The Museums | Cultural Heritage | Digital Media Blog is run by Ela Kagel.
It is a research environment for exploring a variety of topics surrounding European museums and the preservation and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage by digital media.
Ela Kagel is digital media producer & curator in Berlin. She is a member of Public Art Lab Berlin and co-initiator of the Mobile Studios project. Online since 1996, Ela has focused her work on the intersection of art and technology – with a special interest on digital culture. In September 2006, Ela has initiated Upgrade! Berlin, a series of public field trips to media art places in Berlin along with a growing online resource. Together with Ursula Endlicher she regularly publishes articles about different forms of netart curation on http://www.curating-netart.blogspot.com
Besides her professional work Ela is currently pursuing a postgraduate study course (M.A. in European Cultural Planning by Independent Study) at De Montfort University in Leicester / UK, with Dr. Franco Bianchini and Dr. Michael Hiley as mentors.
