Pratt: Museums & Digital Culture

New on the Museums and Digital Culture blog: Read the interviews with museum professionals about digital strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic museumsdigitalculture.prattsi.org/tagged/intervi…

PEMP(@prattischool ‘s chapter of @nempnetwork ) had a great time at @MADmuseum checking out “Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle” #museums #fashiondesign

Excited for this conversation! ⁦@prattischool⁩ PEMP & ⁦@asistpratt⁩ instagram.com/p/Cb3B3yBO-_d/…

USABILITY EVALUATION CASE STUDY Curating Visual Content Strengthens User Experience When Securing A Ticket To The MET: Insights From Eye-Tracking by: Alyssa Binda. Check out Alyssa's work and more from: buff.ly/3JM4TYg

NYCDH announces #NYCDHWeek22 "Support" from February 7-11! Join us for our kick-off day on Feb 7: Roundtable “Finding, Cultivating, and Sustaining Support for Your DH Project,” presentations by grad student award winners, and more! For info: nycdh.org/dhweek/

Delighted to share that @prattischool SemLab received a METRO Equity in Action grant to partner with @artasiamerica to make their exhibit flyers collection discoverable on Wikimedia Commons. *Huge* thanks to @mnylc for their generous support! More at: tinyurl.com/2es95vv3

.@cydharrell's takeaway for #MCN2021"Imagine a future where every museum's digital tools allow the public-spirited creativity of their people to flourish"

"What do you think is the role of the museum regarding the ethical consequences of using AI on their collections? " .... well what you do you think?

Great talk/conversation with Prof @elenustika yesterday hosted by PEMP and @asistpratt about #AI usage & ethics in museums #museumsai. Want to know the question that got everyone talking? See the thread below:

Excited for #mcn2021 Virtual: What is Digital Now?- It's virtual (clearly) and a month long! You can still sign up and register for workshops, sessions, and networking events ! See you there, @MuseumCN ! mcn.edu/mcn2021/

Are you working on a transformative museum experience project? Would the work benefit from a deep dive with a group of cross-disciplinary museum practitioners? Be part of this fall’s @cooperhewitt Interaction Lab workshop series! Closes Oct 1st at 12pm ET! cooperhewitt.org/2021/09/15/ope…

Pratt DX Center is looking for potential community partners for usability evaluation and digital analytics projects for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 terms!

We are now seeking community partners for Fall 2021 projects. If you're interested please check our website and submit a project proposal prattdx.org/services/ #uxdesign #uxresearch

Last semester, students worked on several UX projects in collaboration with museums and cultural institutions including @thehenryford @MontereyAq @muralroutes @IngeniumCa @ChinatiFndn and others. Read about these projects on the @pratt_dx's website: prattdx.org/casestudies/

How should museum technologists think about and act upon diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion #DEAI? @osterman_mark—Digital Experience Manager & Head of Education @loweartmuseum & #MCN Board Member—discusses #musetech on the #MCNInsights blog: buff.ly/3iYXoSU

Check out 21 new student projects at pfch.nyc. These come from @prattischool’s Programming for Cultural Heritage Fall 2020/Spring 2021 classes. Lots of interesting ideas exploring datasets and APIs of all kinds.

Analyzing Image Reach on Wikipedia Sites Using BaGLAMa 2 by Marisa Kurtz museumsdigitalculture.prattsi.org/analyzing-imag…

WE'RE HIRING! Would you like to join our international ONE by ONE team? Can you help us undertake practice-based #musetech research on equity, diversity, and inclusion, working with our network of US museum partners? @HaithamEid @NEHgov @MuseumCN @AAMers higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?Jo…

You know the joke that goes "my work is at the intersection of art and technology"? Anyway here is a study on museum APIs I worked on this semester!

Usability evaluation case study: How might we improve the Canadian Museum of Nature's website to help visitors find the most relevant information? by Janet Liu. Check out Janet's work and more from buff.ly/2QnMRom