Speaker: Patricia Deiser
April 15-18, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Speakers: Biography

Patricia Deiser

Conservator
Museum voor Communicatie
Zeestraat 82
Den Haag Zuid Holland
2518 AD The Netherlands
http://www.muscom.nl

Master in Media & Communication Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Salzburg and Berlin (Humboldt University). Since 1997 working in journalism and the cultural sector for ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Salzburg Festival, ARGEkultur, Salzburger Kunstverein/Künstlerhaus, Galerie 5020, Whitney Museum (internship) and as project manager. Currently doing a Postgraduate Master Studies Programme in Museology at the Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam. Finished a five month internship at the Information Management Department of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague in 2008 – supporting the head of department in setting up GEMEEN, an experimental online platform for new media. At the moment writing her thesis about the future of online museum communities. Since February 2009 working as conservator at the Museum voor Communicatie in The Hague.

Patricia will present Down to Earth. Social Media and Institutional Change. [Paper]