Museums Curating Online Content Using Web 2.0: Making Cultural Production More Democratic

Abstract

Since the emergence and application of social media, several museums have been experimenting with their potential to engage communities in a more experience-centered practice. In many cases this type of engagement has promoted the idea of the museum as a powerful site of cultural production and contact where identity can be constructed combining both the realms of individuality and collective cohesion. Web 2.0 technologies have provided an unlimited communication flow in which users can generate, share, and curate their own museum-centered content. This paper aims to explore issues centered on user-generated content in museums and the interconnectivity between institutional practices and spheres of public participation. Through the context of applied web 2.0 technologies in museums, it will examine issues of collecting, selecting, interpreting and presenting collections through user-generated content.

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