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Thomas Tunsch
Cultural heritage: Tradition, Museums and Wikis
Knowledge management in museums
2008 Museums and Wikis 2
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Collaborative Communities Information and communication structure Data in the publication process today From idea to publication Collaborative Communities
– Methods– Subjective information– NPOV– Scholars, knowledge and community
Complex cultural context Museum activities and wikis Wiki communities
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Collaborative Communities
collecting objects providing documentation creating knowledge
about objects and the representing fields of expertise
presenting objects and information to the public
collecting data and information pieces
documenting discussions, citations and sources
generating articles, assembling categories, building portals
Museum
MuseumsW
iki
Wikipedia
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Information and communication structure
Information chains– published information research exhibition – sources research publication– research documentation web portals
Networks– links, nodes, hierarchies– backbones: ontologies
Wikis– links, categories, discussions – semantic MediaWiki
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Data in the publication process today
Manuscript
Publication
Library
Data Metadata
Private Files
Jens Klump: The Benefits of Cross Linking: The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (International Conference Knowledge by Networking, Berlin, June 21-22, 2007)
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Museum and WikiFrom idea to publication
MuseumsWiki
Single use of resources and
referencesStart-End process
IdeaPublication
(Book, Catalogue, Website)
Research (Scholar)
Databases
Web Resources
Articles
Books
Conferences
Colleagues
Multiple use of resources and referencesScholar as part of Community (Publication, Structures, Ideas, Developments)
Network process
Research (Scholar)Publication
(Book, Catalogue, Website)
Idea
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Collaborative CommunitiesMethods
Discussion page Conventions, manuals, standards
– community process Methodic instruments
– creating– changing– discussing
Keywords– collaborative– colleagues– communication– community
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Collaborative CommunitiesSubjective information
Scholar
Information sources
Libraries
Colleagues
MuseumsWiki, Wikipedia
subject
field
experience
ORIENTED
MULTIPLE
subjects
fields
experiences
specific channels
unspecific sectors
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Collaborative CommunitiesNPOV
Neutral POV
Community
(University, specific field, Wiki)
My Point Of View
POV
POV
sources of informatio
n
POV
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Collaborative CommunitiesScholars, knowledge and community
public access to– knowledge– expert’s
knowledge
specific field
Expert
Expert
field of expertise
Generalist
general knowledge
accessibility
specialization
MuseumsWikiWikipedia
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Complex cultural context
“Thither he went, because he feared to be alone; and there, among happy faces, walked to and fro, and heard the tunes go up and down, and saw Berger beat the measure, and all the while he heard the flames crackle, and saw the red fire burning in the bottomless pit.”
Robert L. Stevenson The Bottle Imp
Honolulu
Ballroom
Heinrich Berger
Molokaʻi
Leper colony
Father Damien
Letters
King Kalākaua
Royal Hawaiian Band
Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
Hoʻokena
Kōkua
Leprosy Literature Music History Geography Language
Haole
Wikipedia:“The Bottle
Imp”Historical and
cultural background
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Museum activities and wikis
Which museum activities can be seen as appropriate to Wikis with mutual benefits for both communities?
How can scholars be part of these activities?
museum documentation (e.g. objects, controlled vocabulary, exhibitions)
research public access (exhibitions,
visitor information, …) publications (catalogues,
websites, …) educational material Scholars (academic activities)
– ontologies and reference techniques
– methods to verify information in museum documentation
– critical use of sources
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Wiki communities
Wikipedia MuseumsWiki Custom Wiki
general audience museum professionals
specific
size, popularity, success
wide spectrum flexibility
multilingual international
community, technology, methods
Thomas Tunsch
See also
Museums and Wikis
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