Over the last year, our international network of cultural organisations and scholars (‘Circuits of Practice’) has been reflecting upon the ways museums narrate computing history. Our three research ‘Circuits’ have investigated the role of ‘data’, ‘time’ and ‘objects’ within these…
Over the past few weeks, we have looked at how the material and social dimensions that influence the changing meanings of museum objects relating to digital technology in our Object Circuit lead by our project’s PI, Dr Simone Natale, and…
If the preservation and exhibition of historical objects is one of the key activities and mandates of many museums, curatorial practices constantly challenge what we mean with the word “object.” The research group I am leading within the Circuits of…
The three ‘Circuits’ of this project are allowing us to approach the formation of computing histories in museums from some very different perspectives. Our ‘Object Circuit’ (led by Simone Natale) is reflecting upon the material and social dimensions that influence the changing meanings and positions that the objects of…
Our research project takes its inspiration from the electronic circuit typically found in computer technology. Just as computer circuits provide electrical connections between diverse components enabling complex operations to be performed, our aim is to establish a system of collaboration between museum-based and university-based researchers. Our project name…
After years of planning, Circuits of Practice, our AHRC grant funded research project into how museums formed computer narratives, officially began March 1, 2020. However, our excitement for this long-anticipated moment was soon tempered by the current global situation. By…
Circuits of Practice PI Simone Natale gave a keynote presentation at the WARCnet Luxembourg meeting on 4 November 2020, presenting preliminary findings of the Circuits of Practice project. A video of the keynote, entitled "What Is Life to Digital Objects?"…
The Circuits of Practice project highlights and investigates how museums can contribute new ways of imagining and narrating the history of computing and digital media. The project originated from wider explorations of the emergence and dissemination of narratives about these technologies in contexts such as popular culture, marketing and political communication.…