Kajsa Hartig
As of January 1, 2011, working as Digital Navigator at Nordiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden. My job is to develop an action plan for the digital communication at the museum. I am training staff and organizing workshops and seminars. I am planning for our online presence, and collaboration, on other platforms than our own (i.e. Social media).
Background
I have been working in the cultural heritage sector since 1995 (Stockholm City Archives, Center for Business History and Nordiska museet). Back then I started working on a project creating a historical cd-rom (yeah those good old 1990′s) about Södermalm in Stockholm. We did absolutely everything ourselves, a colleague did the programming, I worked on the structure and content as well as managing our trainees. We also did the interface, me and another colleague. A great experience and it’s still a project I am proud of. We used geolocation to attach photos to maps, we placed historical maps in layers and we mixed personal records with stories from the city.
Since then I have been working on several historical cd-roms and dvd:s, for the telecom company Ericsson among others. And for the last ten years I have covered all aspects of mediating cultural heritage online (technology, channels, usability, content strategy, copyright issues, licensing etc.). Today the possibilities and challenges are different and constantly evolving, which is why I am more interested than ever to participate, contribute and enjoy cultural heritage online.
I have an M.A. in Visual Anthropology and a photography degree. I was in charge of The Swedish Secretariat for Photographic Collections for eight years, which means I am especially interested in mediating photographic collections online.
I blog in English because I want to have a dialogue with an international community, and to share to an audience outside Sweden. This blog is my own and the opinions expressed are my own.
More about me
IdeK-lab
The IdeK-lab is an association for everyone interested in cultural heritage and digital communication. IdeK stands for Innovation, Ideas, Design, Communication and Cultural Heritage. I run this association together with some enthusiastic people, who also love cultural heritage and digital communication. It’s mostly for fun, but with a serious touch. The website is in Swedish but here is some info in English: http://www.idek.se/in-english
