Katherine M Becvar
Biographic Data
| ID | 765205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine M Becvar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Becvar |
| SIGNATURE | BECVAR K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Diverse Knowledges and Contact Zones within the Digital Museum
As museums begin to revisit their definition of ''expert'' in light of theories about the local character of knowledge, questions emerge about how museums can reconsider their documentation of knowledge about objects. How can a museum present different and possibly conflicting perspectives in such a way that the tension between them is preserved? This article expands upon a collaborative research project between the Museum of Anthropology and Arc…
Critical and reflective uses of new media technologies in tribal museums
This paper advocates that tribal museums adopt a critical and reflexive approach towards using new media technologies to provide digital access to their collections, in support of their agendas of cultural revitalization and self-representation. We present a model which is intended to reveal the important social and cultural factors which should influence the design and implementation of technological systems of access to tribal museum collection…
Digital Museums and Diverse Cultural Knowledges: Moving Past the Traditional Catalog
Web 2.0 technologies have introduced increasingly participatory practices to creating content, and museums are becoming interested in the potentials of "Museum 2.0" for reaching and engaging with new audiences. As technological advances are opening up the ways in which museums share information about the objects in their collections, the means by which museums create, handle, process, and transmit knowledge has become more transparent. For this t…
Diverse Knowledges and Contact Zones within the Digital Museum
As museums begin to revisit their definition of ''expert'' in light of theories about the local character of knowledge, questions emerge about how museums can reconsider their documentation of knowledge about objects. How can a museum present different and possibly conflicting perspectives in such a way that the tension between them is preserved? This article expands upon a collaborative research project between the Museum of Anthropology and Arc…
Digital Museums and Diverse Cultural Knowledges: Moving Past the Traditional Catalog
Web 2.0 technologies have introduced increasingly participatory practices to creating content, and museums are becoming interested in the potentials of "Museum 2.0" for reaching and engaging with new audiences. As technological advances are opening up the ways in which museums share information about the objects in their collections, the means by which museums create, handle, process, and transmit knowledge has become more transparent. For this t…
Critical and reflective uses of new media technologies in tribal museums
This paper advocates that tribal museums adopt a critical and reflexive approach towards using new media technologies to provide digital access to their collections, in support of their agendas of cultural revitalization and self-representation. We present a model which is intended to reveal the important social and cultural factors which should influence the design and implementation of technological systems of access to tribal museum collection…
Critical and reflective uses of new media technologies in tribal museums
This paper advocates that tribal museums adopt a critical and reflexive approach towards using new media technologies to provide digital access to their collections, in support of their agendas of cultural revitalization and self-representation. We present a model which is intended to reveal the important social and cultural factors which should influence the design and implementation of technological systems of access to tribal museum collection…
Digital Museums and Diverse Cultural Knowledges: Moving Past the Traditional Catalog
Web 2.0 technologies have introduced increasingly participatory practices to creating content, and museums are becoming interested in the potentials of "Museum 2.0" for reaching and engaging with new audiences. As technological advances are opening up the ways in which museums share information about the objects in their collections, the means by which museums create, handle, process, and transmit knowledge has become more transparent. For this t…
Diverse Knowledges and Contact Zones within the Digital Museum
As museums begin to revisit their definition of ''expert'' in light of theories about the local character of knowledge, questions emerge about how museums can reconsider their documentation of knowledge about objects. How can a museum present different and possibly conflicting perspectives in such a way that the tension between them is preserved? This article expands upon a collaborative research project between the Museum of Anthropology and Arc…
Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Cultural heritage (1 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (1 works) · Digital media (1 works) · Geography (1 works)