Hi. I am Barry Joseph.
I am formerly the VP of Digital Experience at the Girl Scouts of the USA and Associate Director For Digital Learning at the American Museum of Natural History.
When I began at the Museum I used this blog to talk about my adventures, exploring issues related to digital media and museum-based learning. I featured original interviews, thought pieces, and highlights from my work and those of my colleagues at the AMNH.
Starting in 2020, with the launch of Barry Joseph Consultancy, LLC, I turned this blog into a place to explore digital engagement writ large.
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Category Archives: Conferences
Twenty Years of Games For Change
Twenty years ago, I was part of a wonderful collection of people who, together, created Games For Change. Tomorrow begins an incredible week in which what was once a half-day affair with a few dozen will now be spread over … Continue reading
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What WAS the Unreleased Games Arcade? Video, photos, Yearbook and more
What WAS the Unreleased Games Arcade? Well, in a word: epic! Forty game developers – indie, AAA, and collegiate – came to the City College of New York last March to shared their unreleased games with 64 high school students … Continue reading
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Upcoming Talks, Workshops and Museweb (oh my!)
In the next two months, I have a number of public appearances. Some are in person and some are online. Some are to launch a new tour for my new book on digital design in museums and some are my … Continue reading
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Towards a Public Pathway for Careers in Gaming: NYC Youth and Agency (video)
Last July, I led a panel with Nicholas Fortugno (Co-Founder & CCO, Playmatics LLC) and Ashlyn Sparrow (Assistant Director, Weston Game Lab, The University of Chicago) to explore how our two cities – NYC and Chicago – were connecting public … Continue reading
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My “Thrill of Psychomachia” published
Psychomachia, or conflict of the soul, is the title of a Latin poem from the early fifth century, a sort of literary Super Smash Bros. of personified virtues and vices. I used the concept as a metaphor to explore the … Continue reading
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MuseumNext Presentation 2: Failing Forward: Museum game Fails and what we learned from them
In my previous post I shared video and poems from my first presentation this week at MuseumNext’s conference on games and museums. This post is about how we closed out the event with Failing Forward: 10 favorite Museum game Fails … Continue reading
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MuseumNext Presentation 1: Looking at Gaming in Museums
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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Come Hear Me Talk on Games and Museums
At the end of the month MuseumNext will host the Museums, Games & PlaySummit (28 February – 2 March 2022). The goal of this all-online, highly curated affair is to share inspiring ideas and case studies looking at games and … Continue reading
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My RAND Corporation webinar: Becoming Well Played – The Impact of Gaming on U.S. Culture (and Beyond)
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
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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