Learning to Let Go: Changing Patterns of Participation and Learning through the Digital Collections of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS)
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The document details a research initiative involving various ethnographic methods to analyze user-generated content and institutional strategies related to digital heritage in Scotland. It outlines ongoing projects, including comparative analyses, semi-structured interviews, and virtual ethnography, aimed at fostering dialogue and community engagement with digital cultural heritage. Proposals for enhancing public interaction with digital tools and content are also included.
![Ethnography
of RCAHMS
ongoing [Gathering of field notes from
association with meetings, conversations etc. over a 2-
RCAHMS year period]
comparative [Visual and thematic analysis of
study of RCAHMS corporate strategy documents
institutional (2006-2009 and 2010- 2014)]
documents
[Thematic analysis of transcripts from
semi-structured
14 face-to-face, semi-structured staff
interviews
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monitoring of
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Virtual ethnography
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visual analysis
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![Ethnography
of RCAHMS
ongoing [Gathering of field notes from
association with meetings, conversations etc. over a 2-
RCAHMS year period]
comparative [Visual and thematic analysis of
study of RCAHMS corporate strategy documents
institutional (2006-2009 and 2010- 2014)]
documents
[Thematic analysis of transcripts from
semi-structured
14 face-to-face, semi-structured staff
interviews
interviews]
monitoring of
online activities… [Review of project literature]
Virtual ethnography
of Canmore Virtual ethnography of
Commons on Flickr
participant
participant
observation
observation
visual analysis
visual analysis
of the online
of the online
environment
environment
thematic
thematic
analysis of user
analysis of user
generated
generated
content
content](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/clarigraham-learningtoletgo-120521064037-phpapp01/85/Learning-to-Let-Go-Changing-Patterns-of-Participation-and-Learning-through-the-Digital-Collections-of-the-Royal-Commission-on-the-Ancient-and-Historical-Monuments-of-Scotland-RCAHMS-11-320.jpg)
Learning to Let Go: Changing Patterns of Participation and Learning through the Digital Collections of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS)
- 1. Learning to Let Go [email protected] [email protected] facebook.com/rcahms twitter.com/rcahms
- 6. RCAHMS prints and drawings
- 9. MyCanmore user generated content
- 10. Ethnography of RCAHMS ongoing [Gathering of field notes from association with meetings, conversations etc. over a 2- RCAHMS year period] comparative [Visual and thematic analysis of study of RCAHMS corporate strategy documents institutional (2006-2009 and 2010- 2014)] documents [Thematic analysis of transcripts from semi-structured 14 face-to-face, semi-structured staff interviews interviews] monitoring of online activities… [Review of project literature] Virtual ethnography of Canmore participant observation visual analysis of the online environment thematic analysis of user generated content
- 11. Ethnography of RCAHMS ongoing [Gathering of field notes from association with meetings, conversations etc. over a 2- RCAHMS year period] comparative [Visual and thematic analysis of study of RCAHMS corporate strategy documents institutional (2006-2009 and 2010- 2014)] documents [Thematic analysis of transcripts from semi-structured 14 face-to-face, semi-structured staff interviews interviews] monitoring of online activities… [Review of project literature] Virtual ethnography of Canmore Virtual ethnography of Commons on Flickr participant participant observation observation visual analysis visual analysis of the online of the online environment environment thematic thematic analysis of user analysis of user generated generated content content
- 13. MyCanmore user generated content
- 14. Environments the digital space as a data …….. the digital space as an environment for repository collective dialogical engagement Content digital heritage artefacts as …….. digital heritage artefacts as social objects data Users online users as visitors or …….. online users a participants, learners, trusted volunteers commentators Curators online curators as editors and …….. curators as participants, learners, expert administrators commentators Discourse online discourse as monologue …….. online discourse as dialogue Institutions the institution as locus of …….. the institution as enabling participant/learner authority Purpose and information delivery and …….. the enabling of transformative processes of measurable outcomes engagement value Clari, M. (2012). In the Hands of the User. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
- 15. The digital futures of cultural heritage education Museums and digital media Establishing a research agenda for the Scottish Heritage Sector http://digitalfutures.rcahms.gov.uk/
- 18. Lost Edinburgh on Facebook
- 19. Britain from Above project
- 20. Britain from Above UGC
- 21. Beyond Text proposals 1. RCAHMS APIs – to enable members of the public to search for data and save the results for use in developing new uses eg Apps 2. Thesaurus – to enable users to select and ‘vote’ for a Canmore image to represent each site type 3. Image tagging – to enable users to add their own keywords to Canmore images and to search for tags like an image bank
- 22. Learning to Let Go • Opening up to theoretical scrutiny • Collaboration • Letting go...
- 23. Learning to Let Go [email protected] [email protected] facebook.com/rcahms twitter.com/rcahms