scholarly journals Digital Heritage and Public Engagement: reflections on the challenges of co-production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catriona Cooper ◽  
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Dawn Hadley ◽  
Joseph Empsall ◽  
Josie Wallace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Selection Of

In recent years, UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and funding bodies have been increasingly championing the merits of co-production between academic researchers and non-HEIs, including community groups. However, these undertakings are often more complex than we are led to believe and the issues encountered are frequently downplayed in published outputs. In this article we review a selection of recent projects in which digital technologies have been used in heritage-led public engagement, including two of our own related projects at Park Hill flats in Sheffield. Digital technologies are the latest means by which HEIs are seeking to engage with the public, but it is becoming clear that there are significant impediments to undertaking this successfully. These include the short-term nature of the funding, the difficulties of maintaining digital outputs over time, and managing community expectation of what can be achieved in the time, and with the funding, available, alongside variable levels of familiarity with, and interest in, digital platforms by the public. Funding schemes often prioritise new consultation activities, and co-production with communities, over making use of archival community engagement materials. We suggest that academic engagement with the public needs to be sensitive to these issues, and to recognise that valuable digital heritage projects can emerge from diverse approaches to co-production.

An “adhocracy” of stakeholders, the case of ADSA in France (Essonne)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillipe Naszalyi ◽  
Arnaud Slama-Royer
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Hybrid Management ◽  
French Association

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structural problems emerging in the course of managing and safeguarding a French association for home care to a thousand elderly or disabled people between 2007 and 2012, employing 150 - 190 people and on the verge of bankruptcy. In France, small local businesses not only compete with major capital outlets in this sector but also with associations of varying size and origin. Free market rules apply, under the legislation of 2003, to what is, in part, “competition free”, being “in the public interest” and within the framework of local and national public funding. Design/methodology/approach – This paper analyses those pragmatic solutions put in place to meet the aim of shared governance and in the context of a generalized financial crisis. Findings – Borrowing from cooperatives and associations, the non-profit-based management structure the authors arrived at, including worker participation in the decision-making processes, raises questions for researchers as to the advisability of any short-term models and the validity of present social and supportive economic models. Originality/value – The hybrid management of this paper is offered as a working model in what the authors have termed an “adhocracy of stakeholders”.

scholarly journals Modelling Physical and Digital Replication: Bridging the Gap Between Experimentation and Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Dolfini ◽  
Rob Collins
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Wear Analysis ◽  
Hadrian's Wall ◽  
The Bronze Age

Abstract The replication of objects lies at the heart of material culture research in archaeology. In particular, replication plays a key role in a number of core activities in our discipline including teaching, research, and public engagement. Despite its being fundamental to the archaeological process, however, replication comes across as an under-theorised field of artefact research. The problem is compounded by the recent development of digital technologies, which add a new layer of challenges as well as opportunities to the long-established practice of making and using physical copies of objects. The paper discusses a number of issues with artefact replication including aims, design, and methodology, from the standpoint of two research projects currently coordinated by the authors: the Bronze Age Combat project, which explores prehistoric fighting techniques through field experiments and wear analysis (Dolfini); and the NU Digital Heritage project, which centres upon the digital capture and modelling of Roman material culture from Hadrian’s Wall (Collins). Both projects have actively created replicas in physical or digital media, and direct comparison of the two projects provide a number of useful lessons regarding the role, uses, and limits of artefact replication in archaeology. Bronze Age Combat project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/cias/research/bronzeagecombat/ NU Digital Heritage project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/cias/research/nudigitalheritage/

scholarly journals “The Changing of the Guards”?

Museum Worlds ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine. J. Frieman ◽  
Neil Wilkin
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Museums And Collections ◽  
Dynamic Presentation

ABSTRACTOver the past 30 years, Britain’s large archaeological museums and collections have shifted their focus away from academic visitors exploring their stores and collections and toward the dynamic presentation of permanent and temporary displays. These are arranged to emphasize compelling and relevant interpretative narratives over the presentation of large numbers of objects. The shift to digitization and the online presentation of collections is a major feature of public engagement activities at many museums but also might open older and less accessible collections up to research. In this article, we consider what role digital platforms may have in the future of British museum-based archaeology, with special reference to initiatives at the British Museum. We suggest that online collections have the potential to mediate between engaging the public and allowing professional archaeologists to develop sophisticated research programs, since these platforms can present multiple narratives aimed at different audiences.

scholarly journals Crowding the library: How and why libraries are using crowdsourcing to engage the public

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Severson ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Sauve
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
The Past

Over the past 10 years, there has been a noticeable increase of crowdsourcing projects in cultural heritage institutions, where digital technologies are being used to open up their collections and encourage the public to engage with them in a very direct way. Libraries, archives and museums have long had a history and mandate of outreach and public engagement but crowdsourcing marks a move towards a more participatory and inclusive model of engagement. If a library wants to start a crowdsourcing project, what do they need to know?  This article is written from a Canadian University library perspective with the goal to help the reader engage with the current crowdsourcing landscape. This article’s contribution includes a literature review and a survey of popular projects and platforms; followed by a case study of a crowdsourcing pilot completed at the McGill Library. The article pulls these two threads of theory and practice together—with a discussion of some of the best practices learned through the literature and real-life experience, giving the reader practical tools to help a library evaluate if crowdsourcing is right for them, and how to get a desired project off the ground.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Nationalist Movements ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Politics ◽  
The Public Sphere

This chapter introduces readers to concepts of nationalism in historic and modern contexts. The concept of Otherness and alienation that are a symptom and result of increased nationalism in modern politics is explored. The use of digital technologies, including social networking platforms by contemporary nationalist movements is highlighted, explaining the influence that is afforded to average citizens via these tools. Communicative digital platforms are enabling dissent against both society and the state, and the egalitarian nature of digital technologies allows for the swift and often effective mobilization of protest that transcends the online into the public sphere.

Professional Skepticism: The Effects of a Partner's Influence and the Level of Fraud Indicators on Auditors' Fraud Judgments and Actions

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina D. Carpenter ◽  
Jane L. Reimers
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Professional Skepticism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fraud Risk ◽  
Public Company ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Fraud Risk Assessments ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), in its recent auditor inspections, cited a lack of professional skepticism and selection of appropriate audit procedures as serious problems for auditors, and suggested that the tone set by audit partners is critical for auditors' fraud investigations. We investigate selected components of Nelson's (2009) model of professional skepticism: the effects of the partner's emphasis on professional skepticism and the effect of the level of fraud indicators on auditors' identification of fraud risk factors, auditors' fraud risk assessments, and their selection of audit procedures. Thus, we provide an initial test of predictions of the links established in his model, and our results suggest a possible extension to his model. This study provides evidence that a partner's emphasis on professional skepticism is critical for both effective and efficient identification of relevant fraud risk factors and choice of relevant audit procedures. These results should be informative to both standard setters and academic researchers because they highlight the costs and benefits of an audit partner's attitude toward professional skepticism on the evaluation of fraud.

scholarly journals Public involvement in research about environmental change and health: A case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kath Maguire ◽  
Ruth Garside ◽  
Jo Poland ◽  
Lora E Fleming ◽  
Ian Alcock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
The Public

Involving and engaging the public are crucial for effective prioritisation, dissemination and implementation of research about the complex interactions between environments and health. Involvement is also important to funders and policy makers who often see it as vital for building trust and justifying the investment of public money. In public health research, ‘the public’ can seem an amorphous target for researchers to engage with, and the short-term nature of research projects can be a challenge. Technocratic and pedagogical approaches have frequently met with resistance, so public involvement needs to be seen in the context of a history which includes contested truths, power inequalities and political activism. It is therefore vital for researchers and policy makers, as well as public contributors, to share best practice and to explore the challenges encountered in public involvement and engagement. This article presents a theoretically informed case study of the contributions made by the Health and Environment Public Engagement Group to the work of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health (HPRU-ECH). We describe how Health and Environment Public Engagement Group has provided researchers in the HPRU-ECH with a vehicle to support access to public views on multiple aspects of the research work across three workshops, discussion of ongoing research issues at meetings and supporting dissemination to local government partners, as well as public representation on the HPRU-ECH Advisory Board. We conclude that institutional support for standing public involvement groups can provide conduits for connecting public with policy makers and academic institutions. This can enable public involvement and engagement, which would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve in individual short-term and unconnected research projects.

Analysis of Multi-Stage and Dynamic Incomplete Information Game Model for EIA System in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 1336-1341
Author(s):  
Xiao Pu ◽  
Bi Zhe Wang ◽  
Yi Ting Chen ◽  
Hong Guang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Incomplete Information ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Game Model ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bayesian Equilibrium ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Selection Of

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) system has gradually developed in China while several problems still exist in the ecological environment protection implementation as the obstacles. This paper summarized the regular EIA process of China and picked up the stakeholders basis of case analyzing. A multi-stage and dynamic incomplete information game model was established to investigate the interactions among government, enterprises and EIA organizations and explain strategy selection of EIA participants according to perfect Bayesian equilibrium theory and scenario analysis. Furthermore, a suggestion was proposed to improve effectiveness of EIA system in China after discussing the present demerit. Results showed that in a short term, government and enterprises tended to choose evading EIA for their private benefits. But in a long run, they would be willing to take EIA because environmental deterioration would seriously affect their economic benefits. Thus they had to pursuit social benefits firstly instead. The public played a silent role as a victim in EIA system of China currently, caused by present beneficial balance of government, enterprises and EIA organizations. Some countermeasures must be brought out to develop the public participation regulation in the management system in order to break that balance and improve the effectiveness of EIA.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL NOTE

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. v-v
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Irish Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Selection Of

The slightly more diverse fare in this year's Transactions reflects two developments. First, the Society has adopted a new format for its regional visits. Whereas previously the visits to UK Higher Education Institutions were accompanied by a formal paper reading by a speaker nominated by the Society, it has been decided to offer our support to regional symposia, preferably involving more than one institution, from which we will publish a selection of papers. The first of these symposia on the subject of ‘Poverty and Welfare in Ireland, c. 1833–1948’ hosted by the Queen's University Belfast and Oxford Brookes University was held at the Institute of Irish Studies at the Queen's University Belfast on 26–7 June 2009, and three of the papers presented are published here. We have also decided that the Gresham Lectures for the Public Understanding of History founded in memory of Colin Matthew deserve a wider audience, and if appropriate, we propose to publish them in Transactions. Charles Saumerez Smith's lecture on the institutionalisation of art in the nineteenth century therefore appears in print here.

Citra Islam Moderat: Aksi Cyber PR dari PWNU Jawa Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-232
Author(s):  
Sam Abede Pareno ◽  
M Rif’an Arif
Keyword(s):  
Text Structure ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Key Word ◽  
Nahdlatul Ulama ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT Religious traditions in Indonesia are known to be very moderate and tolerant abroad is a reflection of the character of a great noble nation. Between religion, tradition and culture are able to perform compounds so as to create a genuine religious harmony. Because of this reality Indonesia is regarded as the largest Muslim majority country in the world that almost without conflict, in the midst of reality Muslim countries in the Middle East that impressed the dispute into the daily menu. However, the reality of Indonesia as a moderate nation is injured by the act of a group that is fond of terrorism and radicalism by riding Islamic religious teachings. Thus, this reversed religion is assumed as a source of cruelty.   It is through that phenomenon researcher, feel the need to examine the strategy of disseminating moderate Islam by Nahdlatul Ulama. The selection of this Islamic organization according to the authors due to its success in moderating Islam in Indonesia. In this study, the study using a qualitative approach or method as well as adopting the theory of Van Dijk discourse analysis as a scalpel to peel the discourse of moderate Islam published by PWNU East Java through the website. As for this research, the findings are important, among others are: 1) moderate Islamic discourse campaigned by Nahdlatul Ulama East Java is categorized into three segments, namely social, religious and nationality. 2) the text structure that builds moderate Islamic discourse NU East Java in Van Dijk perspective constructed in three domains, namely text, social cognition and social context. 3) the principles of Public Relationship implemented by NU through cyber (online media), among others; News publications and expert opinions, production of image and video-based information, and updating official NU information to the public about their attitudes and views on the phenomena that occur by promoting the values of Islamic moderatism. Key Word : Islamic Moderatism, Nahdlatul Ulama, Cyber Public Relationship

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