The readings for today raised a lot of questions, and also illustrated the diverse ways in which museums are publishing on the internet.\u00a0I find it interesting how the internet allows for radically new forms of engagement, while also providing a place for museums to perpetuate the same sorts of engagement that they do within a museum setting. E-publishing platforms\u00a0are\u00a0simultaneously\u00a0democratizing and controlling.<\/p>\n
For example, the Met’s attempt to make their collection freely available to global publics, which may not be able to access the collection otherwise, is a noble goal. At the same time in doing this the Met is perpetuating traditional art historical narratives (i.e. the art history timeline). Additionally, publishing platforms like the Walker’s are amazing examples of how museums can situate their exhibitions and objects in a broader network of intersecting values and theoretical concerns. Yet at the same time, the museum is responsible for selecting and publishing materials that align with their own ideologies without providing a space for dialogue or external voices with opinions that challenge the museum.\u00a0However, do the downsides of these digital publishing practices mean that museums should not create these digital platforms?? Do the pros\u00a0out weigh the cons?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, my analysis of these digital platforms is very binary. I think the Walker’s site provides a good starting place of what an institution’s online presence can be: a place where ideas can be exchanged and connected between art scholars and public audiences, and where audiences can be exposed to perspectives beyond the museum.\u00a0I do agree with the author Orit Gat, that museum’s should invest in creating more digital platforms which aim to foster public engagement and dialogue. Perhaps one way to create meaningful dialogue, would be to post a series of related articles\/essays\/materials then host some sort of online event, in which people could engage in real-time?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The readings for today raised a lot of questions, and also illustrated the diverse ways in which museums are publishing on the internet.\u00a0I find it interesting how the internet allows … Continue reading “E-Publishing and the Public Audience”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150w16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}