Again...more results from just following a flow...ok I admit it I am still catching up on reading Fresh + New(er),,,but apparently series 2 of Marcus Westbury's Not Quite Art series featured an episode on 'DIY Museums' looking at the challenges of cultural institutions in adapting to the digital environment. What's more, the series is available to download online as vodcasts. Awesome! http://www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart/
From Fresh + New(er)
What Marcus has done in the DIY Museums episode is look at how ‘memory institutions’ are dealing with the reality that they are no longer the sole arbiters of collective memory; nor are they necessarily well placed to collect the burgeoning diversity of contemporary culture and cultural expression. As one interviewee says “everything now is a niche, just the size of the niche differs” – and this poses enormous problems for those who job it is to collect. Fortunately, the same digital tools of production that are, in part driving this diversity, are also providing the means for others to collect and present – again, another challenge for established institutions.
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