Hello Evan, You may already be aware of this book, but if not: "Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-generated World" edited by Bill Adair and Laura Koloski, 2011. On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Evan Smeenge <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Evan Smeenge and I am writing my dissertation on community > social media engagement. > > I am trying to determine who has the authority to tell history. Oral > history is taking stories, spoken through mouth, by a bi-standard or > witness, in order to learn more about the life of a people or city. This > helps a museum address the topic that they are focusing on. I am doing this > on a bigger scale. I have hundreds of photos, and am trying to get the > community engaged with the photos. The goal is to acquire stories about > anything in order to have a ornate web of life in a certain part of the > world (I am doing this in London). The photos will hopefully induce > recollections of previous experiences, either close to what the photograph > displays, or completely separate from the image local. > > I want to write a small part on authority. Do the groups that are on > Facebook, that are filled with people just talking about memories, have > authority in a museum or academic context? > > Find my project on Facebook and Flickr: > > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1100855586597172.1073741847.326077084075030&type=3 > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingstonheritageproject/ > > And my blog on the project: I am looking for critiques on the process of > this project, would love the help of anyone willing to give it - > www.kingstonknows.weebly.com <http://kingstonknows.weebly.com/> > > Thank you very much for your time and help > > > Evan Smeenge > MA Museum and Gallery Studies > Kingston University > +44 074 7747 0848 > https://www.linkedin.com/in/evansmeenge > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= 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).