An exciting week dedicated to dissemination, exchange and networking. Here are some insights from the conferences I was involved.
MUSEUM ANALYTICS CONFERENCE
I presented with Stef De Sabbata the Oral History investigation in the Museum Analytics Conference on 18th May at King’s College. We received a very positive feedback encouraging us to explore the implications of the tool we are designing for research purposes, as well as to imagine how we can go beyond the verbal/written words analysis experimenting with the audio dimension of the interviews, which is a fundamental component of any oral testimony.
The Conference was also a great opportunity of exchange and networking around new directions on machine learning and data science in museums more broadly. I post here some interesting projects which inspired me.
Design Generator Project, Joel McKim, reflecting on the potential of Generative AI for new ways of promoting learning and creative exploration of collections:
‣
Worlding ontologies, Towards more ethical museum databases. Mariel Hidalgo-Urbaneja
https://www.worldingcultures.org
Developing a Virtual Acoustic Object Data Model, Dominik Ukolov
https://modavis.org/author/dominik/
HuNI (Humanities Networked Infrastructure), Toby Burrows
Mapping Connections through Exhibition data, Claire Llewellyn
https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/news/new-international-project-will-map-connections-between-art-and-museum-exhibitions
CALICO, CHEMISTRY AND CONGRUENCE
I presented the two sonic investigations in the Calico Chemistry and Congruence Workshop on 16th May. Full programme here:
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/calico-chemistry-and-congruence-workshop-textile-histories