Curators of Sweden
Swedish social media campaign
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Key Takeaways
- Curators of Sweden was a social media campaign initiated by the government agency Swedish Institute and VisitSweden on Twitter.
- The account has been cited as popularising the concept of Rotation Curation.
- The project hands the official Twitter account @Sweden to a new Swedish person every week to manage, with the expressed goal to manifest Swedish diversity and progressiveness through their own life, personality and views.
- The Twitter account @PeopleofLeeds started on January 15, 2012, allowing citizens of Leeds to represent their hometown.
- All of these are unofficial accounts without governmental influence or sanctions, unlike @sweden.
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WikipediaCurators of Sweden was a social media campaign initiated by the government agency Swedish Institute and VisitSweden on Twitter. It was launched on December 10, 2011 with the main concept of a rotating spokesperson, or rather a curator, on the official Twitter account of Sweden, @sweden. The account has been cited as popularising the concept of Rotation Curation.
The concept originated on December 10, 2011, when Swedish Institute and VisitSweden launched Curators of Sweden. The project hands the official Twitter account @Sweden to a new Swedish person every week to manage, with the expressed goal to manifest Swedish diversity and progressiveness through their own life, personality and views.
The campaign has been widely reported in media around the world and inspired the launch of many similar projects. The Twitter account @PeopleofLeeds started on January 15, 2012, allowing citizens of Leeds to represent their hometown. January 18, 2012, @WeAreAustralia and @TweetWeekUSA, followed by @CuratorsMexico and @BasquesAbroad on January 21. All of these are unofficial accounts without governmental influence or sanctions, unlike @sweden. They have recently been given a concept name of Rotation Curation.
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