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Hi David,
Bruce Lewenstein post is a fascinating take on the topic. It would be
interesting to see what the influence of big data is on these different
engagement models. It seems that many of the new community programs fall
outside the range of the models mentioned in the article. Some are focused
on being more of a community resource and less on informal science
learning. Not to say that the science learning doesn't happen, but the
outcomes of many of these programs are different.
Eli


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:59 AM, David Sittenfeld <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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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
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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
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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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