Category Archives: Barry Joseph Consulting

MuseumNext Presentation 1: Looking at Gaming in Museums

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Barry

This week I had the honor of presenting not once but twice at a MuseumNext conference. A year ago I wrote here about how I used Clubhouse to make connections at a MuseumNext; then last fall I wrote here about … Continue reading →

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DECEMBER 2021 BJC NEWSLETTER: My Year in Review

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Barry

This fall I began to send out monthly newsletters about my work across a wide range of fields. If you would like to receive these (about my work, but there are also ones about my two upcoming books), please sign … Continue reading →

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Announcing development of new RAND racial equity policy games

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Barry

I can finally announce my new partnership with the Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy (CAREP) at the RAND Corporation to produce games about racial equity policy. Phew – it was hard keeping this one a secret! What is RAND, … Continue reading →

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My RAND Corporation webinar: Becoming Well Played – The Impact of Gaming on U.S. Culture (and Beyond)

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Barry

This Wednesday I am thrilled to have the opportunity to present a webinar jointly supported by the RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy and the RAND Center for Gaming: Becoming Well Played – The Impact of Gaming on U.S. … Continue reading →

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Video: The Revolution Has Been Digitized: MicroRangers, Youth Programs, and a Toolkit for the Future of Museums

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Barry

Can teenagers co-design new digital experiences for museums? For six years at the American Museum of Natural History, we did just that. This week I was delighted to present how at the MuseumNext’s Digital Learning Summit. Named after an earlier … Continue reading →

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 4: Gaming the Future

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Barry

The second part of this research project, detailed in the previous post, explored the community context of games. The third and final part of the research, explored in this post, is about youth use games to shape their future. More … Continue reading →

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Invitation to be an early reader on my 2022 book on digital design in museums

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Barry

If you haven’t heard, I have a book coming out next year on digital design in museums (from the American Alliance of Museums with Rowman & Littlefield in August, 2022). Having recently completed my first draft, I am now looking … Continue reading →

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Where to catch me this week at MuseumNext and MCN

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Barry

You know what they say: when it rains, it pours. I haven’t been to a conference in months – last August’s Play Make Learn Conference and, before that, MuseWeb in April. Next week, however, I am set to attend two! … Continue reading →

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 3: Community as Context for Gaming

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Barry

The first part of this research project, detailed in the previous post, explored what games youth are playing and how they use games to manage their feelings and shape their identity. In other words, games and the self.  The second … Continue reading →

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NYC Youth & Gaming, part 2: Managing Feelings, Shaping Identities

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Barry

In this post we will look at how NYC teens use video games to manage their feelings and shape their identity. This is the second of four posts (the previous being Re-centering Around Agency). 5. GAMES THEY PLAY The 20 … Continue reading →

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