At the expert meeting of the CVN - Commission Cultural Treaty Vlaanderen – Nederland – (www.cvn.be) last week in Antwerpen I participated in a breakout session lead by Sylvie Dhaene of ‘Het Huis van Alijn’ (House of Alijn; www.huisvanalijn.be). This former museum of folklore has set out to tell a timeless story about the culture of everyday life. In the museum ordinary objects and curiosities offer an introduction to the common inheritance of the time periods of the fifties, sixties, seventies and so on, up till now. Digital media is used to let you zap through photo albums, listen to sound recordings and plunge into film excerpts.

What I found most striking is the way in which the museum reaches out to his audience to participate in making the collection ‘complete’, or better still ‘come alive’. People are invited to bring along their photo albums, old home made films (8mm!) and what is more: their stories and expertise on certain subjects. This is all done in a spontaneous and natural way of working. One lesson learned of the museum is that it helps to choose a specific theme in the appeal on the audience: instead of ‘bring along your photo’s’ ask people to bring along stuff on their celebration of Christmas, their wedding day or a summer’s day out. Themes as ‘pride of my ride’ (on cars) will also bring forward experts on the subject who is more then willing to invest time and energy in enriching the information submitted by people. This is completely in line with our own findings in the PACE project on social tagging. I am happy to know that we share such profound insights with our neighbours…
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