2. Finding space for the
experiment:
digital collaborations and their
influence on the museum
John Coburn | @j0hncoburn | Tyne & Wear Archives &
Museums
9. “Digital in the museum can be a
Trojan horse through which we can
legitimately test the ideas we might
have been afraid to try out under
any other departmental name”.
11. storytelling questioning new human
experiences design for user
behaviours meaningful
experimentation untested ideas
latent potential of collections
objects as source material reuse
new curatorial practice
15. Guiding principles:
Seeding a culture of collaboration demands we
start from a position of openness
(Release collections
Enable reuse
Be generous to ideas from outside TWAM)
16. Guiding principles:
We can inspire new public engagement
with collections by enabling new and
imaginative articulations of their value
44. “The nature of creativity is to make
space for things to happen…we can
drive it out with our busyness and
plans”
Iain McGilchrist
45. All of these projects are cross-departmental
Creating a synergy between like-minded
people who see the benefit of sharing, not
work make
TNT
46. All of these projects are cross-departmental
Creating a synergy between like-minded
people who see the benefit of sharing, not
work make
TNT
TNT
(Try New Things)
47. All of these projects are cross-departmental
Creating a synergy between like-minded
people who see the benefit of sharing, not
work make
TNT
Meaningful experimentation, not “digital” first and
foremost.
Pilot questions or methodologies innovative to
practice of TWAM.
Public engagement & new audiences focus.
Learning is transparent and shared with colleagues.
48.
49. Can the museum collect and
interpret public biometric and
socioeconomic data as new
format of social histories?
50.
51. “Leading (the most effective change) does not mean
coming up with answers and then motivating
everyone to follow your messianic vision. It means
having the humility to grasp the fact that you do not
yet understand enough to have the answers and
then to ask the questions that will lead to the best
possible insights”.
Jim Collins, Good to Great