Speaker: Angelina Russo
April 9-12, 2008
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Speakers: Biography

Angelina Russo

Associate Professor
Swinburne University
Faculty of Design
144 High Street
Prahran Victoria
3181 Australia
http://www.cci.edu.au/nla

Dr Angelina Russo researches the connections between museum communication processes, multimedia design and digital content creation. She is Chief Investigator on the research project Engaging with Social Media in Museums at Queensland University of Technology which brings together three Australian museums and the Smithsonian Institution to explore the impact of social media on museum learning and communication. She also leads the research project New Literacy, New Audiences which examines the development of user-generated content in collaboration with six major of Australian cultural institutions.

Angelina will present Ladders of participation, social media and museum audiences. [Paper]
Angelina will teach Planning social media in museums. [Workshop]