Four Models for Community Participation

balancing community participation with goal of authenticity/quality

helping people understand this is part of a bigger story

delivering programs to enormous crowds

managing the relationships with partners in different ports-power,

ownership, control, time

helping people in a contemporary context “see” in the eyes of the 1840s-50s

difficulty

amount of community involvement

how will we market these programs?

can we build audiences before we show up?

what impact will it have on MS going forward on

the ground here?

political correctness, interpreting the killing machine

seeing staff as part of the community for this project

what’s going to happen at MS while the Morgan is gone?

how do we balance the story of the Morgan with the other

things we do here at MS?

manage tensions between the program and the ship

pre- and post-experiences

what does success look like?

how do we go about finding the right community

members to get involved as participants?

community involvement in legs and ports

how do we help people care about this?

Green = addressedPurple = addressed somewhatBlue = not addressed

four models for community

participation

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a tale of two processes

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