DIGITAL MUSEUM 2015

DIGITAL MUSEUM 2015

MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE IN THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES

HORIZONTAL COURSE SPECIAL THEMES

Seminar and training

Intitute for Theoretical Studies and Media Institute MOME Techlab

2015/2016 Fall, Friday 13.40-16.30, A/207

Docents: Judit Bényei PhD és Zsófia Ruttkay PhD

Consultants: Balázs Orlai DLA (MOME), Miklós Cseri Dr., Erik Vass Dr., Miklós Buzás Dr. (Hungarian Open Air Museum)

Code: 230-30-07, 229-36-91-05

Credit:4

Hours/week: 4

No precondition: BA 2-3. MA 1. students are welcome

Fulfilment: Project documentation, demo/ presentation

Consultation: Friday 12-13.30 or appointment

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The goal of the course is to provide theoratical and practical knowledge about the possibilities of extending art and scientific experience and knowledge acquisition with the help of the latest digital technology devices.

The course is related to the new exhibition of the Hungarian Open Air Museum " Transylvanian Unit". The coursework will be carried out with the cooperation of IT students from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, which enables the realization of the projects (as demos).

Main themes:

1. 21th century museum: altering institutional identity

2. Digital technologies in cultural mediation and learning: interactive digital devices and technologies i.e.: QR code, NFC, Augmented Reality; data visualization, intelligent objects

3. Participatory society - participatory museum

4. 'Skanzen' as a special genre

5. Project method: from formation to evaluation

6. Making project documentation

Requirements:

Active participation in seminars and consultations in the museum. The main component of assessment is the quality and completeness of the projects realized by the groups - as well as the presentation and documentation (project description, photo, film).

Assessment:

On the basis of the concept of the project, quality of realization and documentation. Group work and individual work will be assessed - together and separately as well.

Marks:

*Components of marks given:*		*Assessment:*
class performance (presentations)	20%	90-100 %	5
· continuous individual activity	20 %	75-89%:	4
· quality of the realized project	60 %	60-75%:	3
		51-65%:	2
		0-50%:	1

Date	Lesson	Task
9.11	Course objectives, form, TED presentation, favourite museum, subjective impressions, opinion - BJ + RZs WORKSHOP1: Formation of the museum –Zsófia Frazon, curator	questions, interview with the representatives of 3 generations from the museum – written task (as well)
9.18	WORKSHOP 2: Museum and pedagogy –Emese Joó ethnographer, museum pedagogist Digital technologies in the museum – principles, international examples, technologies – RZs + BJ	processing and presentation of the survey evaluation of the 3 chosen museum and representation of the „spiderweb”
9.25	Skanzen as a special genre - the Hungarian Open Air Museum –*dr.* *Miklós Cseri director*	collecting technology – function visual summary of the evaluation of the museums reading: international skanzens Plan of the Transylvania Unit
10.2	The history of Transylvania – **Gábor Várkonyi historian Folk culture of Transylvania – Erika Vass ethnographer**	Plan of the Transylvania Unit
10.9	Visiting the Skanzen: presentation of a traditional and a new unit, Plan of the Transylvania Unit –*Miklós Buzás, Erika Vass*	Transylvania today – 3-generation questionnaire
10.16	Solving the problems of the Transylvania Unit with the method of design thinking	individual focus, choosing a problem, collecting material, draft
10.23	Holiday, no lesson	possibility of extra visit to Skanzen (individulal)
10.23-30	Course week/Tihany projects (mentor: K. Berczi, Zs. Ruttkay.)	intense 1 week work at Tihany, closing with project presentations
11.6	Brainstorming, ideas, formation of groups and projects - SK as mentor	presentation of a topic chosen individually
11.13	Projekt work 1	getting in touch with SK mentors, collecting material, creating work surface
11.20	Projekt work 2 – SK mentors feedback	presenting for Skanzen mentors
11.27	Project work 3 + presentation try-out +feedback
12.4	Projekt work 4 - documentation	presentation/documentation
1.18	Presentation for invitees

Student projects presented for the Skanzen:

1. Andrea Csuport: Furniture Painting

2. Levente Zsigmond Hajdu: Tales from Balavásár

3. Áron Bendegúz Józsa: Ibeacon Technology

4. Flóra Kocsis: DanceHouse

5. Judit Orosz, Erzsébet Rozália Szabolcs: Children’s Transylvania

6. Zita Schnábel, Ádám Zeke: Laser: Talking Objects

7. Dorottya Tibori: DIY presents

Student projects presented at the Benedictine Abbey:

1. Dániel Almássy, Zsófia Elek, Viktória Olteán: New Face for the Museum

2. Mátyás Bitay, Attila Pálfalusi, Ádám Zeke: The Foundeing Letter of Tihany

3. Bálint Eckhardt, Viola Bálint, Flóra Farkas,Szilárd Matl : Stories of Monks

4. Korcsmáros László, Matl Szilárd: Silence

5. Glória Pittmann: Gastro

6. Kálmán Tarr: Stolen moments (film)

RESOURCES:

Compulsory reading:

Bényei Judit – Ruttkay Zsófia: Kulturális örökség közvetítése digitális, interaktív technológiák segítségével, In: Szociálpedagógia, 2015. 1-2., 29-36. o.

Bényei Judit – Ruttkay Zsófia: A múzeum megújítása a digitális technológiák korában, In: Antalóczy T. – Pörczy Zs. (szerk) Határtalan médiakultúra, Bp. Wolters Kluwer Complex Kiadó 2015.

Simon, N. (2010). Chapter 1. Principles of Participation. In Simon, N., The Participatory Museum. London: Museum 2.0. http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter1/

Recommended reading:

Cutler, A. (2010). What Is to Be Done, Sandra?: Learning in Cultural Institutions of the Twenty-First Century. In Gail Anderson (Eds.) (2012), Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift. AltaMira Press.

Caruth, N., Bernstein, S. (2007). Building an on-line community at the Brooklyn Museum: A timeline. In J. Trant, D. Bearman (Eds.), Museums and the Web 2007: Proceedings. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/caruth/caruth.html

The course is supported by the International Visegrad Fund .