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Food on the Move
Project Leader Meeting with Richard and Erin at JWUDecember 1, 2009, 11:00 a.m.In attendance: Richard Gutman, Erin Williams, Elena Gonzales, Janet Zwolinski, and SaraEmmenecker
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Creative Services:
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Richard met with creative services, they are interested in doing more work with themuseum, but their time at the mercy of other departments. Responsible for work forall four campuses of the University. They said that this is a good time for them andthat they can design the exhibit. There is a possibility that a crisis could arise. If theycommit to it, they’ll follow through. At the next meeting, Richard will discusstimeline with them.
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They want to get into design as early as possible. We need to have content before wemeet with them. They can take early content to produce the graphic look and feel. Itwill be a challenge for them to package so many different things and such a widetimeline. Fine a connecting thread to incorporate in design. Not ready to start talkingto them yet.
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On February 1, we plan to give them a starting point with preliminary content. We’llknow they types of objects that we’ll be using. There will be written material, even if it is not yet honed down to the label format.
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By March 15, we should be reviewing creative services’ designs, not finalizing text.
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Plan to give them the content in phases.
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If we can give them an overview, i.e. number of panels. Flesh out particulars of content as we go along. Determine how the space will be divided up with what wewant to cover. What are the components? How much space is there to tell the storyand fit in the objects? Create a floor plan, the amount of space will determine howmuch we need designed.
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Number of labels per object and number of panels.
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Come up with method of how pieces are identified: label for each object, or one largelabel with numbered objects.
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Or labels could be done in-house at the museum.
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Include all elements of design in master plan and specify what is being designed bycreative services and what is being designed by the museum. Limit use of creativeservices.
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March 8/12 is too late to get content to creative services. Richard will ask them whata reasonable deadline would be. Plan it so that all they have to do at the end is plug inthe text. Get them the images and the overall plan.
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Erin suggests getting material to creative services at least two weeks in advance.
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While the next two weeks we are occupied with final exams, after we can sketch outour master plan for the exhibit.
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Research is being organized by mode of transportation. The exhibit will be organized bythreads/questions. Each mode of transportation has a lead curator with a research assistant.
 
There needs to be a period of discovery before decisions are made regarding what we’regoing to value. The objects and stories will guide the design. But without some guidance, werisk having the research for the different modes go in different directions. We’ll use Erin’sexcel sheets as a starting point.
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JWU is interested in displaying uniforms
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Class issues play out in varied experiences for the different modes of transportation.
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On blog, post crossover links between different modes of transportation. Help to establishcrossover threads.
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Leave room for wildcard threads/questions that come out through our research. Encourageresearchers to document intriguing stories found in research.
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Objects Research:
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Erin requests that researcher email her the scope of what they’re looking for. She’lldo the database search and ask colleagues for input on potential related objects. Givethe subject matter and the time period. Then come in, and go through the objectstogether, which will then lead to something else.
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Erin is looking for a way to give access to a password-protected read-only databasefor outside researchers.
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When a researcher is on site, Erin does not need to be with them every moment. Shehelps pull the objects, then sits you down in the archives.
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If looking at a specific time period, it helps to work with multiple people because shecan pull all related material at once. Searches for the same mode of transportationcould also be done at the same time.
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For each transportation mode, it’s likely one person will be doing object research andone will be done historical background research.
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As soon as people have a subject matter and time period, researchers should emailErin. Then appointments can be made ASAP.
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At least give people, all working on different subjects, will be working with Erin. It isfine for people to be contacting her individually and then coming in on their own.
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We can plan to be here an entire day. Better not to devote a whole week, becausethere are other projects that Erin needs to be working on.
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The amount of time researching at JWU depends on how detailed you need to get. Forinstance, if you want to look at all airline menus, you could spend hours. It dependson how much the objects mean to the story. Researchers need to not get distracted byobjects that are extraneous to the story. Getting an overview of data will take longer.Depends how much we want to put it in perspective. The amount used in theexhibition is a distillation, and a comparatively small amount of information. Need toget the big picture in order to determine what should be conveyed to the viewer.
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Look through menus to identify trends. Identify important themes and concepts, i.e.marketing, food safety and product identification. Important contextual information.We’re encouraged to get at this level of detail, have reasoning behind our choices.
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Researchers will probably want to come in the last three weeks of January. We don’twant to disrupt Erin’s schedule.
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Borrowing objects needs to be done as soon as possible. Request should go out jointly, work with Erin.
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