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Opening up the Archive: An Approach to Volunteer-led Citizen Science in the Museum and Online

Resource type
Conference paper (unpublished)
Creator (person)
Belknap, Geoffrey
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Fitzpatrick, Alex
Abstract

Through Communities and Crowds we aim to address two key challenges: how to open up the museum’s collection to citizen research; and how to make those objects that resonate most strongly with the everyday lives and experiences of our diverse communities easier to search for and discover.

Organisational unit
Science & Technology
Project(s)
Communities and Crowds
Funder
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Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Event title
Heritage Dot conference
Publisher
University of Lincoln
Official URL
https://heritagedot.org/2023-programme/
Related URL
https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/science-and-technology/meet-the-team/dr-geoffrey-belknap/
https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/project/communities-and-crowds/
Rights statement
In Copyright
Keywords
diverse communities
volunteers
discoverability
museum collections
citizen research
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