AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report: Smart Culture: Analysis of digital trends. Focus: The use of digital technologies in the conservation, analysis and dissemination of cultural heritage, 2017
Content Curation & Cultural Heritage
The social value of selecting and organizing existing conten... more Content Curation & Cultural Heritage
The social value of selecting and organizing existing content
Culturally, these curated resources, are not just shortcuts to the “essence” of something, but rather elements that shape and define the character, the perimeter of who we are, of what we are interested in, what we like, give value to and seek. For these reasons curation acts both as a cultural portal to discover who we are as well asa lighthouse pointing to whatever our culture deems to be relevant.
Curation & Culture
Curation and culture are two sides of the same coin. One could not exist without the other. The content that we curate, publish and share online today, is a reliable mirror of our culture(s) and of who we are, what we like, think and dream of.
Curation As Discovery and Sense-Making Engine
content curation is a discovery and sense-making engine for any art, interest or science. Music curators are now industry gatekeepers, approached with reverence. These invisible influencers can break an artist through a choice playlist placement. An estimated one fifth of all music streams occur on curated playlists.
Curation as a Cultural Necessity — Curation Defines Who We Are
In an age where everyone is a curator, a filter for others of what to look, see, explore and learn about, content curation may have become both a personal and a social (cultural) necessity. By curating our most precious, interesting and rare ideas, resources, tools and visions, we are helping others discover, learn, comprehend and make new ideas part of their own.
Culture is the cumulative expression of what we see, do, believe into. Content curators are all around us and help society identify and discover what is relevant, interesting, innovative, rare. If the Internet is ever censored, goes down or it is blocked by unforeseeable events that we cannot anticipate now, we should not let our culture disappear.
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The social value of selecting and organizing existing content
Culturally, these curated resources, are not just shortcuts to the “essence” of something, but rather elements that shape and define the character, the perimeter of who we are, of what we are interested in, what we like, give value to and seek. For these reasons curation acts both as a cultural portal to discover who we are as well asa lighthouse pointing to whatever our culture deems to be relevant.
Curation & Culture
Curation and culture are two sides of the same coin. One could not exist without the other. The content that we curate, publish and share online today, is a reliable mirror of our culture(s) and of who we are, what we like, think and dream of.
Curation As Discovery and Sense-Making Engine
content curation is a discovery and sense-making engine for any art, interest or science. Music curators are now industry gatekeepers, approached with reverence. These invisible influencers can break an artist through a choice playlist placement. An estimated one fifth of all music streams occur on curated playlists.
Curation as a Cultural Necessity — Curation Defines Who We Are
In an age where everyone is a curator, a filter for others of what to look, see, explore and learn about, content curation may have become both a personal and a social (cultural) necessity. By curating our most precious, interesting and rare ideas, resources, tools and visions, we are helping others discover, learn, comprehend and make new ideas part of their own.
Culture is the cumulative expression of what we see, do, believe into. Content curators are all around us and help society identify and discover what is relevant, interesting, innovative, rare. If the Internet is ever censored, goes down or it is blocked by unforeseeable events that we cannot anticipate now, we should not let our culture disappear.
Real-world examples of curation can be seen in things like music compilations, image galleries, and expert lists.
Curation also plays a role in shaping our culture by promoting the filtering and highlighting of what is deemed valuable and interesting by experts, researchers, and influencers.
Additionally, content curation acts as a cultural portal to discover who we are and a lighthouse pointing to what our culture deems relevant.
Curation and culture are closely connected and rely on each other for survival.
Online collections, directories, and catalogs can act as digital museums showcasing our culture and who we are.
If our goal is the one of truly having our children learn the ins and outs of life and the strategies and skills to challenge them, why are we segregating them out of our world and excluding them from the opportunity of learning from real-life experts the things that they are mostly interested in?
If modern life is all about faster change, complexity, diversity and information / communication how can we expect to prepare our kids for the future when all we provide to them is a static and pre-defined curriculum of topics that is one and the same for everyone?
Helping me out in this quest are again Howard Rheingold, Jay Cross, Stephen Downes, George Siemens, Nancy White, Gerd Leonhard and Teemu Arina who have kindly accepted to record a few short, one-minute-long video thoughts on these topics.
The key strategic resources needed for effective learning are exactly the same ones you access daily when in need to find out how something technological works or how to solve a difficult psychological situation. The field of interest does not affect the learning resources you use.
But somewhat distracted, numbed by what traditional media and parents have been telling us, we appear mostly incapable to look at our educational system with fresh eyes, or to ask relevant questions as to why we force our most promising youth to spend the most brilliant years of their lives to memorize dates, facts and notions they will have little use for in the real life that exists outside of their secure school walls.
