DH Week Workshop: Pinterest as Exhibition
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The document outlines the use of Pinterest as an exhibition platform for Architecture_MPS, a research organization focused on architecture and related fields. It details the organization's goals, participating institutions, challenges, and opportunities in promoting their work through social media. Additionally, it provides guidance on setting up a Pinterest account for showcasing collections related to architecture and media.
DH Week Workshop: Pinterest as Exhibition
- 1. DH Week February 10, 2016 Noreen Whysel Architecture_MPS Pinterest as Exhibition
- 2. Goals • Overview of Pinterest as a Platform • Example: Pinterest at Architecture_MPS • Creating a Pinterest Exhibition • Your Turn: Setting Up an Account • Final Thoughts
- 3. Overview of Pinterest as a Platform
- 8. Example: Pinterest at Architecture_MPS
- 9. Who Are Architecture_MPS? • a research organization led by academics, architects and information professionals • a scholarly online open-access journal of the same name published through University College London Press (ISSN 2050-9006) http://architecturemps.com/
- 10. Participating Institutions • University College London Press • Adelphi University, NY, US • University of Liverpool, UK • Universidad de Sevilla, Spain • Liverpool John Moores University, UK • Woodbury University, CA, US • Ravensbourne University College, UK • University of Cyprus • and others
- 11. Three Main Drives 1. to promote the articles and resources of AMPS 1. to promote the events and conferences hosted by AMPS 1. to add to the wider conversation on architecture and media, politics and society
- 12. What’s in our Digital Archive?
- 13. Archived Assets Journal Articles Conference Papers
- 14. Archived Assets cont’d Current Listings Webliography and Resource Guides
- 16. Special Projects • #MediatedCity • #AmpsHCF • Architecture as Political Image • Google Open Gallery • Pinterest as Resource Repository
- 17. #MediatedCity • Conferences: – April 1-3, 2016 Bristol, UK – October 2014 Los Angeles • Publications – Book Series: Digital-Cultural Ecology and the Mid-Sized City – Journal Issues • Vol.5, no 2: Hazing Iran: Satellite Imagery, Human Rights, and City as Camp • Vol.5, no 4: Framing the Real • Vol.6, no 1: Porocity: Networking Cities for Climate Change
- 18. #AmpsHCF • Conferences – Dec 14-15, 2015 Seville – Apr 8-9, 2015 Liverpool – 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus Melbourne, and Bristol • Design projects • Book series • Special journal issues • Publications • Film/media/art events
- 19. Pinterest as Exhibition Highlighting Your Collection
- 21. Journal Issues on Pinterest (1)
- 22. Journal Issues on Pinterest (2)
- 23. Amps Conferences on Pinterest (1)
- 24. Amps Conferences on Pinterest (2)
- 25. Amps Conferences on Pinterest (3)
- 26. Pinterest Demo How to set up an account to showcase a collection
- 27. Final Thoughts Opportunities and Challenges
- 28. General Challenges • Striking a balance between citation and curiosity • Initiating a conversation; engaging and growing followers • Tie-in from Amps content to current events isn’t always obvious • Character limits, need to be economical • Tracking specific links, not just specific pins
- 29. Suggestions • Big-picture approach: use materials that will relate to AMPS content in a broader way • Paired content: external link and relevant AMPS content • Five external posts for each internal one
- 30. Opportunities • Engaging followers • Utilizing available resources, analytics • New platforms for engagement
- 31. Rewards to Our Team • Broader and growing understanding of the topics at the heart of AMPS • Learning how social media works as a tool of promotion for an organization has been valuable • Adopting the tone and eye for content fitting the mandate of AMPS has been a good learning experience • Finding something that compliments our materials nicely is a good feeling
- 32. Rewards to Your Archive • Broader and growing community dedicated to the topics at the heart of your archive • Broader discovery of your digital content, your events and your works • Fulfilling your mandate to preserve, promote and engage the greater public with your materials • An interested, engaged community brings good feelings to all of your archives patrons, staff and the larger world
- 33. Thank You! Noreen Whysel Social Media Manager Architecture_MPS [email protected] @nwhysel Rachel Isaac-Menard Head of Research Support Architecture_MPS [email protected] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/architecturemps Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/architecture.mps.9 Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/architecturemps