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Title Letting go? : sharing historical authority in a user-generated world / edited by Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski
Published Philadelphia, PA : Pew Center for Arts & Heritage ; Walnut Creek : Distributed by Left Coast Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / Paul Marincola -- Introduction / Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski -- Virtually Breaking Down: Authority and the Web -- Throwing Open the Doors: Communities as Curators; Hearing Voices: Sharing Authority through Oral History -- The Question of Evaluation: Understanding the Vistors' Response; Constructing Perspectives: Artists and Historical Authority -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary "Letting Go?, a new anthology edited by Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski, investigates path-breaking public history practices at a time when the traditional expertise of museums and historical institutions is constantly challenged by evolving trends in technology, community-based programming, oral histories, and contemporary art. The anthology features 26 newly commissioned thought pieces, case studies, conversations, and artworks by 19 leading cultural practitioners, including Nina Simon, Michael Frisch, Kathleen McLean, Fred Wilson, and more"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
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Subject Knowledge management.
Archives -- Information resources management
User-generated content.
Social media -- Influence.
Public history.
Oral history.
Archives -- Technological innovations
Learning and scholarship.
Museums and the Internet.
Public records -- Information resources management
Books and reading.
Interviews.
Social media.
Knowledge Management
Social Media
social media.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading.
Social media -- Influence
Archives -- Technological innovations
Books and reading
Interviews
Knowledge management
Learning and scholarship
Museums and the Internet
Oral history
Public history
Social media
User-generated content
Genre/Form Electronic resource.
Form Electronic book
Author Adair, Bill, editor
Filene, Benjamin, editor.
Koloski, Laura, editor.
LC no. 2011935405
ISBN 9781611327908
1611327903
0983480303
9780983480303