--- Darryl MacKenzie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A type of community curatorship that I have heard > about as well is the use > of iPods as interpretive tour guides through a > museum. These links all relate to 'unauthorized' audio guides of museum collections. They are mostly about interpretation by 'outsiders' rather than collaboration between curators and others. The initial hype about this started last year, however a big problem is that users need to download the recording before visiting the museum, and it seems that very few are organized enough to do this. The idea doesn't seem to have taken off yet. Network technologies will in the future mean that unauthorized guides will be downloadable to phones or PDA's while in the museum (linked to the museums location via GPS) which should make them much more accessible. Actual tours: smARThistory http://www.smarthistory.blogspot.com/ MoMA 'unofficial' Audio Guides http://homepage.mac.com/dave7/ArtMobs/FileSharing52.html Take One Museum - BBC museum audio tours http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/take_one/downloads.shtml Gallerycast directory http://www.gallerycast.com/directory Articles about tours: Introducing Slate Audio Tours (July 26, 2005) - The commentary museums don't want you to hear. http://www.slate.com/id/2123266/?nav=ais ArtMobs - Art Mobs to Remix MoMA (With Your Help) http://mod.blogs.com/art_mobs/ New York Times - With Irreverence and an iPod, Recreating the Museum Tour http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/28/arts/design/28podc.html?ex=1275019200&en=4da0e3ceb749d4e6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Walker Art Centre Blog Podcasting museum audio tours – the sanctioned and unauthorized http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/?p=81 Jeremy. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).