NAMP/Wallace Workshops
Social Collections, New Metrics, Maps and Other Australian Oddities
Strategic Social Media Seminar for the Cultural Sector featuring SEBASTIAN CHAN
August 28th, 2009 from 9AM to 5PM
Phyllis Wattis Theater at SFMOMA, San Francisco
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This event is SOLD OUT. If you have any questions, or need further information, please write James G. Leventhal jleventhal@magnes.org.
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In a free flowing day of provocative presentation and Q&As, Sebastian Chan will take participants through a range of proven projects and experimental prototypes. These will raise questions about the role of collections and collection data in the digital age; new ways of engaging with communities; and experiments for using mobile technologies in galleries and out in the world around us. It will also address issues around how to better measure digital initiatives and also address philosophies of open access and emerging business models around open content.
SEBASTIAN CHAN leads the Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies department at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. His teams include the museum’s web unit, audio visual and photography, rights & permission and the photo library, the research library and Thinkspace, the Powerhouse’s digital media teaching laboratories. He is a researcher in several Australian Research Council Linkage projects researching social media, museums, and technology; and speaks internationally about the use of cutting edge technology in the cultural sector. He is on the international programme committees of Museums and the Web (USA), Digital Strategies for Heritage (Eu), the Horizon.Au New Media Consortium, and is an International Steering Committee member of Culturemondo, an international group of representatives of cultural portal strategists. Seb is also a member of the Australian Government’s Government 2.0 Taskforce examining ways of improving citizen engagement with government and opening access to public sector information.
This workshop is open to those interested in exploring the use of social media to extend user communication with museum programs, including arts administrators who work in theatre, dance, music and opera. No prior experience or technical expertise is required.
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