Comments on: Conversations with collections

By: The Importance of the Digital World in Public History

The Importance of the Digital World in Public History — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:26:48 +0000

[…] Digitizing collections is “about taking cultural heritage collections and changing them. Changing what we can do with them. Changing how we see them. Changing how we think about them, even the ones they don’t intend to display.” […]

By: The Importance of the Digital World in Public History | The Syllabus

The Importance of the Digital World in Public History | The Syllabus — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:52:36 +0000

By: Digital History…It’s A Wrap | Public History Goes Digital

Digital History…It’s A Wrap | Public History Goes Digital — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:33:47 +0000

[…] Digitizing collections is “about taking cultural heritage collections and changing them. Changing what we can do with them. Changing how we see them. Changing how we think about them., even the ones they don’t intend to display.” […]

By: Digitization Isn’t Wrong, Just Different. Embrace It! | Sam in the Public History World

Sat, 30 May 2015 03:19:54 +0000

[…] pointed out by Tim Sherratt, we all love the smell of old library books and the nostalgia associated with them so digital […]

By: Authenticity and Useful/less Collections | Pondering Public History

Authenticity and Useful/less Collections | Pondering Public History — Sat, 30 May 2015 02:12:09 +0000

[…] is also what we demand out of our museums. This debate is touched upon by Tim Sherret in “Conversations with Collections.” Sherret believes that we do not think of our experiences online are not as authentic as […]

By: Letting Go | Shared Authority in the Digital Age | public + history

Letting Go | Shared Authority in the Digital Age | public + history — Fri, 29 May 2015 23:44:39 +0000

[…] authority with the Internet. As insane as that might sound, letting go of the assumption that, in Tim Sherratt’s words, “experiences mediated through online technologies are somehow less authentic than those that […]

By: Online Exhibits Just Got Easier and Now There’s No Reason Not to Make Them | Public History Goes Digital

Fri, 29 May 2015 18:28:27 +0000

[…] Tim Sherratt explains that, […]

By: Video Didn’t Kill the Radio Star and Digitized Collections Won’t Kill the Physical Museum Either | Public History Goes Digital

Fri, 29 May 2015 17:11:25 +0000

[…] in his piece, “Conversations with Collections,” Tim Sherratt brings up the notion that “in the realm of cultural heritage, digitisation is […]

By: Collecting Digital: Adventures with Omeka.net | The Historian's Web

Collecting Digital: Adventures with Omeka.net | The Historian's Web — Tue, 26 May 2015 15:30:19 +0000

[…] are we losing power or emotion when we look at a picture of an object rather than an object itself? Tim Sherratt has a few thoughts on […]

By: Museums: Getting in the Game | Digital Public History

Museums: Getting in the Game | Digital Public History — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:37:08 +0000

[…] digitization is often viewed as “a process of loss,” Tim Sherratt maintains in “Conversations with Collections” this is too simplistic a view of “digital deficiencies.” Instead we should view digitization […]