Hi Adam (and others)
You might find the smARTplaces project of interest: http://smartplaces.eu/
- we work on it at BCU, with our European partners. It might be useful to
compare notes ongoing.
Iıd personally be interested in how you got that group of 30 people
together in the first place, was there clearly desire for people to be
involved in that way?
Jerome Turner
Research Assistant
Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research
Room MP345, School of Media
Faculty of Art, Design and Media
Birmingham City University
Millennium Point
Birmingham B4 7XG
Tel: 0121 3317280
On 15/03/2018 11:03, "Museums Computer Group on behalf of Adam Koszary"
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>Hi everyone,
>
>We want to establish and then maintain a forum/group for technology
>professionals and artists to come up with creative ideas for how we can
>use technology to involve more people in culture and make Reading a
>better place to live. (sorry that sounds very grant application-speak)
>
>What we want to get out of such a group:
> - idea generation for digital activity in exhibitions and learning
>programmes
> - to bring museum/cultural activity into the town and make it more
>visible
> - to establish a network of creatives and technologists we can work with
>in future
> - to satisfy aims around collaboration, community work and digital
>activity as part of our NPO funding
>
>What we hope participants get out of it:
> - an opportunity to give back to the town
> - networking
> - stimulating challenges for their skills
>
>If you've done something similar, we're really interested in knowing:
> - how much resource you dedicate to maintaining such a group
> - how you avoid people feel like they're being exploited
> - ways of making the group worthwhile for participants (freebies,
>incentives, follow-through etc.)
> - what communication channels you use (FB group, Slack, email group?)
> - how regular your meetings/workshops are
> - the format of your meetings/workshops (hackathon, remixes, design
>thinking workshops etc.)
> - whether this is sustainable without long-term funding..
>
>For how we could resource a group, we have:
> - 0.1FTE of my time (but potentially 0.2). Neither museum has an
>official digital team.
> - well-established links across local cultural venues, art groups,
>academic departments at the University and the local hackspace
> - TBC budget (probably not above £2-3k p/a) from the NPO between the
>Museum of English Rural Life and Reading Museum
> - free meeting rooms
>
>For context:
>
>We had a recent session involving around 30 artists and tech/digital
>professionals looking at digital ways of exploring the objects and themes
>of an upcoming exhibition. We know from the day and the follow-up survey
>that there's enthusiasm for turning the group into a longer-term forum
>for giving back to the community by adapting or contributing to cultural
>activity in the town.
>
>Reading has pockets of people doing really interesting things, such as
>the University's ArtLab and the local hackspace rLab, as well as a load
>of people working in technology in and around Reading, but there isn't
>really a mechanism or excuse for all these different groups or people to
>meet and work together. There is a widespread feeling that there is a lot
>of talent and potential in the town but nobody is quite utilising it well
>enough yet.
>
>With NPO funding we are planning a new Youth Strategy between both
>museums, are in the process of setting a digital strategy for both
>museums and are planning a series of joint exhibitions.
>
>
>
>I appreciate that's a lot of text and bullet points, but any advice would
>be massively appreciated!
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Adam Koszary | Project Manager, #digiRDG: Town and Country
>The Museum of English Rural Life and Reading Museum
>
>01183788660
>@adamkoszary
>@TheMERL
>@readingmuseum
>
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