Narrowing down a Topic

Hello again,

As I have mentioned before, and as many of you that know me know, that I love the meshing of technology and Museums. Most notably in the preservation and archival field. Yet I'm also finding that the cultural aspect of preservation is a topic that I really want to explore.

I've basically narrowed down my topics to two possible ones.

One possible topic would be one that focuses on how the Museum and Archival field are handling the digitization of dying cultures. This would focus on the interaction that academics and cultural leaders of these remote or indigenous peoples have. How each other interacts and how they come to as a happy medium as to preserving and recordings of their precious knowledge and experiences can be preserved. I am really curious how this topic is being approached and how it occurs regionally as we have an emphasis in the area on native peoples and their cultures and how it does impact the local history.

 Another topic that I was considering was one that looked at how smaller Museums are being dealt with when it came to their plans and means of having a digital presence, but also how they are digitizing if at all any of their often special collections. I know that a lot of academic institutions have placed a lot of funding and resources to open access of collections and I wanted to delve into how the partnership and  private smaller museums tackle or approach this growing field.

If anyone has any preference to either topic please let me know I would certainly liked to hear some opinions on which is more interesting to people and also what are some areas people would like me to cover in each idea.