Recap of Workshop 2: Playing with method, planning for impact – Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network

We were very lucky to have our second network workshop in one of the fantastic learning centre seminar rooms at the National Museum of Scotland – many thanks again to network member and NMS Head of Learning & Programmes Stephen Allen for hosting us.

The workshop kicked off with a set of stimulating lightning talks:

Cultural exchanges: mapping texts, travellers, tales – Anna Groundwater, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
Digital Collections at the National Library of Scotland – Ines Byrne and Fredric Saunderson, National Library of Scotland
A year in wikimedia open knowledge & scotland’s museums – Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in residence, Museums Galleries Scotland
Introducing Scran – Andrew Nicoll, Historic Environment Scotland

These were followed by an excellent keynote presentation from Dr Jenny Kidd, Cardiff University. Jenny’s talk, ‘Impacts and ethics in digital cultural heritage research’, contextualised the university sector’s priorities and tensions around impact, and drew on her own experiences of grappling with research impact to pose a number of provocative questions, including:

how do we use statistical evidence and what stories do we tell?
who is allowed to speak to a project’s impacts?
are the beneficiaries of our work who we think they are?

These and other questions were discussed energetically during the break!

The second half of the workshop involved a discussion of MOOCs as a form of impact, with network co-ordinator Sian Bayne leading a conversation with Glyn Davis (Warhol MOOC) and Stephen Allen (NMS’ ‘Photography: A Victorian Sensation’ MOOC), who shared their perspectives and answered questions.

We wrapped up with a fast-paced ‘speed dating’ activity, where the following questions were discussed:

What project or idea do you most want to develop?
What are some interesting approaches you’ve used/seen for generating or analysing cultural heritage data?
How would you describe your approach to demonstrating the impact of your work in the area of digital cultural heritage?
Industry, policy, practice, public. What do you see as the challenges to knowledge exchange with one (or more) of these groups?

Notes from these discussions are available to view (PDF format).

Below is a summary of the day captured in tweet form – thank you to all who were tweeting! #dchrn

The second workshop of the Digital Cultural Heritage Reserach Network took place on 22 March 2016, at the National Museum of Scotland.

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Now back in Edinburgh for an afternoon with the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network #dchrn pic.twitter.com/48ZAa05j9y

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

Looking forward to an afternoon of thinking about digital cultural heritage, thanks to @jar @_clairesowton #DCHRN https://t.co/MOxgjD8eLq

— Anna Groundwater (@AGroundw) March 22, 2016

At NMS for the digital cultural heritage research network #dchrn pic.twitter.com/ORhj3b0k84

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

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First up is Dr Anna Groundwater, talking “Cultural exchanges, mapping texts, travellers, trails” #dchrn pic.twitter.com/bUuYRvDO6G

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

Looking forward to listening to @AGroundw @NtlMuseumsScot #DCHRN

— SCRAN (@Scranlife) March 22, 2016

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Anna Groundwater – discussing the ways digital can be used to represent, reimagine and recapture history #dchrn

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

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What do researchers need from the national library of Scotland? Data mining? Geo-referencing? Interoperability? #dchrn

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

At #dchrn @lirazelf is describing what Wikimedians-in-residence do. Summary: lots of 'smooshing'. pic.twitter.com/4Sx1VsbwBb

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

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#DCHRN @lirazelf Thought that looked familiar, circa 1604 © @NtlMuseumsScot https://t.co/bnq8xfCN2m pic.twitter.com/7WeBUJCTxc

— SCRAN (@Scranlife) March 22, 2016

Skills, attitudes and infrastructure needed for successful digital cultural heritage projects @lirazelf #dchrn

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

Speaking at the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network. #dchrn @NtlMuseumsScot pic.twitter.com/43w0r2lw7A

— SCRAN (@Scranlife) March 22, 2016

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.@Scranlife available in 445 libraries across Scotland. #dchrn

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

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@squeejay anytime #DCHRN Having just turned 20, we've often been misunderstood in our adolescence https://t.co/6NOeLH41Mc

