Rate My Professor Caroline Wilson-Barnao

Her research focuses on the impacts and possibilities of digital and participatory media in museums and cultural institutions. Core interests encompass galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMS), digital humanities, rapid response and born-digital collecting, museums and social change, heritage and cultural tourism, social media, and arts and culture policy. She has authored the book Digital Access and Museums as Platforms (Routledge, 2022) and co-authored Collecting Social Media in Museums (Routledge, 2026). Key journal articles include "Playing with TikTok: Algorithmic culture and the future of creative work" (2020, with N. Collie), "How algorithmic cultural recommendation influence the marketing of cultural collections" (2017), "The droning of intimacy: bodies, data, and sensory devices" (2018, with N. Collie), "Women’s bodies and the evolution of anti-rape technologies: from the hoop skirt to the smart frock" (2021, with A. Bevan and R. Lincoln), and "Art rocks: Atmospheres of connection and everyday creativity in hybrid public space" (2024, with N. Collie). Her scholarship features collaborations with the National Museum of Australia on digital engagement during the 2019/2020 bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic, and she has received funding via the ARC LIEF grant for The Australian Emulation Network Phase 2 (2025-2027). Wilson-Barnao teaches in communications and museum studies, exploring technology's reshaping of cultural institutions and personal relationships.