Democratising the museum : reflections on participatory technologies / Pille Runnel, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt (eds.)

Authors -- The Challenge of Democratising the Museum / Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille Runnel -- I. Theorising and analysing participation: Who Authors the Nation? The Debate Surrounding the Building of the New Estonian National Museum / Pille Runnel, Taavi Tatsi, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt ; When the Museum Becomes the Message for Participating Audiences / Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille Runnel ; A Multi-Method and Multi-Site Interventionist Approach to Studying Audience Participation in Museums / Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille Runnel, Agnes Aljas -- II. Museum audiences as participants: Handicraft Hobbyists in an Ethnographic Museum - Negotiating Expertise and Participation / Krista Lepik, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt ; Analysis of Participatory Activities in the Museums in Latvia / Linda Lotina -- III. Struggles of museum professional: Facing the Death of the Author. Cultural Professional’s Identity Work and the Fantasies of Control / Nico Carpentier ; Identity Struggles of Museum Professionals: Autonomous Expertise and Audience Participation in Exhibition Production / Taavi Tatsi ; Democratising Collections through Audience Participation: Opportunities and Obstacles / Taavi Tatsi, Agnes Aljas -- IV. Digital technologies for participation: Digital Cultural Heritage - Challenging Museums, Archives and Users / Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Agnes Aljas ; Happily Lost in Virtual Space? / Nico Carpentier ; Increasing the Usability of the Museum: Four Studies / Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Pille Runnel -- V. Conclusion: Visitors, Users, Audiences: Conceptualising People in the Museum / Pille Runnel, Krista Lepik, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt