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Digital co-op treasure hunt maps Manchester’s history
Open Plaques resources are explicitly geared for re-use by others, taking on new forms beyond the main website in related apps and ebooks. This was taken a step further when our (current) list of 145 plaques in Manchester was brought … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News
Tagged Alison Uttley, case studies, cities, cocreation, cocuration, collaboration, coop, cooperation, cooperative movement, coops, Creative Commons, crowdsourcing, Culture Hack North, digital archaeology, digital heritage, digital history, Doris Speed, engagement, events 2012, Flickr, Frank Kingdon Ward, games, gaming, geolocation, geotagging, Histonauts, Histonauts2, history, Jim Ralley, location, locative media, machinetags, Manchester, Manchester Archives, Manchester Histories Festival, Manchester University, mapping, maps, material culture, mobile, objects, open data, participation, pervasive games, place, play, public archaeology, qr codes, Robert Donat, Robert Owen, social objects, The Big Art People, treasure hunt, Twitter, urban archaeology
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Plaques for fictional characters
The news yesterday that there will soon be a plaque for Ziggy Stardust has prompted the Guardian to ask: which other fictional characters also merit a plaque? “Plaques to commemorate fictional characters are increasingly popular: Lara Croft, Harry Potter and Sherlock … Continue reading
Posted in News, People
Tagged animation, Arthur Conan Doyle, books, cartoons, characters, Charles Dickens, cinema, comedy, David Bowie, Edwin Drood, fictional, film, Harry Corbett, James Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, movies, Mr Tope, music, novels, puppets, Sherlock Holmes, Sooty, TV, Ulysses, Ziggy Stardust
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Hack The Plaque
Announcement We’re very pleased to announce that @openplaques will be attending the Culture Code Hack in Newcastle on 24th/25th March 2012 as a ‘cultural organisation with data to provide’. We will be represented by Lead Developer Jez Nicholson @jnicho02. By … Continue reading