Exploring the potential of online collections for sustainable creative communities and practices

在新冠肺炎疫情期间，文化机构的活动和运营必然围绕数字化--在某些情况下是混合式--实践和经验进行。这一“支点”为更广泛和有趣的数字实践提供了机会，但也提出了有关数字不平等以及经济、环境和社区方面工作长期可持续性的问题。当我们讨论我们的创意和文化生活的数字未来时，我们需要更全面地理解和应对这些机遇和挑战。学生将采取个案研究的方法，以Amgueddfa Cymru的新网站在威尔士的当代艺术。该网站将包括Amgueddfa Cymru收藏的艺术品，以及威尔士各地创意人士的作品，为他们提供发言权和国际重要平台。学生将与不同的用户（和潜在的非用户）群体一起开发和软启动这个新资源，以调查其现实世界的能力，以激发创造性的实践和社区参与，以及任何持久的障碍，其使用，一旦“在野外”。学生还可以采访Amgueddfa Cymru和其他组织的工作人员，以探索有关大流行后不断发展的数字实践，优先事项和经验的机构观点。 该研究将为有关开放收藏和扩大机构之外的访问，如何以负责任和以用户为中心的创新为前景的方式这样做，以及如何有意义地利用博物馆背景下参与性文化和用户创造力的潜力的辩论做出原创性贡献。

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic the activities and operations of cultural institutions have necessarily been oriented around digital - and in some instances blended - practices and experiences. This 'pivot' presented opportunities for more expansive and playful digital practices but has raised questions about digital inequalities and the longer-term sustainability of that work in economic, environmental and community terms. As we debate the digital futures of our creative and cultural lives, we need to understand and respond more comprehensively to these opportunities and challenges. The student will take a case study approach to Amgueddfa Cymru's new website for contemporary art in Wales. The website will include artworks from Amgueddfa Cymru's collection, plus the work of creatives across Wales, giving them a voice and an internationally significant platform. The student will work with different user (and potentially non-user) groups alongside the development and soft launch of this new resource to investigate its real-world capacity to inspire creative practice and community engagement, as well as any persistent barriers to its use, once 'in the wild'. The student may also interview members of staff at Amgueddfa Cymru and other organisations to explore institutional perspectives on evolving digital practices, priorities, and experiences post-pandemic. The research will make an original contribution to debates about opening up collections and extending access beyond institutions, how to do so in ways that foreground responsible and user-centred innovation, and how to meaningfully harness the potentials of participatory culture and user creativity within museum contexts.