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by wl 1025 days ago
Most museums display only a fraction of their holdings at any given time.
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Because of limitations on physical space.
I think curation is inherently valued too.
With a TV show, I would expect the curation to involve exhibits about it. Summaries, context, interviews, etc. The actual episodes should be easy to access and not in cold storage.
In the TV show case I think curation means highlighting notable content and grouping together similar content (for various definitions of similar). I suppose the algorithms attempt to do this but are generally bad compared to human curation. I agree that it makes no sense to have all content available underneath this curation though.
And if the full collection is on display, more people can curate
Doesn't curation imply the full collection is not on display? I guess it depends on the definition you use.
In the digital preservation world, a 'display' is just a playlist on YouTube or a webpage surrounding specific recordings with extra information. In this context, it is certainly plausible to have several distinct 'curations' of the same artefacts being shown simultaneously.
Don’t think you’re understanding what curate means in this context