Dear Mia, Shelley Mannion, a graduate student at the University of Lugano, has been funded by the Rubin Foundation to do a study of tagging of Tibetan artworks by members of Tibetan communities in Zurich and New York. The Zurich taggers are tagging in German; the New York community members will tag in English. Shelley has developed a project-specific skin for the steve tagger to support her research, and translated all of the tagger interface materials into German.
Shelley shares a particular interest with many of the members of the steve team in how tagging may reveal differences in perceptions of works of art (and bring to light pockets of previously untapped expert cultural knowledge) in communities with a cultural affinity for an artwork. She has promised, once she finishes some pressing work, to share the preliminary methodology and results of her research with the steve discuss list (if you're not subscribed to that list, I urge you to join the discussion; the list is available in a digest format, and in any event is not usually to burdensome: http://www.steve.museum/mailman/listinfo/discuss). Best, Susan -- Susan Chun 17 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 USA E: susan at susanchun.com T: (212) 737-0518 F: (212) 658-9095 > From: "Ridge, Mia" <mridge at museumoflondon.org.uk> > Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:14:00 +0100 > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Conversation: [MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging > experimentdeployed > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging > experimentdeployed > > I'd also be really interested to hear about anyone using steve to create > multi-lingual tags. > > Which reminds me, I keep meaning to ask if anyone has used steve for diversity > projects, for example asking members of representative communities to tag > objects. > > So, has anyone used steve.museum tagging specifically for diversity projects? > > Best regards, Mia > >> > > Mia Ridge > Database Developer, Museum Systems Team > Museum of London Group > 46 Eagle Wharf Road > London. N1 7ED > Tel: 020 7410 2205 > Fax: 020 7600 1058 > Email: mridge at museumoflondon.org.uk > www.museumoflondon.org.uk > Museum of London is changing; our lower galleries will be closed while they > undergo a major new development. Visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk to find out > more. > London's Burning - explore how the Great Fire of London shaped the city we see > today www.museumoflondon.org.uk/londonsburning > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu]On Behalf Of >> J. Trant >> Sent: 17 July 2007 13:44 >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging >> experimentdeployed >> >> >> Please do try and tag in languages other than English! >> >> The tagger software is language agnostic; it will accept >> terms in any language. >> >> We're also very interested in exploring the implications of >> foreign-language terms in the tag set. Indeed, some hope that tagging >> might be a way to provide alternative language access to collections. >> >> best, >> >> jennifer >> >> At 2:17 PM +0200 7/17/07, Else Laura Rademaker wrote: >>> Hi Jennifer, >>> >>> A question before I will try tagging the objects of art: >>> What happens when one starts tagging in Dutch or an other foreign >>> language? >>> >>> >>> Else Laura Rademaker >>> else.rademaker at den.nl >>> Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN) >>> Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 >>> Postbus 90407 >>> 2509 LK Den Haag, the Netherlands >>> T. + 31 (0)70 314 0762 >>> www.den.nl >>> www.digitaalallemaal.nl >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] >> On Behalf Of >>> J. Trant >>> Sent: donderdag 12 juli 2007 16:02 >>> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> Subject: [MCN-L] [steve.discuss] second phase of steve tagging >>> experimentdeployed >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> we've just deployed the second phase of the steve.museum tagging >>> experiment. at http://tagger.steve.museum >>> >>> the steve tagger (a piece of open-source software) is a key tool in >>> our IMLS-funded study of the contribution social tagging and >>> folksonomy can make to on-line access to art collections. throughout >>> our experiement we'll be varying the interface of the tagger to find >>> out what encourages tagging, and we'll also be studying the results >>> of tags, to see if they are: >>> >>> - real words (we're using word net) >>> - terms from our discipline (we're using the AAT and ULAN) >>> - new to the museum (we're comparing to museum documentation) >>> - appropriate to the work of art (we're doing term-by-term >>> review). >>> >>> we're looking forward to sharing the results of our study with the >>> community. If you'd like to participate, please come by. [it's ok if >>> you don't work in an art museum -- and ok if you do!] >>> >>> Go to http://tagger.steve.museum >>> - create an account [this is important for our research] >>> - Tag Art! >>> Thanks. >>> >>> jennifer >>> >>> -- >>> __________ >>> J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com >>> Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 >>> Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 >>> 158 Lee Ave, Toronto >>> Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com >>> __________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> >> -- >> __________ >> J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com >> Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 >> Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 >> 158 Lee Ave, Toronto >> Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com >> __________ >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the >> Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
