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The Turing Podcast: Data Science for the Arts and Humanities

This week the hosts chat with Dr Katie McDonough and Dr Daniel Wilson. Katie is a lecturer in Digital Humanities in the Department of History at Lancaster University and a Senior Research Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. Daniel is a Turing Research Fellow and historian of science and technology. The episode covers their research at the Turing and the growing intersection between the worlds of data science and the humanities and arts, with a focus on the MapReader software developed explore and analyse maps (and other images) at scale.

#2023 #Katie McDonough #Daniel Wilson #British Library #The Alan Turing Institute

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Where do cultural institutions begin with 'artificial intelligence'?

Let’s begin with that inescapable cultural question of new computational practices and ‘artificial intelligence’. What are the actual affordances, complexities and realities of artificial intelligence for the arts and cultural sectors? How do we ensure that creators are able to experiment and are not exploited? What does this mean for arts and cultural workers, who need to possess the technological and aesthetic understandings that ensure wise, forward thinking and make ethical choices?

Speakers: Eryk Salvaggio (Cybernetic Forests, USA), Associate Professor Katrina Sluis (ANU), moderated by Dr Joel Stern (RMIT University)

#Eryk Salvaggio #Katrina Sluis #Joel Stern #2024 #Australian Centre for the Moving Image

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Digital Works Podcast Episode 046 - Michal Čudrnák (Slovak National Gallery)

In this episode Ash chats to Michal Čudrnák Head of Digital Collections & Services at the Slovak National Gallery.

We talk about the history of the gallery, and how the Digital team has grown and evolved over recent years. We talk about the interesting and somewhat unique role that the Slovak National Gallery plays in supporting the wider Slovak cultural sector with digital tools and expertise. We look at the role of digital in supporting in-person attendance, and how designing for this context is very different from 'fully remote' experiences. 

Michal explains of the different ways that his team works with other organisations, on collaborative projects with the cultural sector in Slovakia and further afield, and we explore some examples of public-private relationships that they are exploring.

#2024 #Michal Čudrnák #Slovak National Gallery #Ash Mann

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The Brave New Future of the Recent Past

Screen-based media is today’s dominant cultural form, yet the technologies used to create and deliver culture are racing ahead of those that preserve it, and collecting institutions' expertise is focused on physical artefacts. Concurrently, digitisation and preservation of Indigenous culture, knowledges and metadata is vital to ensuring that Indigenous stories are stored and told authentically and appropriately. Join library, broadcasting, museum and archiving professionals as they forecast challenges and solutions for collecting and preserving contemporary culture now, for the future.

#2024 #Kier Winesmith #Bret Reidy #Hilary Knight #Tasta James

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"TikTok: The Evolving Role of Social Media in Museum Education" by Emma June Huebner

This is the first presentation of the Museum Social Media Online Seminar Series organized by the Museum Social Media Cultures Research Network. It was presented online on February 29, 2024 by Emma June Huebner. The title of the presentation is: "TikTok: The Evolving Role of Social Media in Museum Education". You can see more about the online seminar series here: https://www.museumsocialmedia.com/

#2024 #Emma June Huebner

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MCN Ignite 2023 | Rik Vanmechelen | Putting a Man on the Moon: Connecting Our Work to the Mission

MCN 2023 Conference November 8, 2023 World Café Live, Philadelphia

#Rik Vanmechelen #2023 #Youtube

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MCN Ignite 2023 | Matt Tarr | Dirt

Dirt or "unearthing meaning as we build the future of museums using technology" MCN 2023 Conference November 8, 2023 World Café Live, Philadelphia

#Matt Tarr #2023 #Youtube

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Digital Works Podcast Episode 045 - Ash & Katie, Bytes #7 - a conversation about advances and problems with AI, YouTube CEO's predictions for 2024, and shifts in how the web is monetised

#2024 #Ash Mann #Katie Moffat

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How can we use artificial intelligence to augment access to the archives?

We’ve heard how artists and creators are making sense of, and testing the edges of artificial intelligence. In this session, we look at how different institutions are using the same technologies to augment access to the archives and activities. We will hear how experimentation with emerging technologies requires the ability to collaborate and be confident in the uncertainties that the experimentation brings. How do machines see and hear archival collections? What new possibilities emerge from the archive as a result?

Speakers: Dr Mia Ridge (British Library), Dr Keir Winesmith (NFSA), Simon Loffler (via Zoom) (ACMI), moderated by Jeff Williams (ACMI)

#Mia Ridge #British Library #Keir Winesmith #Simon Loffler #2024 #National Film and Sound Archive #Australian Centre for the Moving Image #Jeff Williams

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From Passive to Participatory: AI's Role in Museum Engagement Ann Neumann, MIT Museum

​Innovation is at the forefront of museums today, as institutions seek new and creative ways to engage visitors and make learning more interactive.

The new MIT Museum, offers a suite of over 20 interactive experiences several incorporating cutting-edge AI. ​Here, the museum is breaking new ground in the way visitors interact with technology, allowing for for real-time collaboration and creative expression, empowering visitors to become co-creators of the experience.

