Museums 2.0: Advancing Decolonizing and Participatory Approaches to Developing Museum Websites in the Global South

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dc.contributor.authorMorbey, Mary Leigh
dc.contributor.authorVillamor, Lourdes
dc.contributor.authorMuwanga, Maureen Senoga
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Jane A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-21T17:50:56Z
dc.date.available2015-05-21T17:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionen_US
dc.description.abstractWeb 2.0 and its participation-based culture offer rich possibilities for developing websites with museums in the Global South museum. It also offers spaces for virtual learning, and representing and expressing one’s culture. However, technology and partnerships between the Global North and South have a recolonizing potential. Decybercolonizing viewpoints and methods are needed to create web spaces for Global South museums. They bring attention to virtual spaces that can be colonized by the ideologies of the Global North.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKnowledge Mobilization at York York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services for faculty, graduate students, community and government seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. This summary has been supported by the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation at York and project funding from SSHRC and CIHR. kmbunit@yorku.ca www.researchimpact.caen_US
dc.identifier00343
dc.identifier.citationMorbey, M.L., Villamor, L., Muwanga, M.S., and Griffith, J.A. (2013). Participatory architecture: Web 2.0 education in the Uganda National Museum. In H.H. Yang and S. Wang (Eds.), Cases on Formal and Informal E-learning: Opportunities and Practices. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 261-273.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29301
dc.relationYork Universityen_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.rightsAttribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canadaen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/en_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectMuseumsen_US
dc.subjectSocial Mediaen_US
dc.titleMuseums 2.0: Advancing Decolonizing and Participatory Approaches to Developing Museum Websites in the Global Southen_US
dc.typeResearch Summaryen_US

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