Are they two opposite and diverging forces or are they the different aspects of the same media phenomenon portrayed in different ways?
If you ask these questions around today, few people will be able to answer in a clear and articulate way. Even those executives working for would-be IPTV ventures would give no credit whatsoever to the idea that an alternative way of leveraging Internet strengths for the commercial delivery of video content exists. Most of the time they see only theirs.
So, what are the key differences between these two radically different approaches to distributing video content via IP and which the related-issues that make them important to me and you?
Why has it that advertising, marketing and new media have been able to rapidly deeply transform their own survival paradigms and have embraced principles exactly opposite to those that made them rich before but none of the discoveries and realizations we have made in this paradigm shift have contaminated our world wide educational system?
Too early to ask?
The social value of selecting and organizing existing content
Culturally, these curated resources, are not just shortcuts to the “essence” of something, but rather elements that shape and define the character, the perimeter of who we are, of what we are interested in, what we like, give value to and seek. For these reasons curation acts both as a cultural portal to discover who we are as well asa lighthouse pointing to whatever our culture deems to be relevant.
Curation & Culture
Curation and culture are two sides of the same coin. One could not exist without the other. The content that we curate, publish and share online today, is a reliable mirror of our culture(s) and of who we are, what we like, think and dream of.
Curation As Discovery and Sense-Making Engine
content curation is a discovery and sense-making engine for any art, interest or science. Music curators are now industry gatekeepers, approached with reverence. These invisible influencers can break an artist through a choice playlist placement. An estimated one fifth of all music streams occur on curated playlists.
Curation as a Cultural Necessity — Curation Defines Who We Are
In an age where everyone is a curator, a filter for others of what to look, see, explore and learn about, content curation may have become both a personal and a social (cultural) necessity. By curating our most precious, interesting and rare ideas, resources, tools and visions, we are helping others discover, learn, comprehend and make new ideas part of their own.
Culture is the cumulative expression of what we see, do, believe into. Content curators are all around us and help society identify and discover what is relevant, interesting, innovative, rare. If the Internet is ever censored, goes down or it is blocked by unforeseeable events that we cannot anticipate now, we should not let our culture disappear.
Real-world examples of curation can be seen in things like music compilations, image galleries, and expert lists.
Curation also plays a role in shaping our culture by promoting the filtering and highlighting of what is deemed valuable and interesting by experts, researchers, and influencers.
Additionally, content curation acts as a cultural portal to discover who we are and a lighthouse pointing to what our culture deems relevant.
Curation and culture are closely connected and rely on each other for survival.
Online collections, directories, and catalogs can act as digital museums showcasing our culture and who we are.
If our goal is the one of truly having our children learn the ins and outs of life and the strategies and skills to challenge them, why are we segregating them out of our world and excluding them from the opportunity of learning from real-life experts the things that they are mostly interested in?
If modern life is all about faster change, complexity, diversity and information / communication how can we expect to prepare our kids for the future when all we provide to them is a static and pre-defined curriculum of topics that is one and the same for everyone?
Helping me out in this quest are again Howard Rheingold, Jay Cross, Stephen Downes, George Siemens, Nancy White, Gerd Leonhard and Teemu Arina who have kindly accepted to record a few short, one-minute-long video thoughts on these topics.
The key strategic resources needed for effective learning are exactly the same ones you access daily when in need to find out how something technological works or how to solve a difficult psychological situation. The field of interest does not affect the learning resources you use.
But somewhat distracted, numbed by what traditional media and parents have been telling us, we appear mostly incapable to look at our educational system with fresh eyes, or to ask relevant questions as to why we force our most promising youth to spend the most brilliant years of their lives to memorize dates, facts and notions they will have little use for in the real life that exists outside of their secure school walls.
Are they two opposite and diverging forces or are they the different aspects of the same media phenomenon portrayed in different ways?
If you ask these questions around today, few people will be able to answer in a clear and articulate way. Even those executives working for would-be IPTV ventures would give no credit whatsoever to the idea that an alternative way of leveraging Internet strengths for the commercial delivery of video content exists. Most of the time they see only theirs.
So, what are the key differences between these two radically different approaches to distributing video content via IP and which the related-issues that make them important to me and you?
Why has it that advertising, marketing and new media have been able to rapidly deeply transform their own survival paradigms and have embraced principles exactly opposite to those that made them rich before but none of the discoveries and realizations we have made in this paradigm shift have contaminated our world wide educational system?
Too early to ask?