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Lynn and others have given some terrific examples - some of which I now
need to check out!
Barbara's question brings up a more general issue that several of the
responses have already touched upon, which is that we as a field often use
the term "community engagement" or "public engagement" to describe a
number of different although interconnected ideas. In an effort to
specify what these efforts actually mean and how they can complement one
another, Bruce Lewenstein from Cornell has created a great page about
"Public Engagement with Science" on the CAISE ISE Evidence wiki:
http://informalscience.org/research/wiki/Public-Engagement.
You'll see that he identifies four primary flavors of public engagement:
educational engagement, participatory democracy, public participation in
scientific research (aka citizen science), and institutional engagement.
ASTC has recently launched a community of practice on public engagement
with science (PES), which focuses largely on the idea of convening
multidirectional conversations amongst and between scientists, diverse
publics, and community stakeholders (which sort of fits into the
"participatory democracy" flavor but can include elements of the others as
well. This community has been holding a number of webinars over the last
year or so and you can see archives of that here:
http://www.astc.org/blog/2013/04/30/upcoming-pes-community-of-practice-webi
nars/.
There are communities of practice in ASTC that also touch upon some of the
other flavors as well - they're all listed here including the one on PES:
http://www.astc.org/profdev/communities/currentCOPs.htm
- David...
David Sittenfeld
Program Manager, Forum
Museum of Science, Boston
(617) 589-4258
On 11/21/13 5:23 AM, "Lynn Baum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>I think a good place to start, if you have not already, is to read Nina
>Simon's The Participatory Museum.
>It talks a lot about community with lots of good examples. I believe
>you can read it online if you prefer to check it out that way.
>Lynn Baum
>Turtle Peak Consulting
>www.turtlepeakconsulting.com
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>On 11/20/13 6:23 PM, Stauffer, Barbara wrote:
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>> Hi. I'm new to this listserve, so apologies if this has already been
>>asked:
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>> Are there any museums that are doing interesting and/or good things
>>with community engagement? And is there any literature on community
>>engagement that you find helpful (ie. definitions, best practices,
>>process, etc.)?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Barbara Stauffer
>> National Museum of Natural History
>> Smithsonian Institution
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