Blurring boundaries, shifting perspectives

Elycia Wallis, Ed Rodley, Janet Carding,

Sharon Grant, Adrian Kingston

@elyw @erodley @janetcarding @rondlg @adriankingston

#mcn2012musci

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/794227/photograph-collecting-wattle-archibald-james-campbell-dandenong-ranges-victoria-circa-1900

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/405651/mining-model-surfacing-puddling-shallow-alluvial-workings-victoria-circa-1857

Ed Rodley @erodley

Janet Carding @janetcarding

Sharon Grant @rondlg

Adrian Kingston @adriankingston

What counts as useful data, and what’s just stuff?

Or, someone’s trash is another’s treasure.

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/748506/lantern-slide-brush-wattle-bird-nest-eggs-1920-1940

Are all collections equally friendly?Are there some parts of collections that only

discipline experts can interpret?

“Give us the data and get out of the way”@wragge (Tim Sherratt)

Should we just build API’s?

Are things likely to get territorial? Who interprets objects of little scientific

value, but great cultural value?

The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.

What can we usefully do with such variable data?

Do you have any examples of sciences and humanities merging, blending and assisting

each other?