— SCRAN (@Scranlife) March 22, 2016

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Amazing and diverse Scran images #DCHRN @HistEnvScot pic.twitter.com/C7YMUCezhp

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

Sorry to be missing this but following tweets and looking forward to hearing about it from @LornaMCampbell #dchrn https://t.co/dGMphN4YNc

— Nicola Osborne (@suchprettyeyes) March 22, 2016

.@wikimediauk wikimedians in residence got double representation today at #DCHRN – both @natlibscot & @MuseumsGalScot 🙂

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

Now up is @jenkidd, who’s working with a huge list of folk… including Buckfast Abbey. Colour me intrigued. #dchrn pic.twitter.com/DH4jAEp3V3

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

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At #dchrn about to listen @jenkidd talking about impact and ethics in digital cultural heritage

— Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja (@MaribelHU) March 22, 2016

Themes around digital museum ethics @jenkidd #DCHRN pic.twitter.com/61jjUbiB8K

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

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.@jenkidd has used 'digitality' at least twice. A word I rarely encounter..! #dchrn https://t.co/GvDQTWdu48

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

Ooo. @jenkidd involved with this project, which will def interest some folk I know…#dchrn https://t.co/J3ZphzvNM1

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

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.@jenkidd is interested, inter alia, in the impact of digital on 'openness' and 'closedness' #dchrn Me too! pic.twitter.com/xiLNEktDUR

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

@jenkidd intersections between ethics and impact #dchrn pic.twitter.com/cDPLezi2GU

— Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja (@MaribelHU) March 22, 2016

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@jenkidd listing the whole range of methods she used in museum studies research #dchrn pic.twitter.com/AuxRLCK4ZH

— Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja (@MaribelHU) March 22, 2016

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Case study exploring how gaming architecture might be used by heritage organisations @jenkidd #DCHRN

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

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Risk, fact/fiction, making people feel stuff – ethical dilemmas in the name of impact @jenkidd #DCHRN

— Claire Sowton (@_ClaireSowton) March 22, 2016

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.@jenkidd: object authenticity is seminal to integrity, role of museums #dchrn

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

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Research means different things to different organisations, as does impact – @jenkidd at #dchrn

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

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Just heard booking is open for my April @culture_public Making an Impact with your blog event: https://t.co/fHNBCrcEyu. Mboit to #dchrn folk

— Nicola Osborne (@suchprettyeyes) March 22, 2016

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How problematic is creating impact using empathy through digital cultural heritage @museum_cardiff? @jenkidd #DCHRN https://t.co/X4AhnllIBC

— Anna Groundwater (@AGroundw) March 22, 2016

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Glyn Davis talking about running Warhol MOOC- #copyright was one of the great challenges: how to safely display art for edu? #dchrn

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

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Soaking in all the different ways that cultural organisations utilise digital as a way to widen and engage audiences #dchrn @BlipparEDU

— Chantal Pinkham (@ChantalPinkham) March 22, 2016

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Benefit of MOOCs should be carefully monitored – likely to centre on eg. dissemination of research rather than footfall. #dchrn

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 22, 2016

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.@warholmooc on #copyright permissions- got discounts from galleries for edu use, but licensing 80-100 images cost thousands #dchrn

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

.@warholmooc – if I was doing this again, I would work with much older, our of copyright, material #dchrn

— Fred Saunderson (@fredsaunderson) March 22, 2016

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Event programme and regostration also available via this link #shamelessplug #dchrn https://t.co/To5TnHVf6v

— Jenny Kidd (@jenkidd) March 22, 2016

Excellent time presenting at #dchrn today @NtlMuseumsScot @EdinburghUni loads of interesting projects… Thanks for having me @jar

— Jenny Kidd (@jenkidd) March 22, 2016

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Used a Pink Floyd quote in my #dchrn presentation yesterday and have earwormed myself. dammit!

— Dr Sara Thomas (@lirazelf) March 23, 2016

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