PhilaPlace to AnyPlace: MWEB 2011 Paper Session Accepted!
- By Michelle Ghadfa
- December 2, 2010
We have partnered once again with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) to present "PhilaPlace to AnyPlace" – an evaluative review of the PhilaPlace website, focused on exploring the potential ways this community and mapping platform can be shared with other historical and cultural organizations.
PhilaPlace is a collaborative and interactive community-oriented website that connects stories to places across time throughout Philadelphia’s neighborhoods, creating an enduring record of collective heritage. Through the integration of two open source solutions—Google Maps and Collective Access collections management system – PhilaPlace supports a rich feature set that facilitates an interpretive mosaic of historical records as well as stories, photos, and video shared by ordinary people of all backgrounds.
The paper focuses on the potential of current open-source technologies, advances in GIS mapping, and increased access to archival and community-curated content to situate and visualize the history of a place in innovative ways. The PhilaPlace platform affords a rich opportunity for closer inspection and evaluation as a potentially viable model and reproducible platform for broader application within the museum and historical center world (AnyPlace).
In keeping with this model, we are in the initial phase of collaborating with HSP on creating a consortium of cultural organizations in Philadelphia and beyond who will use the Anyplace platform. Please contact us if you are interested in participating.
Authors
- Matthew Fisher, President of Night Kitchen Interactive
- Stacey Mann, Director of Learning Strategies at Night Kitchen Interactive
- Kim Sajet, Executive Director of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Minda Borun, Principal of Museum Solutions
Event Details
Museums and the Web Conference
April 6-9, 2011
Philadelphia, PA
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