We explore the exciting world of museum innovation, and discover how the use of AI is transforming the way we engage with art, science, and culture.

#Ann Neumann #MIT Museum #2023

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MUNCH and AI: AI use in Conservation, Collection Management, and Audience Experiences at the MUNCH.

A one-hour-long webinar facilitated by Alex Kron and Devon Matson from Balboa Park Online Collaborative featuring Dr. Birgitte Aga, MUNCH's Head of Innovation and Research, and Dr. Irina Sandu, MUNCH's Conservation Scientist, presenting how the MUNCH museum works with AI across conservation, collection management, and in developing new audience experiences. Get an overview of MUNCH's approach to AI as Birgitte Aga, Head of Innovation and Research, introduces the museum’s AI initiatives. Followed by Irina Sandu, MUNCH's Conservation Scientist, who delves into their participation in the PERCEIVE project, demonstrating how they are reshaping color perception through the combined power of science and AI.

#Alex Kron #Devon Matson #Birgitte Aga #Irina Sandu #MUNCH #2024

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Experiments In Generative Storytelling

The line between storyteller and audience is eroding. Generative tools are challenging the authorship and ownership of stories. In this edition of Futurespaces we’ll be joined by Lance Weiler, an emerging media artist and founding director of Columbia University School of the Arts’ Digital Storytelling Lab.

​The Columbia DSL designs stories for the 21st Century. Through a diverse range of creative and research practices originating in fields from the arts, humanities and technology – the lab is a space for speculation, creativity and co-creation.

​Lance will pull back the curtain on two of his recent projects that are experimenting with generative storytelling.

#2023 #Lance Weiler

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Digital Works Podcast Episode 044 - Samantha King (VIVE Arts) on the conditions required for good work to happen, the financial and operational realities of creating immersive experiences, and how artistic and technology teams can work together

#2024 #Ash Mann #Samantha King

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Innovation Makes Art Matter for All with Jane Alexander, Cleveland Museum of Art

Jane Alexander discusses the value of thoughtfully investing in innovation, sharing the insights and outcomes that have made the Cleveland Museum of Art a leader in the field with over a decade of captivating outward facing experiences that seamlessly blend art and technology.

​Jane will discuss the CMA’s methodologies and unique iterative approach to digital projects that celebrate pioneering tech while centering inclusive design, resulting in substantive experiences that transform visitors’ relationship with art.

Practices include prioritizing robust backend systems and developing meaningful partnerships to create outward facing experiences that are successful from concept to sunset, and from server to UI.

#2024 #Cleveland Museum of Art #Jane Alexander

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DATA TODAY WITH DAN KLEIN EPISODE 9 Data and Digital Archiving with John Sheridan

We can use archives to unlock our past. But how can these vast analogue data sets utilise technology and still retain their value? 

Today’s guest is John Sheridan, Digital Director at The National Archives. In his role, John looks after all things digital. He shapes the strategy and direction of its numerous digital services including the vast and extensive National Archive website.

We discuss the power of being able to easily access archival material, the increasing quality of document digitisation, and why archives are critical to the retention of primary sources.

#2023 #National Archives #John Sheridan

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RLUK DSF | Exploring International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) in Cultural Heritage

The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. It’s also an international community developing and implementing the IIIF APIs. This event is the first in a series exploring and showcasing IIIF in cultural heritage. It begins with an accessible introduction to IIIF highlighting its functionality, APIs, opportunities, tools and the wider IIIF community and is followed by a demonstration of IIIF in action using free tools that anyone can access.

Alison Harvey is based in Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives, where she’s responsible for managing digitisation workflows, and supporting teaching in digital humanities and visual culture. She’s recently completed an RLUK/AHRC-funded fellowship that reviewed free, low infrastructure tools for creating and re-using IIIF images for digital archives and exhibitions.

Glen Robson works for the IIIF Consortium as the IIIF Technical Coordinator giving training and assisting the community to implement IIIF. Before this he spent 13 years working at the National Library of Wales (NLW), latterly as the Head of Systems. Glen started working with the IIIF standard in 2013 and implemented the IIIF standards within the library on its Newspaper, Photograph, Archive, Map and Crowdsourcing Systems.

#2024 #Glen Robson #Alison Harvey

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RLUK DSF | Thinking through the environmental cost of digital technology in museums

Nicôle Meehan is Co-Director and Lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of St Andrews. After working in the cultural sector in digital and engagement focused roles (Historic Environment Scotland, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, National Galleries Scotland), Nicôle joined the University of St Andrews. Her research and teaching focuses on digital technology in museums, thinking broadly about the advantages and limitations of these, and the impact of their use upon diverse audiences. She is particularly interested in matters of digital access, digital exclusion, and digital colonialism. Nicôle’s current research examines the value-based judgements enacted by museums in the use of digital technologies in relation to the climate crisis.

#Nicôle Meehan #2023