Today's announcement regarding upcoming brand changes to the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) speaks to a change in how history is interpreted at Canada's federal museums. As my recent post on National Conceptions of History in Museum Settings noted, the CMC has never been a museum focused solely on the history of Canada. Rather, the … Continue reading Re-branding the Canadian Museum of Civilization
New Year Heritage Links
Lots of heritage and public history on goings this week. Some of the stories that caught my attention:In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg recently broadcasted five episodes dedicated to the development of written word and how the word has shaped our intellectual history. The podcasts are well worth a listen and include detailed descriptions of … Continue reading New Year Heritage Links
Entirely Virtual: The Museum of Afghan Civilization
The Museum of Afghan Civilization is scheduled to make it's debut in 2010. This museum is going to be completely virtual. Online exhibits are nothing new, but the idea of creating an online building to house these online exhibits is fairly novel.The Museum of Afghan Civilization employed an architect, museum professionals, and artists, to design … Continue reading Entirely Virtual: The Museum of Afghan Civilization
Is three really a crowd?
For our digital history class this week we are discussing mashups and collective intelligence. The article by Jeff Howe focused on a variety of industries which have moved to outsourcing their work to the general public, aka 'crowdsourcing.' Howe mentions iStockphoto which features amateur photography for cheap, ifilm which is no longer in existence, but … Continue reading Is three really a crowd?