Digital Access and Museums as Platforms

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Caroline Wilson-Barnao (Lecturer | School of Communication and Art | The University of Queensland | Brisbane Queensland | Australia)

Digital Access and Museums as Platforms

Caroline Wilson-Barnao (Lecturer | School of Communication and Art | The University of Queensland | Brisbane Queensland | Australia)

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Routledge
09 January 2023

Encyclopaedias & reference works; Museums & museology; Humanities; Cultural studies; Graphical & digital media applications; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Museums in Focus

Digital Access and Museums as Platforms draws on interviews with museum practitioners, along with a range of case studies from public and private institutions, in order to investigate the tensions and benefits involved in making cultural collections available using digital technologies.

Taking a media and critical studies approach to the museum and raising questions about the role of privately owned search engines in facilitating museum experiences, the book questions who collects what, for whom objects are collected and what purpose these objects and collections serve. Connecting fieldwork undertaken in Australia and New Zealand with the global practices of technology companies, Wilson-Barnao brings attention to an emerging new model of digital ownership and moderation. Considering the synergising of these institutions with media systems, which are now playing a more prominent role in facilitating access to culture, the book also explores the motivations of different cultural workers for constructing the museum as a mediatised location.

Digital Access and Museums as Platforms will be of interest to academics and students working in the fields of museum studies, art, culture, media studies and digital humanities. Weighing in on conversations about how technologies are being incorporated into museums, the book should also be useful to practitioners working in museums and galleries around the world.

By: Caroline Wilson-Barnao (Lecturer | School of Communication and Art | The University of Queensland | Brisbane Queensland | Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 20g
ISBN: 9781032104676
ISBN 10: 1032104678
Series: Museums in Focus
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 09 January 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caroline Wilson-Barnao is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland and completed her PhD in 2017. Her career spans two decades of experience in communication and marketing, supporting non-profit, arts organisations and in the corporate sector. She currently teaches in theory and practical subjects. Her research takes a critical focus on the use of digital media in museums, and in 2019 she filled the position of acting director of the master of museum studies program at the University of Queensland.