtering what's on the web: >>> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/curating-the-best-of-the-web- >>> video/ >>> I've been thinking the word curating is thus taking on a whole new >>> meaning about popular culture selection. >>> Happy weekend, >>> Sarah >>> >> >> -- Michelle Kasprzak - Curator & Writer http://curating.info http://michelle.kasprzak.ca http://twitter.com/mkasprzak