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The Community as the Centrepiece of a Collection: Building a Community of Objects with the National Vending Machine
Jasper Visser and Dennis Tap, Museum of National History, The Netherlands
Abstract
Traditionally, museum collections are often the basis of community-building activities. The National Vending Machine of the Museum of National History is attempting to reverse this relation and put the community at the heart of a collection of objects, stories and discussions. After comparing the quantitative and qualitative results of two different instalments of the project, this reversed relation has proven to be viable, as long as a number of things are taken into consideration. Most importantly: the key elements consist of a focus on the audience rather than on the collection, a link between onsite and online, immediate rewards and participatory design.
Keywords: Collection, Community, Digital Cultural Objects, Online / Onsite, Participation, Crowd-sourcing
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