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Blogging the Past: Recreating History and Creating Community with Bound for South Australia

dpeacock — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:10:21 +0000

MW2012

Darren Peacock, Sweet Technology with Margaret Anderson and Allison Russell, History SA, Australia

http://www.boundforsouthaustralia.net.au

Abstract

Bound for South Australia 1836 is a digital reenactment of the sea voyages made 175 years ago to establish the British Province of South Australia. Using captains’ logs, passenger diaries, letters, and other original source material, the Bound for South Australia blog retraced—through weekly real-time updates—the journeys made by nine vessels from England to Australia between February and December 1836. Over ten months, website visitors, email subscribers, and social media followers were able to relive and engage with the unfolding story of the first 500 settlers as they made their way to an unknown land across the globe. The Bound for South Australia experiment demonstrates the possibilities of history to engage and connect communities using contemporary web technologies. It explores blogging as a narrative form and shows how the retelling of historical events can create and sustain communities of interest and identity.

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CANCELLED Blogging the past: Recreating history and creating community with Bound for South Australia 1836

dpeacock — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:57:30 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

Blogging the Past: Recreating History and Creating Community with Bound for South Australia

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blog

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history

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learning

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schools

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curriculum

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Wordpress

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THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE AUTHORS' CONTROL, BUT YOU CAN STILL READ THE PAPER.

Bound for South Australia 1836 (www.boundforsouthaustralia.net.au) is a digital reenactment of the sea voyages made 175 years ago to establish the British Province of South Australia. Using captains’ logs, passenger diaries, letters and other original source material, the Bound for South Australia blog retraces -through weekly real time updates- the journeys made by nine vessels from England to Australia between February and December 1836. Over ten months in 2011, website visitors, email subscribers and social media followers were able to re-live and engage with the unfolding story of the first 500 settlers as they made their way to an unknown land across the globe. The blog platform and associated social web technologies enabled active user participation and promoted the development of diverse communities of interest which in turn inspired an associated exhibition, schools program and public events. In 2012, a supporting video conference-based program will enable schools to participate remotely as part of their use of this resource.

The project has been very successful in bringing new life and new people to traditionally inaccessible historical material. Much of this material has not been published before or made accessible online. One of the goals of the project has been to demonstrate how social web technologies can bring new life and opportunities for engagement with traditional historical source materials. The multiple perspectives of the various passengers (recast here as posthumous bloggers) create a multi-faceted narrative of life on board and of the hopes and motivations of these first settlers, as they endure the travails of a months-long sea voyage, visit exotic ports of call and finally make landfall. Once ashore, these accounts provide unique insights into early encounters with Indigenous inhabitants and the challenges of establishing a European-style settlement in unfamiliar lands. The serialised delivery of these stories in a blogging format enables a narrative approach that is more contingent, open ended – and dramatic- than traditional discursive presentations of historical events.

Bound for South Australia is also explicitly addressed to both schools-based and general users, with parallel blog posts each week. The website has been selected as the first online resource in the area of history for the new national Australian curriculum. The granular structuring of content, the use of rich media and embedded curriculum links support many forms of flexible re-use within different digital learning environments.

The website is a highly customised implementation of the Wordpress blogging platform integrating a unique set of widgets to support complex semantic linking of source material to create an enduring resource for scholars and school students alike.

This presentation explores how this project demonstrates the possibilities of history to actively engage and connect communities using contemporary web technologies. It considers blogging as a narrative form and how the retelling of historical events can create and sustain communities of interest and identity. It also examines the dynamics of online communities around historical source material. The project and the presentation point to future models of digital historical narrative and interpretive practice that are open, social and interactive.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations I

Site:

http://www.boundforsouthaustralia.net.au

Authors:

Darren Peacock

Margaret Anderson

Allison Russell

Multimedia guide, visitor interaction omnidirectional

Christina Costabile — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:29:48 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

digitization

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usability

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Web 2.0

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cross media

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iPhone application

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blog

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Multimedia Tour

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multimedia tour

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visitor involvement

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exhibition

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mobile interpretation tool

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communication with exhibits

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state-of-the-art

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interact with the exhibition

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NOUS will demonstrate a state-of-the-art visitor engagement and involvement concept with a show case of real interactions from the European Parliament in Brussels/Belgium.

Mobile interpretation tools are often seen as a singular entity with no connection and communication to e.g. room installations, archives, social networks and the exhibit and exhibition room itself.

Audio- and multimedia guide concepts with their communication these days work one way only. A mobile multimedia handheld with location based technology can communicate bi- and omnidirectional with exhibits, other visitors, etc.

The visitor with a mobile handheld can now communicate with exhibits, the exhibition itself, archives and leave comments (written, voice comments), vote or even trigger actions in the exhibition hall.

NOUS invented concepts for:

"be my key", "recognize me", "give me deeper information", "tell me a story", "translate me" and "let me control"

and combined staged media with a personal handheld device in exhibitions.

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Exhibitor Briefing - discuss your product. Confirmed Exhibitors only

Omnidirectional visitor interaction

Site:

http://www.nousguide.com/en/explore.html

Authors:

Christina Costabile

The Collective: An Online Creative Community

sarah nuese — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:11:56 +0000

MW2011

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social

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interactive

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blog

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young adults

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millenials

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community

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The Collective is an interactive website/online programming space that connects young adults to the Denver Art Museum’s programs. This site is part of a 3-year project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to cultivate young adult museum advocates by learning about this emerging audience, building stronger relationships with them, increasing their participation, and ensuring their sustained engagement with a multi-platform approach to communications and programming.

The site fosters exchange and dialogue, serving as framework for conversations about the DAM’s collections and exhibitions. “Digital DIY” projects invite participation and showcase creative projects by users. A blog shares behind-the-scenes stories and viewpoints from museum staff. Pages related to live events at the museum—including “Untitled” final Fridays, “Demo & Do” artist demonstrations, and collaborative “Happenings”—support cross-platform interactions between the DAM and its young adult audience.

At this demonstration, we will tour the site and its features, explore the challenges of establishing an online community, and share insights about young adult audiences.

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Demonstration - show your project

Demonstration V

Site:

http://collective.denverartmuseum.org

Authors:

Lindsey Housel

ICA Tour

Jill Katz — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:36:59 +0000

MW2011

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blog

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Guide by Cell

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Sheila Hicks

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Institute of Contemporary Art

Abstract:

Ever since Andy Warhol and his entourage caused a near-riot here in 1965, the ICA has been shaking up the city with shows revealing the hottest and coolest trends in contemporary art. The ICA has led the way with the first-ever museum shows of Warhol, Laurie Anderson, Agnes Martin, Robert Indiana and other influential artists. The wide-open spaces and ultra-high ceilings of its building on the Penn campus, opened in 1991, allow plenty of room for artists to let loose with multimedia installations that climb, hang or scatter through the galleries.

The new media tour will focus on ICA’s Guide by Cell system which invites visitors to explore the idea of weaving in the cultural landscape through a series of conversations with the artist Sheila Hicks and commentary by the curators. Listen to Philadelphia-area scholars who draw out these ideas in their own fields— architecture, economics, science, and religion—unraveling the ways weaving threads through so much of the contemporary and the ancient world. Check out ICA’s blog Miranda for a look at the installation process of the major work from Target’s headquarter’s in Minneapolis and other behind-the-scenes of this significant exhibition.

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Other Interaction - describe in notes

Tour 2: New Media in Arts and Social Science Museums

Site:

http://www.icaphila.org

Authors:

Jill Katz

Van Gogh's Letters. Or how to make the results of 15 years of research widely accessible for various audiences and how to involve them?

biblio — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:10:58 +0000

de Vet, M., Schreurs E., & Peereboom M. (2010). Van Gogh's Letters. Or how to make the results of 15 years of research widely accessible for various audiences and how to involve them?. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web.

Cross Media: When the Web Doesn't Go Alone

jtrant — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:57:39 +0000

Gaia, G., Boiano S., & Pasquali F. (2005). Cross Media: When the Web Doesn't Go Alone. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2005: Proceedings.

The 24 Hour Museum Tunable RSS News Feed

jtrant — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:57:39 +0000

Pratty, J. (2005). The 24 Hour Museum Tunable RSS News Feed. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2005: Proceedings.