'Quality' in the age of social media: is it only in the eye of the beholder? Arguments continue in curation!

Great Lakes THAT Camp (Mar 18 2010) Science , Social Media

1. Particularly in fine art contexts, we see a lot of tension between the expertise of the curatorial/museum voice vs. the ‘citizen curator’ and crowdsourced content. Although ostensibly an advocate for a ‘social media’ kind of curatorial practice, I have been fascinated to find that I’m not immune from this conflict: at times I find myself coming down, rather awkwardly, on the side of ‘quality’ and the curator’s authority. (Read Full Article)

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